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June 19, 2019

New York City Mayor de Blasio Vows to Ban Glass and Steel Skyscrapers

By Kenneth Artz

New York City’s iconic and historic glass and steel skyscrapers have no place in the city under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Green New Deal, unless they undergo extensive and expensive retrofitting

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June 17, 2019

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Another Attempt to Regulate Refrigerants for Climate Reasons

By Kenneth Artz

The United States D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in April struck down another attempt to restrict the use of hydrofluorocarbons, a refrigerant, based on its being a greenhouse gas.

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June 13, 2019

U.S. Transition to 100 Percent Renewable Energy ‘Would Lead to Catastrophe,’ Study Says

By Kenneth Artz

Any effort to require that 100 percent of the electric power supply in any one state or for the United States as a whole come from renewable power energy sources would lead to extremely high costs and power shortages.

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June 11, 2019

Washington State to Allow Composting of Human Corpses

By Kenneth Artz

Washington State became the first state in the nation to legalize an accelerated decomposition method to transform deceased persons into soil after Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill passed by state legislators.

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June 10, 2019

Federal Court Rejects Northeastern States Bid to Expand Ozone Regulations to Other States

By Kenneth Artz

The District of Columbia Appeals Court rejected North East states efforts to force the Environmental Protection Agency to include more states in a regional ozone organization.

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June 6, 2019

South Dakota’s Governor Gets Bill to Punish Violent Pipeline Protests

By H. Sterling Burnett

South Dakota's legislature adopted a legislative package, aimed at preventing the kind of violent protests that delayed and raised the costs of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota.

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June 5, 2019

FERC Approves New Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion in the Northeast

By H. Sterling Burnett

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concluded a proposed pipeline project carrying natural gas from the shale fields of Pennsylvania connecting to utilities throughout the Northeast was in the public interest and approved its construction.

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June 3, 2019

Maine Bans the Sale and Distribution of Styrofoam Containers

By H. Sterling Burnett

Ignoring objections raised by business groups, conservative politicians, and consumers, Maine became the first state in the country to ban Styrofoam, also known as polystyrene.

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May 31, 2019

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves Two New Gas Export Projects

By H. Sterling Burnett

The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved two new Liquefied Natural Gas export projects in April.

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May 27, 2019

Federal Government To Offer One Million Acres in California for Oil and Gas Development

By H. Sterling Burnett

The Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management has offered a detailed plan to open more than a million acres of public and private land in California to oil and gas development, including through the use of fracking.

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