methane flaring USA
Energy

U.S. EPA Slaps Fee on Wasteful Methane Emissions

WASHINGTON, DC, November 12, 2024 (ENS) – As global leaders gather today in Baku, Azerbaijan for the United Nations annual conference to limit climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency delivered a final rule to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by charging for waste emissions. […]

wildfire smoke, Montana
Gov/Politics

Harris-Trump Disconnect on Climate Is Glaring

The question to you both tonight is what would you do to fight climate change? Vice President Harris, we’ll start with you.” “Well, the former president had said that climate change is a hoax,” Harris said. “And what we know is that it is very real.” […]

floating wind turbines
Business

Biden Budgets $50M to Develop Floating Offshore Wind Industry

WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2022 (ENS) – The Biden Administration is launching a fleet of coordinated actions to develop floating offshore wind platforms, an emerging clean energy technology that will help the United States lead on offshore wind. Called the “Floating Offshore Wind Shot,” the new program will capture this potential to power millions of homes and businesses… […]

Biden, Manchin, Schumer, Clyburn
Air/Climate

Biden Signs Wide-Ranging Climate, Clean Energy Bill Into Law

WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2022 (ENS) – As President Joe Biden signed the $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act into law at the White House on Tuesday, he showcased what motivates his politics, and Democratic politics in general, exclaiming, “Let me say from the start: With this law, the American people won and the special interests lost!” […]