"By clarifying that the standard for WOTUS, including wetlands, should be based on Scalia’s plurality opinion in Rapanos, the Supreme Court will ensure that the agencies have the clear guidance they need to develop a WOTUS regulatory definition that does properly reflect Supreme Court decisions, the Clean Water Act, and the Constitution. Absent this, there will be continued confusion."
Texas’ big payoff: How a competitive market made the state a runaway leader in electricity
Texas can continue to provide affordable and reliable energy by keeping its competitive electricity market framework.
Chevron raises clean energy bet with $3 billion Renewable Energy Group deal
"The deal is expected to accelerate progress toward Chevron's goal to grow renewable fuels production capacity to 100,000 barrels per day by 2030 and brings additional feedstock supplies and pre-treatment facilities, the company said in a statement."
Natural-Gas Industry Gets Boost as Biden Shifts Stance
"The White House pivot has also put the U.S. and its vast oil and gas reserves in shale rock back at the center of a global scramble for energy resources as a bulwark against petrostates and authoritarian regimes. The U.S. is the world’s largest oil and gas producer."
Governments Must Crack Down on Their Own Greenwashing
Leaders should develop real plans, such as steps to enable the free market to increase energy supplies and decrease energy prices while easing the eventual move to cleaner sources.
Want to Make a Difference this Earth Day? Embrace Economic Freedom
"Promoting panic and central planning to solve our greatest environmental challenges will ultimately be unsuccessful and only increase global and political temperatures. Durable climate solutions will require innovation in lieu of central planning, and prosperity rather than poverty. If we want to truly make a change this Earth Day we must embrace economic freedom."
U.S. renewable industry sees ‘unnecessary barriers’ ahead
"The cost of a wind turbine rose 9 percent from a year earlier, in part because producers had to swallow a fivefold increase in the price of shipping and a fourfold rise in steel prices. Longer blades, taller towers and improvements in siting strategies allowed the levelized cost of wind power to keep falling last year, however."
Using Artificial Intelligence To Combat Wildfire Risk
Renny Vandewege writes in Forbes about artificial intelligence combatting wildfires. “The promising results of innovation, computing power, and AI may give us the advanced warning and accurate predictions needed to take preventive measures well before the spark ignites.” Read the full article here.
Solar panel fields help increase honey production in photovoltaic beehives
Derya Ozdemir of Interesting Engineering writes on one town’s attempts to save bees. “In this photovoltaic installation, the solar plant project — 100 MW and 200 hectares — combines agricultural usage — 3 hectares of aromatic plants: sage, rosemary, oregano, and coriander — and beekeeping with 50 or 60 hives.” Read the full article here.
Why there’s still a rational case for climate optimism
Rick Wayman writes in The Hill that there is still a rational case for climate optimism. “The goal of climate restoration is analogous to the goal of net zero emissions, except the time frame is faster, the scale is larger, and the aspiration is higher. It’s not pie in the sky. Since it requires the...