"A North Dakota judge has upheld a state permit allowing construction to begin on an oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park, upsetting environmental groups hoping to stop the project."
"California fire investigators on Thursday concluded that a major 2017 wildfire was caused by privately owned electrical equipment, prompting the state’s new governor to estimate that PG&E Corp’s potential wildfire liabilities could be almost cut in half."
"An environmental advocacy group formally asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday to investigate whether the Interior Department's recall of furloughed employees during the government shutdown is legal."
"The Green New Deal’s most prominent backer said Jan. 22 that she and other supporters are drafting a resolution to set out exactly what climate and clean energy policies they would support to combat climate change."
"Wind and solar energy projects will be the fastest growing source of new generation on the U.S. power grid for the next two years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration is forecasting in a new report."
"A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed the most serious claims in a lawsuit brought by a Canadian logging company that accused Greenpeace and another advocacy group of running a criminal enterprise to damage the company."
"A federal appeals court on Friday again rejected a broad constitutional challenge to California's climate change regime for transportation fuels."
"Indiana environmental regulators are reviewing utilities’ cleanup plans for dozens of coal ash ponds, with one environmental group concerned that the plans don’t do enough to address potential contamination."
"Air pollution from cars and factories has been regulated in much of the world since the 1970s. When it comes to the smoke-belching ships that carry global trade, the rules have been a lot looser. Big changes start next January, though, when long-debated standards from the International Maritime Organization mandate steep cuts of sulfur emissions associated with respiratory disease and acid rain."
"The clearest picture yet of coal ash contamination in the United States is emerging, with utilities reporting serious groundwater contamination in at least 22 states."
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