Page 13 - Howard Learner News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

WALDRON—The greenery peeked through a fresh blanket of snow on Jay Williams’ farm.  Over the past few winters, Williams has added a variety of cover crops across his 1,350-acre operation near the Ohio border. There are peas, oats and radishes rising from soil that used to lay fallow through the cold-weather months. ‘ Ready or not — the Great Lakes as a climate refuge The Great Lakes region is frequently touted as one of the most climate-resilient places in the U.S., in no small part because of its enviable water resources. But climate change threatens water quality, availability, and...

Federal appellate judges heard debate over whether claims of bias against two commissioners who approved the power line’s construction are enough to halt the project. Howard Creek in the Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Brandon Jones/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) CHICAGO (CN) — The tug-of-war over a major electric transmission corridor proposed to run through two Midwest states arrived back before a Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday, where attorneys and judges raised questions over past approval of the project. Environmental groups fighting construction of the power l...

Less than a decade old, the Prairie State Generating Station is among the top 10 industrial sources of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the United States, emitting as much as 2 million cars combined every year.

Court scraps Trump administration power plant rules Steven Mufson, The Washington Post Jan. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - A federal appellate court on Thursday scrapped a Trump administration rule that eased limits on carbon dioxide emissions from coal and natural gas-fired power plants, and it effectively revived the Obama administration's tougher Clean Power Plan. In sweeping away the Trump administration's regulation, dubbed the Affordable Clean Energy rule, the decision by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals raised hopes among environmental groups that the Biden admini...

Federal circuit court scraps Trump administration’s power plant rule Steven Mufson © J. David Ake/AP The Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. A federal appellate court on Thursday scrapped a Trump administration rule that eased limits on carbon dioxide emissions from coal- and natural-gas-fired power plants, and it effectively revived the Obama administration’s tougher Clean Power Plan. In sweeping away the Trump administration’s regulation, dubbed the Affordable Clean Energy rule, the decision by the D.C. C...