Energy
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Wisconsin judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Bloomberg-funded assistant AGs with eco-agenda
The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU provides “special assistant” staffers in state attorneys general offices. Since taxpayer funds pay the special assistant’s travel expenses, bar dues and court fees, the judge ruled that the plaintiffs have a legally protected interest in challenging the contract with NYU.
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Bans on gas stoves come back as Democratic cities and states continue war on gas appliances
The Biden administration tried and failed to enact a federal ban on gas stoves, and then denied the plans, convincing media "fact-checkers" to call it a "right-wing conspiracy." A federal court shot down Berkeley's ban on natural gas hookups, but undaunted, the movement to ban gas stoves lives on with "creative" laws that may avoid the legal pitfalls that killed Berkeley's law.
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Concerns about solar encroachment on farmland grows as USDA pulls subsidies for new projects
Food or Fuel? On-the-ground solar energy has some of the greatest land-use requirements of any energy source, and opposition to solar on agricultural land is growing. With subsidies being pulled, solar may see slowing growth in the coming years.
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Energy advocates ask AG Bondi to investigate agency they say is biasing judges in climate cases
According to letter to Bondi, emails show seminars were conducted by experts who were ideologically motivated in favor of the plaintiffs in these cases.
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Media touted paper that climate change will make world poorer, but kept silent as flaws are revealed
Multiple media outlets reported on a study concluding that climate change would reduce GDP by 19% over the next 24 years, compared to what it would have been without global warming. Now multiple analyses have found the influential study flawed, and most aren't reporting on the scandal.
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Planned restart of California oil production faces legal challenges
Litigations involve the environment, oversight approval involving Santa Barbara County, and accusations from the lieutenant governor and State Lands Commission she leads.
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Louisiana becoming a hotbed of critical materials production
The Trump administration and U.S. producers are racing to wean the country from dependence on imports from China.
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Supreme Court may consider oil companies’ petition in climate case, legal expert says
Last year, Sunoco, Exxon and other energy producers petitioned the country's highest court in a similar case filed by the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Wisconsin has an energy squeeze, cost issues as data center boom contin
Rates for American Transmission Co. have gone up 43% since 2019 while the consumer price index has increased 27%.
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In his first 200 days, Trump has overturned Biden climate agenda at breakneck speed, report shows
The American Energy Alliance began tracking all the actions the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans have taken to unleash American energy. In Trump's first 200 days, the list counts 200 actions.
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Jellyfish shut down French nuclear reactors
Three reactors automatically stopped working late Sunday, and a fourth shut down early Monday
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Data center growth tempered by water, power considerations
Nevada has had a 20-year Colorado River drought and a 150 foot drop in Lake Mead water levels
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South Carolina Judge tosses climate lawsuit, another in a string of losses for enviro-activists
In his ruling, state court Judge Roger M. Young pointed out that if the scores of climate lawsuits filed by states, counties and municipalities were allowed, a wide range of plaintiffs could bring suits for injuries after every weather event.