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The state legislature passed a bill that will add a surcharge for customers in the short term, but should pay it back more than 10-fold over the next 20 years.
The state’s largest ever settlement for “forever chemicals" holds DuPont and its spin-offs accountable for contamination at four sites and ensures taxpayers won't be left with the cleanup bill.
“No matter what happens we will stand, and we will fight, and we will keep pushing for solutions.”
Efforts to pass laws and advance clean energy projects can significantly reduce emissions, and at a low cost.
The newsroom worked with partners to host listening sessions, and will create online and printed resources and launch a paid journalism training program.
The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.
Exemption allows facilities using ethylene oxide, a gas linked to health problems in humans, two more years to meet federal standards.
Some $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.
The Mojave Desert species is thriving at a solar farm near Las Vegas, perhaps because the panels slow evaporation.
