Tag: Education
Uzbekistan Proves The Folly Of US Fossil Fuel Madness
Representatives from China, Turkey, the Middle East, and Europe met in Uzbekistan last week to celebrate a new renewable energy initiative.
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Largest Utah Coal Plant Goes Quiet as Los Angeles Goes Coal-Free
Utah’s largest coal-fired power plant — the Intermountain Power Project (IPP), located in the Great Basin region of western Utah and primarily serving southern California — is no longer operating, after the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power quietly pulled the plug just before Thanksgiving. The shutdown happened with … [continued]
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Trump EPA Opens Door for More Haze Pollution in Texas, Benefiting Wealthy Utilities
Texas — Today the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved two do-nothing haze pollution plans from the Texas government, ignoring public pleas for EPA to reduce the harmful haze pollution that clouds Texas skies year round and makes people sick. Wealthy coal plant owners — like NRG and Luminant — now have permission … [continued]
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Public panel set to examine Queen’s Park handling of school boards
Western education researchers hosting webinars probing local school governance amid provincial takeover of several Ontario school boards.
Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA Final Rule That Delays Methane Pollution Protections from Oil and Gas Industry
Unlawful Delay Ignores Health Risks, Energy Waste, Widespread Opposition Contact Sierra Club — Shannon Van Hoesen, shannon.vanhoesen@sierraclub.org Environmental Defense Fund — Sharyn Stein, sstein@edf.org Clean Air Task Force — Samantha Sadowski, ssadowski@catf.us Center for Biological Diversity — Jason Rylander, jrylander@biologicaldiversity.org Earthjustice — Alexandria Trimble, atrimble@earthjustice.org Environmental Law & Policy Center … [continued]
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