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Climate change dropped from list of security threats; tax bill renewable impacts

Trump drops climate change from list of national security threats

The Trump administration dropped climate change from the list of national security threats contained in a new report, reversing what had been a key component of its predecessor's argument for reducing carbon emissions, promoting clean energy and other environmental regulations.

Interior to propose new rules on environmental reviews, endangered species

The U.S. Interior Department expects to propose new rules next year streamlining its environmental review process and regulations for listing endangered and threatened species, according to listings in the Unified Agenda posted by the White House on Dec. 14.

Think tank highlights policy conundrums as EPA works to replace Clean Power Plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to replace the Clean Power Plan will bring up a myriad of complex issues that will need to be resolved if a replacement rule is to withstand legal scrutiny. Washington, D.C.-based think tank Resources for Future unpacked a few of those issues during a Dec. 13 event.

White House reportedly pumps brakes on EPA's climate science debate

News outlets have been reporting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "red team/blue team" debate on climate science is on hold following recent conversations between agency officials and the White House, although one individual with knowledge of those conversations said the news is a bit more nuanced than that.

Producers praise industry emissions effort; environmentalists scorn it

The American Petroleum Institute and 26 major oil and gas companies have kicked off a voluntary program to reduce their industry's emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds, but environmental groups are clearly unimpressed.

LNG terminals could become emissions battlegrounds like coal plants, study warns

A study claiming that U.S. LNG exports could have large impacts on greenhouse gas emissions warned that future liquefaction and export terminals could become something akin to today's coal plants, "where entrenched interests fight meaningful action to reduce climate emissions."

Renewable groups relieved, but still wary of tax bill conference report

As a broad tax reform package nears a final vote in Congress, a bicameral conference committee agreed to preserve existing tax credits for wind and solar energy. But a proposed tax for multinational companies could still limit renewable energy investment, industry experts say.

DOE reshuffles energy, science offices

The U.S. Department of Energy is reshuffling its energy and science program offices to largely fall under two new undersecretaries in a move that unwinds the prior administration's consolidation of many of those offices under one umbrella.

EPA document seeks comment on whether Clean Power Plan should be replaced

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has developed an advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public input on whether it should craft a replacement regulation for restricting greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants and, if so, what should be included in that rule.

Large shareholders prod energy majors toward ESG adoption

Many of the world's largest institutional investors that seek wider corporate adoption of environmental, social and governance metrics may not be ready to divest holdings in energy giants but are increasingly flexing their proxy muscles to prompt changes in their strategic orientation and risk planning.

Environmental groups file suit over EPA's new haze plan for Texas

Environmental groups are challenging a final regional haze plan for Texas developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which the groups assert could actually lead to an increase in haze-forming pollution in the state.

Trump administration considers changes to black lung protection rule

The Trump administration is examining a rule created to protect coal miners from black lung to determine whether it is achieving its goal.