Written by rjs, MarketWatch 666This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times).
Environmental News For The Week Ending 23May 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
GEI (but can be posted at other times).
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Covid totals continue to fall, both in the US and worldwide. New US cases during the week ending May 22nd were down 22.0% from those testing positive during the week ending May 15th, and down 64.2% from our mid-April surge high; this week s new cases were also the lowest for a 7 day period since that ending June 19th of last year. US deaths attributed to Covid this week were down 7.1% from the prior week, and less than a sixth of the death rate during the peak weeks of January. US Covid deaths were also the lowest since t
The Sierra Club and two local environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, alleging that the Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has been derelict in handling mine
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The PJM Interconnection is proposing to eliminate a controversial rule that effectively raises the price for state-subsidized resources, such as renewables and nuclear, bidding into its wholesale capacity market.
The grid operator on Wednesday laid out its proposal in an hours-long call with stakeholders, explaining that under its plan, the minimum offer price rule (MOPR) expanded through a 2019 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruling that attempted to combat price suppression in the capacity market would no longer apply to state-subsidized resources. Clean energy advocates praised the move as a win for state decarbonization goals.
PJM s proposal is in response to a series of FERC technical conferences focused on the future of wholesale power markets. Some competitive generators, including Calpine which led the initial complaint that prompted the expanded MOPR on Tuesday argued in comments before FERC that the ruling remained appropriate and should not be
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