Watch: Massive Fireball Seen Outside Oxford as Explosion Erupts at Power Plant
A huge fireball was witnessed as an explosion erupted on Monday evening at a power plant near Oxford, England.
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Joe Manchin Will Oppose Biden’s EPA Nominees over Upcoming Crackdown on Power Plant
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who has sparked speculation about leaving the Democrat Party and possibly running for president, took aim at President Joe Biden again on Wednesday, saying he will block the president’s EPA nominees over the agency’s proposed rule regulating power plants.
UK Forced to Use Emergency Coal Generators for First Time as Green Energy Fails to Keep Up
Britain has been forced to use its emergency coal-fired backup generators for the first time as renewables failed to supply enough energy.
Perfect Storm: Biden Energy Policies, Supply Chain Could Mean Blackouts Across U.S.
Summer heat, shuttered power plants, and a clogged supply chain are straining the U.S electric grid, which could result in blackouts.
Biden’s EPA Vows to Draft Sweeping Power Plant Rules Despite SCOTUS Review
The EPA will move forward drafting sweeping rules targeting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants even as SCOTUS takes up the case.
Barrett’s First SCOTUS Majority: Some Federal Documents Protected from FOIA
Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued her first majority opinion for the United States Supreme Court on Thursday, ruling that while the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows outside groups to request documents, those documents that are part of the planning process and not final policy are protected.
China Built Three Times as Much Coal Power in 2020 as the Rest of the World Combined
A joint report released Wednesday by the U.S.-based Global Energy Monitor (GEM) and Helsinki-based Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) found China built over three times as much coal-fired electrical power capacity in 2020 as the rest of the world combined.
Study: White People Responsible for Blacks’ and Latinos’ Higher Exposure to Pollution
A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claims that white people contribute more to pollution than black and Latino people, but the latter suffer from it more than the white polluters.
Swiss Reject Plan to Speed Up Exit from Nuclear Energy
BERLIN (AP) — Swiss voters rejected a plan to accelerate the country’s exit from nuclear energy in a referendum Sunday, turning down an initiative that would have forced their government to shut the last plant in 2029.
Russia to Commence Construction of Two Iran Nuclear Plants
Russia will break ground on two new nuclear power plants in Iran next week, adding to Iran’s nuclear capacity, officials said, after a deal was signed last year in Moscow by the countries’ state-run atomic agencies.
President Obama’s $4 Billion Clean Power Bribe
In August 2015, the Obama administration announced its Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to cut the national average of 32 percent of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 from power plants’ 2005 levels.
24 States Sue Federal Government to Halt EPA ‘Illegal’ Power Plan
Texas, West Virginia, and 22 other states have filed a lawsuit to challenge an Obama Administration rule that opponents say radically restructures the way electricity is produced and consumed in the United States.
Study: Governments More Likely to Break Environmental Law Than Private Firms
Two professors of public policy conclude that governments are more likely to violate environmental law than private owners. “Publicly-owned facilities are more likely than similar privately-owned facilities to violate regulatory requirements under the CAA [Clean Air Act] and the SDWA [Safe Drinking Water Act],” as their recent study notes.
