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Keystone XL pipeline has now leaked more crude oil than any other gas pipe in the United States in the past 12 years, following last week’s massive oil spill in Kansas. Over the weekend, TC Energy shut down the system after an oil spill released 14,000 barrels of oil into a creek in Washington County, Kansas. It was the worst leak in the 12-year history of the pipeline, which runs from Canada to the U.S. Midwest. The spill was the latest in a series of accidents in the last ten years and means that the total leaked by the pipeline is now an estimated 26,000 barrels, according to data from the ...
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The Supreme Court reduced the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from powerplants in a 6-3 ruling on Thursday morning. “Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day, but it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. “A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an ...
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A group of House Democrats advocated for an investigation into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and his decision to purchase up to 165,000 gasoline-powered mail trucks over the next decade despite the Biden administration’s warning that doing so would be a detriment to the nation’s climate goals. The U.S. Postal Service is in desperate need of new vehicles. The contract, worth $6 billion over 10 years will help the postal service and their employees by replacing the current trucks, which on average, are 30 years old. The lawmakers directed a letter to United States Postal Service Inspector Gener...
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President Joe Biden on Friday restored environmental protections that were rolled back by former President Donald Trump. Biden signed proclamations to restore the boundaries of two Utah monuments and banned commercial fishing in a northeast marine monument. Biden invoked native rights calling one of the Utah monuments, Bears Ears, “a sacred homeland to hundred of generations of native peoples.” Biden also spoke about climate change and green provisions in his economic recovery bill now pending before Congress. It was announced on Thursday that Biden would restore the Grand Staircase Escalante,...
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The Keystone XL pipeline project has been terminated by its developer. The Canadian company was forced to reevaluate its options after the Biden administration revoked the permit for the pipeline as a step toward dealing with the climate crisis. The cancelation of the pipeline is viewed as a huge victory for environmental activists. The pipeline, a project directed by a Canadian company TC Energy, has been a great source of political debate for nearly 10 years. It was intended to carry oil from Canada into the U.S., despite constant objections by environmental and Native American groups claimi...
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The Biden Administration has officially suspended several leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and is currently awaiting the completion of an environmental review. This decision comes after an executive order signed on January 20, which placed a temporary moratorium on drilling in the ANWR, undoing a significant achievement of the Trump Administration. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) took to Twitter yesterday to announce the news. The suspension marked the first real step in delivering on campaign promises to end all new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. However, pausing th...
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hired a climatology professor who has spent his career questioning the fundamentals of climate science and change.David Legates, a University of Delaware professor has been hired as NOAA’s deputy assistant secretary of commerce for observation and prediction.Over the last 20 years, Legates has rejected the overwhelming peer-reviewed research showing human activity is the driving force behind unsustainable climate change.He has been featured in a video pushing the debunked theory the sun causes global warming, and testified before the Senate i...
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