October 20, 2023
Monday, October 23: DOE Hosting Virtual Industrial Heat Shot Summit
Press Releases
October 20, 2023
Agency’s Final ESG Disclosure Rule Expected This Fall
October 19, 2023
Agencies likely to issue final rule following Federal Reserve, FDIC board meetings on October 24
October 19, 2023
Environmental and community groups are seeking to join EPA in a lawsuit defending the agency’s action to eliminate unlawful air pollution loopholes from state air operating permitting programs against a challenge from industrial polluters.
October 19, 2023
Today, just weeks after frontline community members traveled from New York City’s climate week to Washington D.C. to share their concerns about the unchecked approval of dangerous fossil fuel projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) greenlit two requests to build even more dangerous Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and fracked gas infrastructure. Despite objections about the economic, public health, and climate impacts, FERC rubber-stamped Venture Global’s request to increase construction of its Plaquemines LNG project to 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and an expansion to the high-profile Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress fracked gas pipeline.
October 18, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a final “endangerment finding” about the harmful health impacts of lead pollution from certain small airplanes, which will trigger legal requirements for the EPA and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue regulations to address this dangerous source of pollution.
October 16, 2023
he U.S. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced funding awards for seven hydrogen hubs across the country this morning with the Appalachian Hub being one that will be located in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
October 13, 2023
SEATTLE, WA — The Biden Administration and the DOE announced on Friday seven recipients of funding through the Hydrogen Hubs program, the $8 billion program created in 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). One of the funded projects is the Pacific Northwest Regional Hydrogen Hub (PNWH2 Hub), which will receive $1 billion to establish eight hydrogen production sites across Washington, Oregon, and Montana.
October 13, 2023
Green hydrogen could decarbonize steelmaking, but selected proposals rely heavily on fossil fuels
October 13, 2023
SACRAMENTO, CA — Today the Biden Administration and the DOE announced seven recipients of funding through the Hydrogen Hubs program, the $8 billion program created in 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). One of the funded projects is California’s Alliance for Reliable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES) proposal, anticipated to include major deployment clusters in the Los Angeles Basin and Bay Area and extend into the Central Valley, Inland Empire, and other regions.