New York Commission Approves Transfer of Entergy’s Nuclear Plants

Biden Administration Launches $9.5 Billion Clean Hydrogen Program

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The Biden administration on Feb. 15 announced the launch of $9.5 billion worth of initiatives to foster clean hydrogen development pursuant to the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the “buy clean task force” to harness the federal government’s purchasing power to support domestically-manufactured low-carbon materials. The government intends to advance hydrogen application in…...

U.S. EPA Reverses Finding That Formed Basis for Obama-Era Power Plant Mercury Rules

Court Halts Use of Biden Administration’s Social Cost of Carbon Metric

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Judge James Cain of the U.S District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on Feb.11 issued a preliminary ruling restricting the use of the social cost of carbon, or SCC, estimates that federal agencies were directed to incorporate in their environmental analyses of major actions pursuant to an executive order that President Joe Biden…...