U.S. Carbon Pricing Not a Lost Cause, Analysts Say
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Budget & Policy
Inhofe, Capito Praise West Virginia Court Decision Against EPA
Coal industry advocates Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on Wednesday praised a recent federal court decision out of West Virginia that found that in not completing evaluations of potential job losses due to Clean Air Act regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency did not complete its duty under the law. “This decision […]
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Budget & Policy
Increasingly Feasible Pathway Forward for New England States Decarbonizing, Report Finds
New England states can reduce their carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050, but it won’t be easy, environmental consulting firm M.J. Bradley & Associates said in a report Wednesday. The region has made great strides toward decarbonization, with coal use down more than 80 percent since 2005, the report says, noting that most states in […]
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National Laboratories
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Scientists Move Underground for CO2 Storage Research
Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have built an observatory in an abandoned gold mine to study how rocks, such as those surrounding carbon stored in geological formations, fracture, the lab said Wednesday. “As important as the subsurface is for U.S. energy strategy, our understanding of how the subsurface responds to common perturbations, such […]