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Posted Nov 8, 2021, 10:41 am
Mitchell Beer
/The Energy Mix
The United Kingdom government is taking sharp criticism for a “non-sensical” early outline of the final declaration from the COP 26 climate summit, released Sunday morning, that makes no mention of the words “energy”, “fossil”, “fuel”, or “renewable”.... Read more»
Posted Oct 5, 2021, 1:36 am
Mark Hertsgaard
/The Guardian
People around the world know that West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin is the essential 50th vote in the U.S. Senate that President Joe Biden needs to pass his climate agenda into law - which doesn’t bode well, given Manchin’s longstanding opposition to ambitious climate action.... Read more»
Posted Jul 26, 2021, 6:32 pm
Brandi Buchman
/Courthouse News
In a reversal of a Trump-era policy, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to enforce tougher regulations for the disposal of wastewater from coal-fired power plants, but it could take years before the new rule goes into effect.
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Posted Jun 16, 2021, 10:34 am
Alyssa Marksz
/Cronkite News
Navajo and Hopi witnesses agreed the region needs to move away from its economic dependence on coal, but specific proposals on how to get there remained elusive as the recent closure of mines there has left hundreds unemployed in an area with chronically high jobless rates.... Read more»
Posted Jun 16, 2021, 10:09 am
Jacob Fischler
/Arizona Mirror
A U.S. House Natural Resources subcommittee examined the cleanup needs for regions transitioning away from coal production, with witnesses saying energy companies should be responsible for returning the land to its pre-mining state while Republicans criticized opposition to fossil fuels as “job killing.”... Read more»
Posted May 13, 2020, 3:55 pm
Travis Bubenik
/Courthouse News Service
The coronavirus pandemic’s sweeping disruptions to travel, business and the oil industry could lead to energy-related carbon emissions dropping by 11% this year, the federal government said in an analysis released Wednesday. ... Read more»
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Posted Nov 13, 2019, 10:28 am
Harrison Mantas
/Cronkite News
The Navajo Nation said Tuesday it is canceling indemnity agreements for the Navajo Transitional Energy Co., fearing the tribe’s finances could be “placed in a state of uncertainty” by the company’s recent purchase of three coal mines.... Read more»
Posted Nov 13, 2019, 10:28 am
Harrison Mantas
/Cronkite News
The Navajo Generating Station will shut down for good in a matter of days, the plant’s owners announced last week, once the plant burns through its remaining supply of coal.... Read more»
Posted Sep 18, 2019, 3:59 pm
Raymond Pierrehumbert
/Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
A brief summary of the challenge and solutions involvedclimate change, decarbonization, geohacking, termination shock and 12-year warnings with a twist of Stonehenge. ... Read more»
Posted Sep 16, 2019, 4:26 am
Mark Hertsgaard
/The Nation
As world leaders converge on New York City for the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23, they enter what may be the most consequential week in climate politics since Donald Trump's election.... Read more»
Posted Aug 26, 2019, 3:28 pm
Harrison Mantas
/Cronkite News
The last 265 workers at Kayenta Coal Mine are being laid off this month, another step toward the looming closure of the Navajo Generating Station that will bring the loss of hundreds more jobs this winter.... Read more»
Posted Jul 30, 2019, 9:17 pm
Miranda Faulkner
/Cronkite News
A federal appeals court said environmental groups cannot sue to block expansion of a coal mine owned by the Navajo Transitional Energy Co., because it is an arm of the Navajo government and thus immune from civil suits.... Read more»
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Posted Oct 15, 2018, 2:17 pm
Brooks Jackson
/Factcheck.org
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.... Read more»
Posted Sep 11, 2018, 9:46 am
Alexis Egeland
/Cronkite News
A group of Navajo environmentalists took their fight against the Navajo Generating Station to Manhattan on Monday, where they protested outside the offices of an investment firm that might save the Arizona electrical plant.... Read more»
Posted Mar 8, 2018, 1:49 pm
Paul Feldman
/FairWarning
Despite the Trump administration’s ardent support of coal over renewable energy, the percentage of U.S. electricity from renewable sources continued its gradual rise in 2017.... Read more»
Posted Mar 27, 2017, 9:07 pm
Lahela Maxwell
/Cronkite News
The University of Arizona has partnered with a private manufacturing firm to create a more eco-friendly version of concrete from fly ash, a leftover from coal plants that used to pollute the air. ... Read more»