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Republican infighting endangers radiation compensation set to lapse this week

Congress is poised to let longstanding benefits for victims of U.S. nuclear testing expire if lawmakers cannot reach an agreement in the days ahead....

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Earth hits full year of back-to-back monthly heat records

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Earth hits full year of...

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Youngkin says Virginia will not adopt California electric vehicle standard

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Wednesday announced his intention to end the state's participation in California’s vehicle emissions standards,...

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Interconnection could have stopped Texas blackouts: Study

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Interconnection could have...

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80 percent of 2021 blackouts preventable with addition of Texas to national grid: Study

Integrating Texas’ self-contained electrical grid with the broader national grid could prevent mass power outages like those suffered in the Lone...

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OPEC+ nations extend oil supply cuts

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story OPEC nations extend oil...

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Mexico's president-elect brings climate science background to office

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, the nation’s first woman and first Jewish president, has a background in environmental policy that...

03.06.2024 10

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Vermont becomes first state with climate change penalty law

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Vermont becomes first...

01.06.2024 10

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Majority of US voters support holding fossil fuel companies liable for climate change: Survey

A majority of American voters support litigation against oil companies for the effects of climate change, according to a new survey by the...

31.05.2024 10

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Vermont becomes first state to require oil companies to pay for climate change damage

Vermont will become the first state in the nation to require oil companies to pay for the impacts of climate change after the state's GOP governor,...

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Senate Dems call for probe of Big Oil over price-fixing allegations

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Senate Dems call for probe...

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Advocates call on Johnson to introduce broader radiation exposure bill next week

A coalition of community activists called on House leadership to take up a broader reauthorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)...

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Senate Democrats call for DOJ to probe Big Oil over price fixing allegations

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) led 23 Democratic senators Thursday in a call for the Justice Department to investigate allegations of...

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Bipartisan Missouri lawmakers blast Johnson for smaller radiation exposure bill 

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Bipartisan Missouri...

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Bipartisan Missouri lawmakers blast Johnson for scheduling vote on smaller radiation exposure bill

Democratic and Republican lawmakers from Missouri blasted Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision to schedule a House vote next week on an extension...

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Biden administration issues guidelines on carbon credit integrity

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden administration...

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Interior Secretary reverses memo on National Park employees attending Pride events in uniform

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland confirmed in a Friday memo that National Park Service staff will be permitted to participate in LGBTQ Pride Month...

29.05.2024 20

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Supreme Court to consider challenge to Clean Water Act's San Francisco rules

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a lawsuit from San Francisco against the Environmental Protection Agency challenging Clean Water Act...

28.05.2024 10

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White House and 21 states to announce grid modernization program

The Biden administration is set to announce a new initiative with 21 states Tuesday to modernize the U.S. power grid, ahead of a summer likely to tax...

28.05.2024 10

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Biden proposes barring new federal coal at mining hub

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden proposes barring...

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DeSantis signs bill removing climate change considerations from Florida law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation Wednesday removing the requirement for the state to consider climate change in crafting energy...

16.05.2024 20

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Bush urges House to support radiation compensation law

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Bush urges House to...

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Former EPA contractor says agency took 5 days to deploy chemical detection plane in East Palestine

A former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contractor who was involved in the creation of a program used to collect environmental data from the...

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Bush sends letter to all House members urging support for radiation compensation law

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) on Tuesday circulated a letter to the entirety of the House calling on members to back a vote on a Senate-passed a bill...

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Biden quadruples tariffs on Chinese EVs

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden quadruples tariffs...

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Republican states sue EPA, California over EV truck mandate

A coalition of Republican state attorneys general on Tuesday announced two lawsuits against the Biden administration and the state of California...

14.05.2024 20

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Biden administration to increase tariffs on Chinese electric cars to 100 percent

The Biden administration will announce new tariffs on electric vehicle and solar cell imports from China, two major components of the...

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Schumer: Permitting reform deal would be ‘virtually impossible’

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Schumer: Permitting...

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Brown to join Manchin on measure to undo electric car tax credit exemption

Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), considered one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents this year, will join Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in supporting...

10.05.2024 10

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Narrower radiation compensation bill rankles advocates

Advocates of a bipartisan bill to extend and expand compensation for Americans exposed to nuclear radiation by the government are now grappling with a...

09.05.2024 20

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Lawmakers announce resolution to repeal Biden permitting rule

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Lawmakers announce...

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Manchin and 2 Republicans announce resolution to repeal Biden permitting rule

Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Wednesday joined Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) to announce a...

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U.S. financial system enables environmental crime 

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story U.S. financial system...

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How the US financial system helps shelter profits from environmental organized crime

Environmental organized crime is a massive global enterprise, bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars each year — and the U.S. financial system...

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Nuclear waste at center of testy Nevada Senate race

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Nuclear waste at center of...

07.05.2024 20

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Biden's natural gas pause could complicate Pennsylvania strategy

The Biden administration’s pause on natural gas exports is putting the president in a tricky political spot in Pennsylvania, one of the key swing...

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Biden expands California national monuments

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden expands California...

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Biden to expand two California national monuments Thursday

President Biden will expand two new national monuments in California Thursday morning, the White House confirmed. President Obama first designated the...

02.05.2024 20

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Raskin calls Republican senator ‘climate fatalist’ 

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Raskin calls Republican...

02.05.2024 10

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Congressional Republicans announce resolution to overturn Biden tailpipe rule

Congressional Republicans, led by Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Rep. John James (R-Mich.), introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution...

01.05.2024 9

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Raskin calls Republican senator 'climate fatalist' in oil industry hearing

The Senate Budget Committee’s Democratic majority and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) took aim Wednesday at the oil industry for historically minimizing...

01.05.2024 10

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Democrats release report on big oil probe

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Democrats release report...

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House passes bill to study effects of abandoned oil wells in bipartisan vote

The House passed legislation sponsored by Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) on Tuesday that aims to address environmental hazards from abandoned gas and oil...

30.04.2024 7

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Manchin vows to introduce resolution to overturn Biden permitting rule

Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), said he will lead a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to undo the Biden administration’s...

30.04.2024 10

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Senate Democrats: Oil companies pivoted from climate denial to 'deception, disinformation, and doublespeak'

Major oil companies have internally conceded their public vows to reduce planet-warming emissions are incompatible with their business plans,...

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White House finalizes permitting reform rule included in debt ceiling deal

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) finalized rules Tuesday aimed at streamlining the environmental review process under the...

30.04.2024 10

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5 companies create a quarter of plastic pollution: Study

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Five companies create a...

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5 companies create a quarter of plastic pollution: Study

Five companies are responsible for a quarter of all plastic waste worldwide, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances. The...

29.04.2024 10

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Stars hit DC red carpet to push for public arts funding

TV and film actors hit Washington, D.C. Friday as part of the Creative Coalition’s push to increase public funding for the arts, citing their...

27.04.2024 10

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Biden restricts pollution and carbon from power plants

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden restricts pollution...

26.04.2024 20

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