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Justice advocates keep pressure on transportation emission pact planners

By Sarah Shemkus

Transportation and Climate Initiative organizers recently held a webinar to discuss concerns around equity and environmental justice.

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In Massachusetts, growing support for a carbon price but few details in proposal

By Sarah Shemkus

Some form of carbon pricing has been proposed every year since 2013, but advocates sense more momentum this session.

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How much credit does RGGI deserve for the Northeast’s progress on emissions?

By Sarah Shemkus

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative supporters acknowledge other factors but say the program is an important piece.

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Cap and trade for transportation must consider environmental justice, advocates say

By Sarah Shemkus

As details emerge a program to curb transportation emissions in the Northeast, advocates want disadvantaged communities involved in the process.

Transportation and Climate Initiative

As Northeast states consider cap and trade for cars, ‘it gets pretty complicated’

By Maxine Joselow / Climatewire

A coalition of Northeastern states is looking to craft a regional cap-and-trade system for cars.

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Oil trade group is poised to endorse carbon pricing

Source: Wall Street Journal

Bill would require Connecticut landlords, home sellers to disclose annual energy costs

Source: Hartford Courant

A Texas city had a bold new climate plan – until a gas company got involved

Source: The Guardian

Virginia General Assembly approves electric vehicle rebate program but leaves it unfunded

Source: Virginia Mercury

Wyoming coal mines eyed for disposal of old wind turbine parts

Source: Associated Press

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Midwest Energy News

March 02 2021

Michigan AG opposes nuclear plant, storage license transfer

NUCLEAR: Michigan’s attorney general objects to the transfer of a nuclear plant and waste storage site on Lake Michigan, arguing that the proposed buyer lacks financial resources and underestimates decommissioning costs. (MLive) OHIO: A longtime federal prosecutor takes over as acting U.S. attorney in southern Ohio and will lead the bribery investigation involving the state’s […]

Southeast Energy News

March 02 2021

How the natural gas industry subverted Austin’s clean energy transition

OIL & GAS: In Austin, Texas, the natural gas industry reveals its playbook for subverting local clean energy policy by pushing line-by-line revisions of proposed ordinances, activating customer opposition, and lobbying top state and local officials. (The Guardian/Floodlight) ALSO: Texas scrambles to make up a $10 million shortfall in cleanup costs for a bankrupt company […]

Northeast Energy News

March 02 2021

Massachusetts carbon tax proposed for transportation and heating

CLIMATE: Massachusetts climate and justice advocates endorse a bill that would impose a fee on carbon emissions from transportation and heating that would fund local climate projects. (Energy News Network) ALSO: A Maryland House committee votes down a bill that would have imposed a fee on greenhouse gas emitters. (Maryland Matters) ***SPONSORED LINK: Save the […]

Western Energy News

March 02 2021

After Texas outages, Wyoming lawmakers see opportunity to rescue coal

COAL: Wyoming lawmakers introduce bills requiring more extensive analysis of costs and grid reliability before fossil-fuel power plants can be retired, with one bill sponsor incorrectly blaming recent Texas outages on the “radical Left” “cancelling fossil fuels.” (Casper Star-Tribune)  ALSO: • New Mexico’s largest utility is ordered to refile its application seeking approval to turn […]

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Oil industry group poised to back carbon pricing

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