A coal company controlled by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice must pay $270,000 to a nonprofit land protection group and comply with selenium discharge limits under a settlement approved by a federal judge.
States across America are doing their best to implement their own vaccine distribution plans, with varying degrees of success. We’ll talk with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R), a state which many are crediting with doing extremely well with their vaccine delivery system. We’ll hear what he’s done right, what advice he’d give his fellow governors and what he wants to see from the federal government now. Join the conversation on Monday, Feb. 1 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
All of us would be in favor of all the alternative energy sources and everything as we move forward, . but to think that today this nation can do without coal and natural gas, we d be blowing our legs off, Justice said on CNBC s Squawk on the Street.
President Donald Trump has been a big supporter of fossil fuels. His administration rolled back many regulatory rules impacting oil, coal and gas companies throughout his presidency. Biden s energy plan includes a push for a 100% clean energy economy, for the U.S. to reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050″ and for a historic investment in clean energy and climate research and innovation.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 13December 2019
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New US Covid cases were at a record 247,737 on Friday on the worldometers site that I watch; that would be nearly 40% of all the new infections reported worldwide on that day as per that site.However, the Johns Hopkins dashboard is showing a record 1,489,000 new Covid infections worldwide on that date, more than double any previous one day total..I have to assume that s in error, and my best guess would be that somehow the data was entered twice, and they ll eventually correct it.Regardless, whatever the a