Will Biden s EPA Take On Wood Burning?
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Last week, President-elect Joe Biden nominated Michael Regan, who now heads North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. One of the top issues he grappled with in North Carolina could also be prominent at the EPA as the Biden administration tries to reduce carbon emissions: burning wood for energy, which could lead to climate doom if not properly regulated.
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Regan’s record at DEQ has garnered praise from policymakers and activists alike for creating his agency’s first Environmental Justice and Equity Board in 2018, as well as helping win settlements to clean up PFAS and coal ash pollution. But on biomass, it’s more mixed.
In this year’s installment of its annual Highway Boondoggles report, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group warn of billions of dollars in proposed spending on unnecessary highway projects that would divide our communities, deprive transit of scarce funds, and pollute our air and water. Below is the fourth of seven installments detailing these harmful projects.
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The Alabama Department of Transportation is pushing forward with the $5.3-billion Birmingham Northern Beltline, a 52-mile, six-lane expressway connecting I-59 northeast and southwest of Birmingham. The project is almost entirely reliant on intermittent and insufficient federal funding, scheduled to take at least 40 years to complete, and, if built, will threaten damage to two watersheds that are important sources of drinking water for Birmingham.
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Whatâs in the water? Tennesseeâs water pollution problems are becoming more widespread
Conservation groups say Tennessee rivers are facing a crisis as water quality issues spread throughout the state.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â When Dorie Bolze wades into the Harpeth River, you can feel her excitement.
âI just like the way itâs a slow steady moving stream,â she said, before putting on a pair of boots and walking into the cold river.
The CEO of the Harpeth River Conservancy has spent years working to keep the river healthy, as it winds its way through much of Middle Tennessee.