GOP governors call for delay on waters rule Republican governors are calling on the Biden administration to delay implementation of a key rule until after a Supreme Court decision, a watchdog group warns of a chilling effect from a White House policy provision and a new report details how much moreContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — One hundred million Americans from Arizona to Boston are under heat emergency warnings, and the drought in the West is nearing Dust Bowl proportions. Britain declared a climate emergency as temperatures soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit and parts of blistering Europe are ablaze. But on Capitol Hill thisContinue Reading
The Hill, Greg Nash Bipartisan energy talks are running full steam ahead while reconciliation remains on ice, and the Biden administration is pitching a new efficiency rule for commercial water heaters. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment andContinue Reading
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that the completion of a crucial ‘environmental assessment’ SpaceX needs to begin orbital-class Starship launch attempts out of South Texas has been delayed for the third time. Official known as a programmatic environmental assessment or PEA, the FAA says it started the processContinue Reading
A new, more stringent review of the environmental impacts of a massive proposed plastics plant along the Mississippi River in St. James Parish will likely take more than two years. Environmental groups are cheering that scrutiny, arguing it could provide a more realistic assessment of the environmental damage the plantContinue Reading
Promised environmental offsets for new and expanded coalmines in New South Wales have been delayed for years because governments have allowed companies to push back deadlines for protecting sites for conservation. At least nine coalmines in NSW, including several in the Hunter Valley, received special permission from federal and stateContinue Reading
It took a major international investment group with $279bn under its control to break through the climate-laden rhetoric of geopolitics last week. You may not have heard of Robeco Institutional Asset Management, but on Thursday the Netherlands-based asset manager made a stunning declaration, singling out Australia as a country withContinue Reading
While Yesenia Chavez was growing up on Chicago’s Southeast Side, it seemed like everyone had asthma. Her mother and sister had the condition, as did many of her classmates. Sometimes she felt left out because she did not have an inhaler. Now as an adult living here, she may haveContinue Reading
