Monday, September 15, 2025

ENERGY

CENTER SQUARE EXCLUSIVE: Funding for Green Groups Soared after 2009 Endangerment Finding

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Changes to the Environmental Protection Agency's strict regulations on the automobile industry could cost nonprofit groups that reported a 267% funding bump in the years since the federal agency's 2009 Endangerment Finding, a rule that provided a legal basis for the agency to regulate...

DOJ Urges Federal Judge to Strike Down Climate Change Law

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to invalidate a New York law that seeks to punish fossil fuel companies for their alleged role in climate change. In a motion for summary judgment, filed late Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources...

2 Civilians Indicted over Pearl Harbor Environmental Disaster

(Headline USA) A grand jury has indicted two civilian workers on charges they caused the Navy to provide the Hawaii Department of Health with false information about jet fuel that spilled from a Pearl Harbor storage facility before it later seeped into drinking water and sickened 6,000 people over Thanksgiving...

Silicon Valley Launches $100 Million PAC to Fight AI Regulations

(Christina Urso) Silicon Valley is dumping over $100 million into a network of political action committees (PACs) and various organizations to advocate against regulation of artificial intelligence. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are “among those helping launch and fund...

Newsom Meets w/ Danes, Talks Trump but Not 2028

(Dave Mason, The Center Square) California Gov. Gavin Newsom came to his hometown of San Francisco Friday to talk about the state’s new green energy partnership with Denmark. But another question was on a Danish reporter’s mind. The reporter, who mentioned President Donald Trump’s expressed desire to obtain Greenland from Denmark,...

Even after Toxic Ohio Derailment, Railroad Companies Fail to Enact Safety Measures

(Headline USA) Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and prevent accidents. Two railroads — BNSF and Norfolk Southern —...

Ukrainian Accused of Coordinating Bombing of Nord Stream Pipelines Arrested in Italy

(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) A Ukrainian man who is accused of setting up the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline in 2022 was arrested in Italy. The bombing destroyed three of the four Nord Stream pipelines that brought energy from Russia to Germany. The man, only identified as Serhii K,...

Hurricane Erin Forces Evacuations in North Carolina

(Headline USA) Holly Andrzejewski hadn't yet welcomed her and her family's first guests to the Atlantic Inn on Hatteras Island when she had to start rescheduling them, as Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday and threatened to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds. Although the monster...

Planned Restart of California Oil Production Faces Legal Challenges

(Alton Wallace, The Center Square) Oil and gas production resumed on May 15 that had been out of service for 10 years after an oil spill off the California coast, with the restart of the Santa Ynez Unit in the Santa Barbara Channel expected to boost U.S. energy supplies...

Hurricane Erin Explodes in Strength to a Category 5 Storm in the Caribbean

(Headline USA) Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said. While the compact hurricane's center wasn't expected to strike land, it threatened to dump flooding rains on the...

Pennsylvania Steel Plant Explosion Kills 2

(Headline USA) An explosion rocked a steel plant outside Pittsburgh on Monday, leaving two dead and 10 others injured, including a person who was rescued from the smoldering rubble after hours of being trapped. The explosion sent black smoke spiraling into the midday sky in the Mon Valley, a region of...

People are Still Missing from Deadly July 4 Floods

(Headline USA) Three people remain missing — down from nearly 100 at last count — since the Texas Hill Country was pounded by massive flooding on July 4, officials said Saturday. Officials praised rescuers for the sharp reduction in the number of people on the missing list: Just days after...
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