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U.S. EPA Announces $1.6 Billion Settlement With Toyota’s Hino Motors Over Diesel Emissions Fraud

Toyota Motor Corporation subsidiary Hino Motors on Jan.15, reached resolutions vaulted at more than $1.6 billion with U.S. regulators including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violations related to submitting false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data as well as illicit smuggling of engines into the U.S. Hino secured approvals through unlawful…...

solar generation

U.S. Solar Generation Expected to Increase by 34 Percent in 2025: EIA

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has extended forecasts for five key energy trends through December 2026 in its latest short-term outlook, according to a report published on Jan. 15. The agency projects that these trends will have a significant impact on the energy markets over the upcoming two years. Electricity consumption is expected to increase…...

U.S. Interior Department Announces Colorado Oil, Gas Lease Sale

U.S. Interior Department Releases Guidance for States to Access Funding to Address Legacy Pollution

The U.S. Interior Department on Jan.16 released final guidance on the procedure for states to apply for up to $40 million each in Regulatory Improvement Grant funding accessible under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, to clean up unsafe and polluting orphaned wells and create jobs across the nation. Through the IIJA,…...

New Jersey Examines Resource Adequacy Alternatives to Advance Clean Energy Goals

President Biden Signs Executive Order to Accelerate Buildout of AI Data Centers

U.S. President Joe Biden on Jan. 14 issued an executive order to strengthen U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence, or AI, and accelerate the development of large-scale data centers and clean energy infrastructure needed to support AI operations efficiently and at scale. The executive order directs certain agencies to make federal sites accessible for AI data…...

Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

U.S. Energy Department Announces $101 Million for Carbon Capture, Removal and Conversion Test Centers

The U.S. Energy Department has announced $101 million in funding for five projects to develop test centers for carbon sequestration technologies. Managed by the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, the projects will advance research and innovation for industrial carbon capture, removal, and conversion technologies. The five selections include the University of Illinois, Holcim,…...