Earlier today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced an update to the permitting timeline for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The updates will advance the target date for completion of an Environmental Impact Statement and issuance of required decisions and permits from 2022 to 2020, shaving 22 months off the original schedule.

FirstEnergy shamelessly begs DOE to prop up uneconomic coal and nukes edf.org/6xX

FirstEnergy shamelessly begs DOE to prop up uneconomic coal and nukes edf.org/6xX

EPA is rolling back "Control Technique Guidelines" which limit the amount of smog-forming pollution from oil and gas operations. DOF. C3. Regional.

EPA is rolling back "Control Technique Guidelines" which limit the amount of smog-forming pollution from oil and gas operations. DOF. C3. Regional.

A weekly round-up of what’s new in Louisiana coastal restoration 1) Iberia. The Tabasco company, based on Avery Island in Iberia Parish, has a unique and intriguing history with conservation. Listen to this interview with Shane Bernard, Tabasco Historian, to learn about this iconic Louisiana company and the Queen of England’s favorite hot sauce!   2) Lafourche. Ted Jackson’s article in The Times-Picayune, “Buried at sea: As cemeteries on Louisiana's coast wash away, so does history,” takes you on an ...

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A weekly round-up of what’s new in Louisiana coastal restoration 1) Iberia. The Tabasco company, based on Avery Island in Iberia Parish, has a unique and intriguing history with conservation. Listen to this interview with Shane Bernard, Tabasco Historian, to learn about this iconic Louisiana company and the Queen of England’s favorite hot sauce!   2) Lafourche. Ted Jackson’s article in The Times-Picayune, “Buried at sea: As cemeteries on Louisiana's coast wash away, so does history,” takes you on an ...

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RT @dickmunson: FirstEnergy Solutions asks DOE to help save its old power plants s.cleveland.com/064mxlE

RT @dickmunson: FirstEnergy DOE emergency appeal another ruse for "bailout" say opponents s.cleveland.com/mjwoj8L

FirstEnergy shamelessly begs DOE to prop up uneconomic coal and nukes edf.org/6xX

By Michael Panfil, Dick Munson Yesterday, FirstEnergy submitted an outrageous request to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Ohio-based utility giant wants DOE to bail out not only its uneconomic coal and nuclear plants, but all ailing plants across the PJM Interconnection region – which includes 13 states and Washington D.C. FirstEnergy’s request, if […]

By Michael Panfil, Dick Munson Yesterday, FirstEnergy submitted an outrageous request to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Ohio-based utility giant wants DOE to bail out not only its uneconomic coal and nuclear plants, but all ailing plants across the PJM Interconnection region – which includes 13 states and Washington D.C. FirstEnergy’s request, if […]

This week the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS), the nation’s most prestigious scientific organization, issued a report calling for a stepped-up nationwide research effort to develop a gridded and verifiable inventory of U.S. methane emissions. The NAS report, sponsored by the U.S. EPA, Department of Energy (DOE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), […]

This week the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS), the nation’s most prestigious scientific organization, issued a report calling for a stepped-up nationwide research effort to develop a gridded and verifiable inventory of U.S. methane emissions. The NAS report, sponsored by the U.S. EPA, Department of Energy (DOE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), […]

This week the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS), the nation’s most prestigious scientific organization, issued a report calling for a stepped-up nationwide research effort to develop a gridded and verifiable inventory of U.S. methane emissions. The NAS report, sponsored by the U.S. EPA, Department of Energy (DOE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), […]

This week the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS), the nation’s most prestigious scientific organization, issued a report calling for a stepped-up nationwide research effort to develop a gridded and verifiable inventory of U.S. methane emissions. The NAS report, sponsored by the U.S. EPA, Department of Energy (DOE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), […]

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Written by Diane MacEachern

“You know you’re in trouble when you see Halliburton trucks arrive.” That’s what Jill Antares Hunkler said to her sister the first time they spotted a Halliburton vehicle lumbering through their small village of Barnesville, Ohio. Nestled in southeast Ohio about halfway between Columbus and...