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November 6, 2019

Iowa Governor Blocks State’s Attorney General from Joining Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Power Rule

By Kenneth Artz

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds denied the state's Attorney General permission to join a lawsuit filed by a number of states and cities challenging the Affordable Clean Energy rule.

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November 4, 2019

EPA Grants Small Refineries Biofuel Waivers

By Kenneth Artz

The U.S. Environmental Protection agency granted 31 waivers to small refineries allowing them not to blend ethanol into their products without penalty.

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Energy

October 30, 2019

NH Supreme Court Rejects Northern Pass Transmission Line

By H. Sterling Burnett

New Hampshire’s Supreme Court upheld a state commission’s rejection of the Northern Pass electricity transmission line.

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October 29, 2019

States Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Demanding Stricter Asbestos Standards

By H. Sterling Burnett

Ten states and Washington, D.C. sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency demanding it undertake further research concerning risks stemming from the public’s exposure to asbestos.

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October 17, 2019

Wind Industry Poised for Decline, Report States

By Kenneth Artz

A new report says impending government decisions could soon result in a sharp decline in expansion of wind power.

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October 15, 2019

Two Kansas Counties Stop Major Wind, Solar Industrial Developments

Two central Kansas counties are applying the brakes to the expansion of industrial wind facilities within their borders.

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October 14, 2019

Idaho Phosphate Mine Wins Approval by Bureau of Land Management

The Idaho Falls District Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved the Caldwell Canyon Mine Project, an open pit phosphate mine in Caribou County in the southeastern part of the state.

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Environment

October 11, 2019

EPA Allows Environmental Review of Alaska Pebble Mine

By Kenneth Artz

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rescinded its Obama-era 2014 decision preventing consideration of the Pebble Mine project near Bristol Bay, Alaska, allowing the environmental review process to begin.

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Environment

October 10, 2019

Trump Administration Promotes Species Conservation with New Rules

By Daren Bakst

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service released final regulations aimed at improving implementation of the 1973 Endangered Species Act to protect threatened and endangered species while strengthening pr

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Environment

October 10, 2019

EPA to Rescind East Texas Air-Quality Nonattainment Designation

By Bonner R. Cohen

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposes to reverse the agency’s 2016 designation of parts of five east Texas counties near a large coal-fueled power plant as being in nonattainment for sulfur dioxide levels under the 1970 Clean Air Act.

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