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It’s the latest setback for the longstanding REAP program, casting uncertainty over the future of a resource that helps farmers save on energy and install solar.
The Department of Transportation has threatened to pull funding for high-profile climate-friendly projects in California, New York, and Washington, D.C.
The locals are worried: “Just because CO2 sequestration can be done doesn't mean it should be done."
As the planet warms, laborers need special clothes to cope. But they also need government protections.
A shortage of potable water and the toxic stew of sewage and other pollutants the flood left behind has prompted a race to avert a public health crisis in North Carolina.
Climate activists saw the policy as a major win. It fizzled out within six months.
The state's first "cap-and-invest" auction nearly doubled the price of carbon recently sold in California.
Their message isn't new, but it is gaining urgency as funding for green energy projects grows.
Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.
