Author: Clean Technica
Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open
A federal court is declaring that the Energy Department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year.
Line 5 remains shut down, weeks after an accident damaged the pipeline in Wisconsin
The damaged pipeline released more than a million gallons of natural gas liquids, mainly propane and butane. The repair work has taken longer than expected.
A ‘Monarch Highway’ in the central U.S. stalled. But states are still planting butterfly rest stops
A decade ago, a federal task force announced a plan to help monarch butterflies along their great migration. The six-state effort along Interstate 35 didn’t take off as expected, but some roadsides are blooming anyway.
Federal inspectors say Palisades failed to follow regulations on radiation exposure
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the violations were of “very low safety significance” but the company said it’s taking the problem seriously.
Trump administration halted Great Lakes invasive species project. Then Whitmer called Trump.
The Trump administration is now allowing construction of a state-federal project aimed at preventing invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes to move forward.