Energy
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Colorado to streamline clean energy projects before federal cuts
Because of the time-limited window for tax credits for clean energy projects, the letter commits the state to eliminating “administrative barriers and bottlenecks for renewable projects.”
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1M homes to be powered by Montana coal mine expansion
The decision to expand coal mining “enables the recovery of approximately 33.75 million tons of federal coal and extends the mine’s operation through 2039.”
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Experts say climate groups' models showing energy costs rise with renewable subsidy cuts are flawed
While wind and solar are widely reported to be the cheapest forms of energy, the industry reports it can’t grow without a steady stream of tax dollars to support it. As a result, activist groups argue electricity prices will rise.
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Ohio’s new power policy takes step forward
If passed by the House of Representatives and signed by Gov. Mike DeWine, the bill would end the state’s legacy generation rider and nearly $450,000 in daily subsidies to Ohio Valley Electric Cooperative, the owner and operator of the coal plants.
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North Dakota jury finds Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages
While Greenpeace denied it played more than a peripheral role in the 2016 protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the pipeline owner claimed the group organized a campaign of misinformation and direct training to the protesters.
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‘An absolute mess’: Residents of Morton County reflect on pipeline protests years later
During the trial's closing arguments, lead counsel for Energy Transfer Trey Cox revisited unsavory scenes from the protests – protestors lobbing “human feces, water bottles full of urine, burning logs” and other items at law enforcement and security..."
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Groups at odds over proposed Ohio energy policy
Power The Future wants to keep taxpayer subsidies in Ohio’s energy plan, which has been riddled by scandal in recent years.
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New York headed for showdown on congestion pricing
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called congestion pricing a “slap in the face” to working-class Americans and small business owners and set a deadline of Friday to shut the program down.
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Republicans push U.S. House bill to end EV mandates
Also known as the “Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act,” the bill was previously proposed by Rep. Walberg of Michigan in 2023 and passed by a Republican-held U.S. House. It then stalled in the Democrat-held U.S. Senate.
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Energy Secretary Wright confirms the DOE had already completed an LNG study before Biden’s ban
Biden paused LNG export permits in order to complete a study of their impact on consumer prices and climate change. Energy Secretary Wright says a study was already complete in 2023 showing that they wouldn't impact prices and would lower emissions.
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California, Sonora team up on clean energy and air
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Sonora Gov. Alfonso Durazo Montaño signed a memorandum of understanding Monday at the Stanford Mansion in Sacramento.
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Trump’s support of the coal industry will keep energy costs low, benefit economy, experts say
Experts say that after 15 years of decline the Trump administration's active support of the coal industry will bring down energy costs, improve grid reliability and ensure the U.S.' competitiveness.
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Trump authorizes his administration to open new coal-fired power plants in the U.S.
Trump said "environmental extremists" allowed China to gain an economic advantage over the U.S. by allowing the country to open up hundreds of coal-fired power plants.