INTERIOR
Manchin backs Haaland, clearing path to confirmation
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin has laid to rest considerable anxiety about Rep. Deb Haaland's fate to be confirmed as the next secretary of the Interior.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin has laid to rest considerable anxiety about Rep. Deb Haaland's fate to be confirmed as the next secretary of the Interior.
The U.S. Postal Service yesterday made a $482 million decision to replace its truck fleet with a mix of fossil-fuel and electric vehicles, falling short of a goal to electrify the federal vehicle fleet.
Widespread furor over last week's Texas blackouts showed no sign of subsiding yesterday as five grid directors announced plans to resign.
Northern U.S. utilities have long fortified themselves against extreme cold. The dirty secret? The power systems remain highly reliant on fossil fuels to keep the lights on.
Two Senate committees abruptly postponed votes on Neera Tanden — the president's pick to lead the White House budget office — as her outlook to confirmation remains precarious.
New calculations by the electric power industry show it can mount the most ambitious CO2 emissions-cutting plan in U.S. history. Its old plan aimed for the 2070s.The new target is 2050.
More than a week after Texas' grid was immobilized by a historic deep freeze, triggering a cascading outage that slammed water utilities, more than 3 million people are still without clean drinking water.
House Republicans are looking to cool partisan bickering on energy policy following the Texas blackouts and their efforts to blame renewables.
President Biden will sign an executive order this afternoon to assess supply chain vulnerabilities in four areas including critical minerals and electric vehicle batteries.
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