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BATTLE OF THE STATES: States are getting litigious and suing or threatening legal action over the effect climate change-related laws passed by jurisdictions outside their borders have on their own industries.
The city’s zoning code also prohibits the construction of new “bulk fossil fuel terminals,” defined to include marine, railroad, or pipeline transport facilities, and limits the expansion of existing facilities. Burgum has said the standard implicates the interstate commerce clause and that passage of Minnesota’s standard brings with it “certainty of a lawsuit.” Walz said he’s confident the law will stand up in court and added at the Feb. 7 bill signing that his state “Minnesota’s not staking our future on coal and carbon.”
HAPPENING TODAY: EPA administrator Michael Regan is visiting East Palestine, Ohio, where he will meet with city, state and federal officials as they look to respond to the catastrophic train derailment and address residents’ concerns. He will also hold a press conference with state EPA officials at 1:45 p.m.
In setting the zero-emission vehicle target, Murphy will begin the adoption of the Advanced Clean Cars Act II, the standard set by California, which the state previously agreed to follow. The embassy cited a recent Substack post from U.S. investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claiming that the Nord Stream blasts were a long-planned, covert operation carried out by Navy divers operating under the cover of NATO military exercises.U.S. national security and intelligence officials have strongly denied the report. State Department spokesman Ned Price said yesterday that the U.S.
Malpass has sparked controversy for his remarks on climate change, and last fall, the Biden administration did not rule out the possibility of replacing him after he repeatedly dodged questions on climate change and the impact of fossil fuels at a Climate Week NYC event. Last year, Beijing brought 87.41 GW of new solar power into operation, pushing the total installed capacity to 392.61 GW, according to data from the China Photovoltaic Industry Association, or CPIA.
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