North Carolina wind moratorium threatens hard-won solar compromise.
A fragile compromise bill designed to boost solar capacity in North Carolina has been “boxed in” by anti-wind lawmakers, supporters say.
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Interior secretary’s new order aims to speed Alaska’s oil and gas permit process.
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New trade deals jeopardise EU green transport goals, NGO warns.
Upcoming free trade deals with biofuel-producing countries in Asia and South America will undermine the European Union’s goals to decarbonise the transport sector, an NGO...
Zinke orders 30-day oil and gas permit approvals.
Pumping jacks operate on public lands in Utah. Ellen M. Gilmer/E&E News
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced today that he will sign an order directing...
Critics challenge Dominion's pipeline tactics.
Virginia’s Director of Natural Resources has warned Dominion that state regulators will not be swayed by company requests or suggestions when deciding whether to...
Report: Texas regulators levy fines on just 3 percent of air polluters.
Posted: 6:17 p.m. Thursday, July 06, 2017
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The state didn’t impose fines for 97 percent of air pollution incidents from 2011 to 2016, a...
Trump's export push has surprising climate angle.
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