- – Huffington Post – 11/4/21
Senate confirms new FERC Commissioner
Willie Phillips has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The November 16 action was on a voice vote. Phillips has been Chair of the District of Columbia Public Service Commission and before that was assistant general counsel for the North American Electric Reliability Corp.
Even as Biden Pushes Clean Energy, He Seeks More Oil Production
- – The New York Times – 11/1/21
Endangered species regulatory changes close to happening
The significant revisions made to the Endangered Species Act regulations by the Trump Administration in December 2020 are close to being reversed by the Biden Administration. The U.S. Department of Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) developed last summer proposed regulations to undue the Trump changes that had relaxed protection criteria for critical habitats of endangered species.
Manchin has raked in $400K in fossil fuel donations
- – E&E News – 10/20/21
Can the Biden Administration Meet Its Offshore Wind Goals?
- – JD Supra – 10/19/21
Biden Administration proposes changes to strengthen NEPA
Proposed changes in regulations governing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) were announced October 6 by the Biden Administration. NEPA is the basic law governing the manner in which environmental reviews are conducted of proposed projects, such as pipelines. The announced revisions would reverse changes made to NEPA regulations in 2020 by former President Trump (for earlier ABRA Update article on Trump changes,
Not a single appellate judge has climate experience — group
- – E&E Climatewire – 10/8/21
The US is closer than ever before to making major progress on the climate crisis
- – Vox – 10/7/21
Biden’s EPA orders a slash in climate-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration
- – CNBC – 9/23/21