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Trump Environmental Record Marked by Big Losses, Undecided Cases Source: By Ellen M. Gilmer, Bloomberg Law • Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
In October 2017, President Donald Trump’s critics were celebrating. They’d won their latest fight against the new administration’s industry-friendly environmental agenda, and were confident in racking up more victories.
“It was very gratifying, but it was not unexpected,” Center for Biological Diversity attorney Michael Saul said, recalling the district court decisionthat revived Obama-era methane restrictions for the oil and gas industry.
The ruling followed twoother legal rebukes for Trump’s energy and environment policies, decisions that came down in quick succession in the early days of his term. The new administration had gotten off to a rough start in the courtroom.
Governors Wind Energy Coalition
Message to Biden: Boost FERC, expand grid Source: By Arianna Skibell, E&E News reporter • Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Decarbonizing the power sector through construction of long-distance transmission lines can be achieved without congressional action, according to a new report. Chris Hunkeler/Flickr
Policy analysts are urging President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration to use existing authority to expand the nation’s electric grid and to consider boosting the role of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
A study out of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity focused on the need for more long-distance transmission capacity to ship carbon-free solar and wind power across the country.