Energy & Fuel

"Clean Air Advocates Fear Rubber Stamp of State Emission Plans"

"The Trump administration vowed to rid the EPA of a backlog of decisions on state plans to manage air pollution. Now advocates wonder if faster analysis raises the risk that the plans may not effectively mitigate dirty air."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/27/2025

Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Use More Energy Than Most States

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"As Texas stares down a water shortfall, its leaders are looking at vast volumes of brown, briney oilfield wastewater as a hopeful source of future supply. They don’t have many other options. But extracting clean water from this toxic slurry will require enormous amounts of energy, just as Texas fights to keep up with the rapidly growing power demands of a high-tech industrial buildout."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/26/2025

Utilities Don't Want To Clean Up Their Toxic Coal Ash. EPA Grants Their Wish.

"Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide."

Source: Grist, 03/26/2025

"E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk"

"The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas."

Source: NYTimes, 03/24/2025

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