Energy & Environment
The latest updates on energy and environment news, analysis and opinion covering energy policy and its impact on resources and climate.
Sen. Joe Manchin called out for flip-flop on natural gas
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell whacked Sen. Joe Manchin III on Tuesday for what the Kentucky Republican described as a flip-flop by the conservative West Virginia Democrat on gas stoves.
Biden energy official tells GOP lawmakers don’t worry about gas stoves: No authority to ban
A top Department of Energy official in charge of overseeing the agency’s efficiency standards was in the hot seat Tuesday as House Republicans put gas stoves back on the front burner.
Rehabilitated sea turtle released in Florida Keys to join Tour de Turtles
A juvenile green sea turtle rehabilitated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released Friday to join an online race that follows long-distance migrations of sea turtles.
In the hot seat: EV owners warned extreme summer heat could melt travel plans
Electric vehicles meant to help curb climate change are also some of the most susceptible to the very problem they seek to treat: extreme heat.
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant prepares to release diluted radioactive water into the sea
At Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, giant blue pipes have been constructed to bring in torrents of seawater to dilute treated, radioactive water under a plan to discharge it gradually into the Pacific Ocean.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Sharif launches $3.5 billion Chinese-designed nuclear energy project
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday launched the construction of a 1,200-megawatt Chinese-designed nuclear energy project, which will be built at a cost of $3.5 billion as part of the government efforts to generate more clean energy in the Islamic nation.
Man drowns in home in Vermont’s 1st recorded flooding death
A man who died as a result of a drowning accident in his home is Vermont’s first death related to recent storms and historic flooding, the state’s emergency management agency said.
Record monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in northern India over two weeks
Schools and colleges were closed after record monsoon rains led to massive waterlogging, road caves-in, collapsed homes and gridlocked traffic in large parts of northern India, killing more than 100 people over two weeks, officials said Thursday.
Tornado touches down near Chicago’s O’Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights
A tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Farmers Insurance to pull out of Florida, cut back in California
Farmers Insurance will no longer offer home and auto coverage in Florida, forcing thousands to find new providers.
Indonesia seizes Iranian tanker for suspected illegal oil transfer in its territorial waters
Indonesian authorities said Wednesday they seized an Iranian tanker and arrested its crew members for illegally transferring oil to another vessel in the country’s exclusive economic zone.
Ripples of Fukushima: Hong Kong to ban more Japanese products if radioactive water is released
Hong Kong would immediately ban the import of aquatic products from Fukushima and other Japanese prefectures if Tokyo discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, a top official in the city said Wednesday.
Traces of explosives were found in a yacht in the Nord Stream sabotage investigation, diplomats say
Investigators found traces of subsea explosives in samples taken from a yacht that has been one aspect of a probe into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea last year, European diplomats have told the United Nations Security Council.
U.N. debates deep sea mining as countries and companies now allowed to seek provisional licenses
A U.N. agency tasked with regulating the deep sea is debating whether to open the Earth’s watery depths to countries and companies that as of Monday were allowed to start applying for provisional mining licenses.
