More California Blackouts To Avert Wildfires May Start Wednesday: PG&E
"Residents in 16 California counties have been warned that Wednesday may bring more intentional power shutoffs to over 200,000 customers."
Source: NPR, 10/23/2019
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"California Utility Sees Decade Of Power Cuts To Avoid Wildfires"
"Northern Californians can expect widespread power cuts aimed at preventing wildfires for a decade while Pacific Gas & Electric upgrades wires systems, cuts back trees and takes other safety measures, the utility’s chief executive said on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 10/21/2019
"New Energy Secretary Fits Trend: Cabinet Dominated by Lobbyists"
"President Trump likes to say that people in his political orbit come straight out of central casting, “tough hombres” from far beyond the Capital Beltway ready to roil the swamp. Increasingly, though, his cabinet is full of lobbyists."
Source: NY Times, 10/21/2019
"Rick Perry Won’t Comply With Subpoena In Impeachment Probe"
"Energy Secretary Rick Perry is refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena seeking a host of records related to his actions in Ukraine at the heart of Congress’ ongoing impeachment inquiry."
Source: Politico, 10/21/2019
Despite Promises, Energy Giants Burn Away Vast Amounts of Natural Gas
"When leaders from Exxon Mobil and BP gathered last month with other fossil-fuel executives to declare they were serious about climate change, they cited progress in curbing an energy-wasting practice called flaring — the intentional burning of natural gas as companies drill faster than pipelines can move the energy away. But in recent years, some of these same companies have significantly increased their flaring ... ."
Source: NY Times, 10/18/2019
"Next Question For Rick Perry: Will He Testify?"
"Energy Department Secretary Rick Perry’s departure from the Trump administration doesn't resolve the most pressing question about his role in the Ukraine scandal — whether he will cooperate with House Democrats' impeachment probe."
Source: Politico, 10/18/2019
"Lawmakers Point Fingers Across Aisle Over Stalled Pipeline Bill"
"Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are blaming each other for an impasse in a pipeline safety reauthorization bill that many thought would breeze through Congress."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/17/2019
"Politics: Senate Climate Vote Seen As Democrats' Road Map"
"Climate change activists and their opponents are treating this week's Senate vote on the Trump administration's Clean Power Plan rollback as a sign of how Senate Democrats plan to fight on climate."
Source: E&E Daily, 10/17/2019
"Pa. Refinery Blast Spewed Deadly Gas; 'Lucky' No Fatalities"
"A towering explosion at a century-old Philadelphia oil refinery earlier this year released 5,239 pounds of a hydrofluoric acid, federal investigators said today, the first time they have seen releases of the potentially deadly chemical during a refinery blast."
Source: Greenwire, 10/17/2019
"Sage Grouse Plan Halted as ‘More Hardships’ for Bird Cited"
"A federal court won’t allow the Trump administration to enforce its plans for managing sage grouse in Western states while litigation is still pending."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/17/2019
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