Environment

Trump challenged over energy efficiency standards by states, municipalities

Energy efficiency standards in consumer, commercial products could save $24 billion The Trump administration is facing legal action from a coalition of states and municipalities who say the obstruction of implementation of energy efficiency standards violates federal law. The lawsuit is being led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman who says the administration is blocking

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Sportsmen fight Trump energy plans alongside environmental left

Trump administration looking to transfer federal land to state control By Valerie Volcovici and Annie Knox WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb 17 (Reuters) – When Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah introduced legislation last month to transfer about 3 million acres of federally-held public land to state control, he was bombarded by thousands of angry

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Climate doubter Scott Pruitt takes EPA reins as Trump targets regulations

Scott Pruitt nomination controversial By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday over the objections of Democrats and environmentalists worried he will gut the agency, as the administration readies executive orders to ease regulation on drillers and miners. The

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Controversial climate change conference resurrected in Trump’s U.S.

Al Gore hosted  climate change conference in Atlanta By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK, Feb 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A climate change conference canceled just before the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump was resurrected on Thursday as former Vice President Al Gore said it was vital to “fill a void” on climate change. Some 350

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Nearly 800 former EPA officials oppose Trump pick for agency

Scott Pruitt nominated to run EPA By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Nearly 800 former Environmental Protection Agency officials urged the U.S. Senate to reject President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the agency as the chamber moved closer on Thursday to approving his pick, Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of oil-producing Oklahoma. The 773

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Without Clean Power Plan, coal dominates US power generation until 2032

Renewables gain market share, surpassing natural gas in 2022 and surpassing coal in 2028 in one EIA case The mix of fuels used to generate electricity in the United States has changed in response to differences in the expected cost of fuels and electricity-generating technology costs and their deployment, according to the US Energy Information

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Sulfur dioxide emissions from US power plants fell faster than coal generation

Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky had the highest sulfur dioxide emissions rates in 2014 Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions produced in the generation of electricity at power plants in the United States declined by 73 per cent from 2006 to 2015, a much larger reduction than the 32 per cent decrease in coal-fired electricity generation over that period, according to

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