by Patty Nieberg | Nov 15, 2018 | Energy, Featured
WASHINGTON – A nominee for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday sidestepped Senate Democrats’ request to recuse himself from voting on energy pricing policies he helped draft as a senior Energy Department official. FERC nominee, Bernard McNamee is a...
by Patty Nieberg | Oct 17, 2018 | Economy, Environment
WASHINGTON — The wind power industry employs 100,000 people, more than the coal, nuclear and gas industries, but has trouble finding workers with the right technical skills, an industry official told a meeting about workforce needs in the offshore wind sector...
by Bryan Wood & Patty Nieberg | Oct 9, 2018 | Environment
A stale, metallic smell filled the air in the wake of Hurricane Florence as National Gurad troops and vehicles plowed through high floods to bring a sense of security and relief to Lumberton, N.C., — a beleaguered city nearly marooned from the rest of the state....
by Patty Nieberg | Oct 9, 2018 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — As the largest carbon emitter in the world, China is working to lead in the fight against climate change, an environmental expert said Tuesday. “China is affected by their own carbon emissions much more than any other countries,” said Carter...
by Dorothy Mills-Gregg | Oct 2, 2018 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday backed a bill to allow the Forest Service to pick a couple of lawsuits that it could move out of the courts and into arbitration, but Democrats strongly opposed the idea, saying...
