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The Trump administration is taking aim at climate-friendly investments with a plan to block retirement fund managers from decisions the Labor Department says would put social goals before profits.
EPA bowed to White House pressure to reduce requirements for monitoring and repairing methane leaks at facilities that push natural gas through pipelines. EPA staffers said it could "compromise" the legal underpinning of the rule.
By Jean Chemnick in Climatewire
Reps. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) are plotting a bipartisan clean energy standard bill that would also invest heavily in carbon capture and offer new incentives for renewables and nuclear.
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EPA bowed to White House pressure to reduce requirements for monitoring and repairing methane leaks at facilities that push natural gas through pipelines. EPA staffers said it could "compromise" the legal underpinning of the rule.
By Jean Chemnick in Climatewire
Reps. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) are plotting a bipartisan clean energy standard bill that would also invest heavily in carbon capture and offer new incentives for renewables and nuclear.
By Nick Sobczyk in E&E Daily