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News Articles: Energy

Cars lined up to get gas

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  • Energy

Federal pipeline standards backed by top energy regulator after Colonial Pipeline hack

The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, when Russian hackers shut down a key pipeline owned by Alpharetta-based Colonial Pipeline, affected a conduit for gasoline to 17 states in the South and East and the District of Columbia. Shortages and panic buying ensued.

January 20, 2022
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  • Jacob Fischler
Oil pollutes Cavero beach in Ventanilla, Callao, Peru, on Tuesday after high waves attributed to the eruption of an undersea volcano in Tonga caused an oil spill.

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  • Environment

The Tonga volcano caused an oil spill on Peru's coast. Fishermen are protesting

Because of waves from Saturday's eruption, an estimated 6,000 barrels of oil were spilled near Peru's main refinery on the coast in an area rich in marine biodiversity.

January 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Energy

The U.S. is divided over whether nuclear power is part of the green energy future

Nuclear power is emerging as an answer as states transition away from coal, oil and natural gas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stave off climate change.

January 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The cooling towers at the Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant, are seen behind a home in Orlando.

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  • Climate

In Orlando, a mountain of coal ash evades EPA rules. It's not the only one.

Environmentalists want Biden's Environmental Protection Agency to aggressively regulate huge piles of toxic coal ash across the nation. The waste has polluted groundwater in 39 states.

January 15, 2022
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By:
  • James Bruggers and
  • Amy Green
Hawaii officially kicked off performance-based regulation on June 1, 2021. Under this new model, profits from the monopoly utility are now tied to goals drafted by regulators and community stakeholders, including goals for more electric vehicle infrastructure.

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  • Climate

Biden's climate agenda is stalled in Congress. In Hawaii, one key part is going ahead

Hawaii gets most of its electricity from oil and coal. So the state is trying an experiment to get the utility off fossil fuels - and becoming a model for regulators across the US.

January 15, 2022
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By:
  • Julia Simon
A volunteer helps set up snacks at a cooling center established  to help vulnerable residents ride out the second dangerous heat wave to grip the Pacific Northwest last summer, on Aug. 11, 2021.

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  • Climate

Extreme weather in the U.S. cost 688 lives and $145 billion last year, NOAA says

In an on overview published ahead of its full report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that 2021 ranked the third costliest on record for such events.

January 11, 2022
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  • Scott Neuman
GPB News NPR

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  • Climate

Cyber risks add to climate threat, World Economic Forum warns

Survey of 1,000 experts and leaders finds cybersecurity and space add to the existing challenges of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.

January 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Climeworks factory with it's fans in front of the collector, drawing in ambient air and release it, as largely purified CO2 through ventilators at the back is seen at the Hellisheidi power plant near Reykjavik on October 11, 2021.

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  • Climate

As carbon removal gains traction, economists imagine a new market to save the planet

Carbon removal went mainstream in 2021. But the technology is still light years away from making a real difference combating climate change. A group of economists wants to help change that.

January 11, 2022
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Trucks cross the Vincent Thomas Bridge above a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2021. Transportation, particularly for moving freight to meet high demand for consumer products, saw the steepest increase in climate-warming emissions in 2021.

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  • Climate

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021, a threat to climate goals

The spike was attributed to a slew of causes, including behavior changes after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, but environmental advocates say it's worrisome.

January 10, 2022
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  • Jeff Brady and
  • Joe Hernandez
Eric Balken in part of Glen Canyon.

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  • Environment

The Western megadrought is revealing America's 'lost national park'

A famed desert landscape has reemerged as water levels in Lake Powell reservoir have fallen to record lows. It's raising questions about the future of this oasis and water in the American West.

January 07, 2022
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  • Nathan Rott
Aerial view of Plant Vogtle

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  • Energy

What ratepayers should know about the Plant Vogtle expansion

If you feel like you keep reading the same story about the expansion of Plant Vogtle, the only new nuclear power under construction in the U.S., you’re not exactly wrong.

January 06, 2022
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  • Mary Landers
Wind turbines silhouetted against the sky at dawn near Spearville, Kan. in January. Senator Joe Manchin's rejection of a sweeping spending bill effectively kills President Biden's ambitious climate plan to transform the nation's heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one.

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  • Climate

Manchin says Build Back Better's climate measures are risky. That's not true

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin had spent months watering down Biden's ambitious climate plans. His final objections to the bill's climate measures are misleading.

December 19, 2021
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  • Jennifer Ludden
Solar farm

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  • Energy

South Georgia adds three new solar farms

A Georgia utility is working with one of the nation’s largest independent power producers to bring utility-scale solar energy projects to Georgia.

December 16, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Climate activists from the #GasFreeNYC coalition and elected officials rally and hold a news conference outside City Hall ahead of the vote on legislation that would ban natural gas hookups in newly constructed buildings.

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  • Climate

The largest city in the U.S. bans natural gas in new buildings

Moving away from natural gas means that stoves and heat pumps will be powered by electricity instead, cutting down on carbon emissions. More than half of New York City's emissions come from buildings.

December 15, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Plant Scherer in Monroe County

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  • Environment

Sierra Club appealing coal ash ruling to Georgia Supreme Court

Georgia Power plans to excavate and remove the ash from 19 ponds and close the other 10 ponds in place. Lawyers for the Sierra Club have argued the PSC failed to take into account Georgia Power’s culpability in creating the coal ash problem to begin with, and thus should not be allowed to pass all of those costs onto customers. 

December 08, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
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