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UPDATE: March 11, 2021: The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Michael Regan as head of the Environmental Protection Agency in a 66-34 vote, with all Democrats and 16 Republicans voting in his favor.
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President Joe Biden s pick to serve as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pledged to take a clean slate approach when determining how to take on the Clean Power Plan versus the Affordable Clean Energy Act regulations under the Obama and Trump administrations, respectively, aimed at addressing carbon emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
Michael Regan promised to work cooperatively with states and local communities, and said under his watch protecting the environment would not come solely from regulation.
Power grid needs to be backed up by reliable energy sources, WVU Energy chief tells senators By
March 14, 2021 - 7:35 am
The director of the WVU Energy Institute talked to senators about challenges facing the electricity sector as extreme weather events recur.
Jim Wood
Affordability, resilience and reliability are key factors, said institute director Jim Wood.
The backdrop of last week’s meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works was the cold snap in Texas last month. when 4.4 million residents lost power for days, resulting in billions in damages and billions more in sky-high energy bills.
Manchin, Capito focus on heightened concerns over power grid reliability, energy diversity By
March 11, 2021 - 4:45 pm
West Virginia’s senators are at the center of a national conversation about the reliability of the power grid.
The power grid has been a focal point especially since major power outages during a cold snap in Texas last month. But extreme weather events affecting the power grid also have included the 2014 Polar Vortex or the extreme heat in California last summer.
And in West Virginia last month, more than 100,000 people lost power when ice storms knocked down distribution lines and poles.
Joe Manchin
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Patrick Digneit, who with his wife Alyssa owns DIGS Spirits & Streetfood, located at 154 W. Washington St., Marquette, wears a mask as he handles a chicken sandwich order from a patron, Corey Kelly of Marquette, in November. At the time, DIGS was asking people to patronize local businesses following the order from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for dine-in restaurants and bars to close temporarily to stem the surge in COVID-19 cases. Now, the United Way of Marquette County is collaborating with DIGS and Double Trouble Entertainment to hold a “Winter Mask-erade” Contest, a face mask-decorating contest. (Journal file photo)
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