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by Esther Frances | Nov 14, 2023 | Environment, Featured
Abandoned coal mines threaten community safety and the environment, but despite bipartisan support, remediation efforts are often stalled by litigation and red tape, senators said at a hearing last Thursday. States must undergo prolonged vetting processes before they...
by Esther Frances | Nov 2, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Senators criticized the Environmental Protection Agency for its slow going approval process for wells that store carbon dioxide captured from power plants, industrial facilities and other sources. The Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Nov....
by Juliann Ventura | Oct 20, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON– Developing new systems to detect disasters before they strike can reduce the damage communities suffer as climate change increases the intensity and frequencies of landslides, floods and other disasters in the Himalayan region, experts said on October 19...
by Christina van Waasbergen | Jun 7, 2023 | Energy, Environment, Featured, Science + Technology
WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany—In the steel-gray North Sea waters of the port of Wilhelmshaven floats an impressively long tanker, the German government’s answer to the nation’s energy crisis. The Höegh Esperanza, sprawling the length of three football fields, is what’s known...
by Grant Schwab | May 21, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Few people seem happy with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and her department’s management of energy resources on federal lands and waters. To this day, a particular focus of indignation is her handling of a December lease auction for oil extraction...
by Emma Ricketts and Grant Schwab | Apr 11, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — As the Inflation Reduction Act ushers in generous new tax credits linked to renewables, backers are hopeful that regions once dependent on coal, like Southwest Virginia, could be among its beneficiaries. “If it’s not a watershed moment for a...
