PUCO case: FirstEnergy spending on HB 6 under scrutiny Published by news@presspubli. on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 4:00pm
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has set a May 21 deadline for interested parties to file comments regarding the response of FirstEnergy to the commission’s review of the company’s spending in support of House Bill 6 and opposition to a later referendum effort to repeal the bill. The PUCO last year directed the company’s three distribution utilities, Toledo Edison, Ohio Edison and Cleveland Electric Illuminating, to show that any political or charitable spending by the companies regarding the bill weren’t included in any rates or fees paid by consumers.
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Funding for Agricultural Conservation Programs Essential to Moving Country to Net-Zero Emissions
Mike Saccone
Apr 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. A broad coalition of 133 conservation, farmer and rancher, sportsmen, and wildlife groups urged the leadership of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate agriculture committees in a letter to ensure the forthcoming infrastructure package includes robust funding for Farm Bill conservation programs and farmer assistance. They specifically urged Congress to double the investment in Farm Bill conservation programs and to ramp up conservation technical assistance funding.
“Increasing baseline funding for the Farm Bill conservation programs and ramping up conservation technical assistance on the ground will enable landowners to mitigate the impacts of drought and flood, improve habitat, improve soil health and long-term food secur
Earmarks return to Illinois politics, and so does the debate Proponents of ending a moratorium on earmarks say there will be closer scrutiny, greater transparency and no support for problematic projects such as extending Metra s BNSF line from Aurora to Oswego, which never got off the ground. Daily Herald File Photo Proponents of restoring earmarks say the money will go to pragmatic projects with clear goals, such as the Englewood Flyover that helped reduce congestion on Metra and freight train tracks. Daily Herald File Photo
Posted4/26/2021 5:30 AM
Amid a conservative revolution and outrage about political corruption, Congress disciplined itself in 2011 by dropping the controversial practice of earmarks.
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World leaders virtually attend the Leaders Summit on Climate, during the opening session, as seen on a screen at Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, April 22, 2021. The virtual event attended by many national leaders from their countries around the globe to raise global ambition on climate change is taking place on Earth Day, and hosted by President Joe Biden.
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Illinois sits in the crosshairs of climate change. The success of President Joe Biden’s ambitious Earth Day plan to curb the global crisis is critical to the future of our state.