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With Headlines Elsewhere, Administration Offers Just ONE Day For Public Input on Major Climate Rule
September 28, 2018 11:53 AM EDT
It is a stunning abdication of agency mission, an overt rejection of underlying statute, a blatant favoring of special interests over the well-being of the public. Read more >
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Getting the Facts Right on Washington’s I-1631
September 27, 2018 2:21 PM EDT
Oil-backed opposition to 1631 is loudly spreading falsehoods. We’re correcting them. Read more >
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Hurricane Florence Threatens East Coast Electricity Infrastructure
September 12, 2018 10:17 AM EDT
Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the Mid Atlantic and by every measure it’s poised to be an extremely dangerous event—lashing winds, storm surge reaching 9 to 13 feet, and inland flooding from 20 to 30 inches of rain, and possibly even 40 inches in select locations. All this will be occurring in an area that has been experiencing above-average precipitation, meaning saturated soils less able to absorb incoming water and trees that are more likely to fall.
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Trump Administration’s “Affordable Clean Energy” Rule Is Anything But
August 31, 2018 10:34 AM EDT
If there’s one thing you need to know about the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, the Trump Administration’s new proposal for limiting carbon emissions from power plants, it’s this: ACE was not designed to reduce emissions; ACE was designed to boost generation from coal plants.