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In 2012, Pennsylvania lawmakers offered Shell an “unlimited tax credit” to lure the company to the state.

The Biden administration is considering a rule change to allow carbon dioxide from air or industrial processes to be captured and stored in national parks. Under the proposal, carbon sequestration could begin in Ohios Wayne National Forest. Opponents say the move is a historic reversal of U.S. ...

The Bureau of Land Management has released its final Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan, which will guide the use and management of over 658,000 acres of public lands for decades to come. Conservation geographer Alison Gallensky with Rocky Mountain Wild said the plan does a good job of increasing protections for some 300,000 currently undeveloped acres, mostly along the Arkansas River between Salida and Canon City. "By setting aside several hundred thousand acres," sa...

The Bureau of Land Management has released its final Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan, which will guide the use and management of over 658,000 acres of public lands for decades to come. Conservation geographer Alison Gallensky with Rocky Mountain Wild said the plan does a good job of increasing protections for some 300,000 currently undeveloped acres, mostly along the Arkansas River between Salida and Canon City. "By setting aside several hundred thousand acres," sa...

A new report says two economic-impact studies gave misleading information to Pennsylvania policymakers and residents about the economic advantages of the petrochemical complex operated by Shell in Beaver County. According to the findings from the Ohio River Valley Institute, the plastics plant hasnt brought the economic boom, and promised jobs havent materialized. Report co-author Nick Messenger explained that the studies published by Robert Morris University were used to justify billions of d...

Transportation is the leading cause of greenhouse-gas emissions, and some Georgia leaders are demanding stricter clean-energy standards to address them. Chatham County leaders and clean-energy advocates held a news conference this week, urging the Environmental Protection Agency to implement the strongest possible federal rules, known as the EPAs Clean Car Standards. Chatham County Commissioner Aaron Whitley said he believes this would benefit public health, the environment and the economy. ...

OSCEOLA, Arkansas — On a hot, dry morning in mid-October, dozens of visitors gathered in a former cotton field turned dusty compound, before a cluster of blue rectangular buildings. In the far distance, an earthen levee snaked along the banks of the drought-stricken Mississippi River.

WEIRTON — Leaders of Ohio Valley Environmental Advocates said the local, grassroots group wants to get the public answers about planned industrial development

A PANEL representing members of the Ohio River Valley Institute research group and Ohio State University met via Zoom on Wednesday to discuss a recent report on

If you use renewable energy to make hydrogen and use the hydrogen to manufacture steel, the process would be friendlier to the environment.