The new EPA plan to reduce coal-fired power plant carbon emissions through operating power plants more efficiently rather than closing them is good news for Vermonters and other New Englanders concerned about possible cold weather-related power blackouts.
“Wildfire area could well be increasing because of previous fire suppression, mismanagement of our forests, and a huge influx of people into the west, lightning fires and providing lots of fuel for them,” Mass said.
The debate over solar subsidies in Utah is nearly identical to the debates other states are having across the country. Under a process known as net metering, homeowners are credited for the excess power their solar panels produce and send back to the grid.
Law enforcement ended a lingering standoff with an anti-pipeline camp site, arresting five protesters and destroying all the makeshift homes that were built.
If consumers value saving money on gasoline, they will simply choose to purchase more fuel-efficient cars, and automakers will meet that demand without a federal mandate.
“This proposed ban was not based on actual EPA research; it was based on a single, privately-produced study for which data remains unavailable to the public — even the EPA staff have never been able access to the underlying data.”
What does it mean to ordinary Vermonters for the federal government to freeze the CAFÉ standard for new passenger cars at 37 mpg in 2020, rather than pushing it up to 54.5 mpg in 2025?
Democratic Party officials warn that the Trump administration’s proposal could create a rift between red states and the blue states that adopted California’s stricter emissions standards.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ended its two-year long investigation into whether ExxonMobil overvalued its assets in the face of future climate regulations, Bloomberg reported Friday.
The vote in Massachusetts follows a growing trend — particularly among blue states — to mandate more wind and solar power. State capitols, regulators and utility companies across the country have taken steps to gradually increase their renewable energy usage.
The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation released a notice of proposed rulemaking Thursday outlining eight options for overhauling DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.
Even if Vermont reached the goal of 50 percent below 1990, what impact would that have on global climate change? None. If we scrapped the whole plan tomorrow would the world be worse off? No.