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Energy and Climate Report
August 15, 2017 - Number 157
Civil Infrastructure Trump Said to Be Signing Order to Speed Up Public-Works Permits President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order August 15 designed to streamline the approval process for building roads, bridges and other infrastructure by establishing "one federal decision" for major projects and setting a two-year goal for permitting.
Climate Change ip to Speed Up Public-Works Permits, Drop Climate Order
President Donald Trump announced an executive order Aug. 15 that's designed to streamline the approval process for building roads, bridges and other infrastructure by establishing "one federal decision" for major projects and setting a two-year goal for permitting.
Energy Energy Information Administration Acting Head to Depart Howard Gruenspecht, the acting administrator of the Energy Information Administration, is leaving the post at the end of August, he told staff in an email Aug. 15.
Energy Nuclear Power's Woes Imperil U.S. National Security, Moniz Says The decline of the U.S. nuclear-power industry puts America's security at risk, according to a report being released Aug. 15 by former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz that calls for greater federal investment.
Energy Sinclair Oil Notches Win in Biofuel Mandate Exemption Battle Sinclair Oil Corp, may no longer be required to fully comply with the EPA's biofuel blending mandate at two oil refineries in Wyoming, following a court decision to reverse a previous agency ruling.
Energy Southern Wins Early Review of Nuclear Reactor Cost Overruns Southern Co. may have a better idea of how much of an estimated $25 billion nuclear power project it will be allowed to charge Georgia customers before a reactor is even online.
Enforcement
Exxon Mobil's $2.6M Fine for Ruptured Pipeline
id
Exxon Mobil will get a break on a $2.6 million fine levied against it for a 2013 pipeline spill in
Arkansas.
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Fuel Efficiency Profitable Picku,< h ks, SUVs May Get Break in, Trump Review A move under consideration by the Trump administration could ease tough fuel-efficiency standards set to take effect in 2021 on pickups, SUVs and other light trucks, the bulwark of U.S. auto industry sales and profits.
Renewable Energy
Brazi
ir Expected to Grow With State's New Regulation
A new solar energy regulation in Brazil's Sao Paulo state is expected to encourage more
small and large-scale solar systems to be built and help those under construction come
online more quickly.
Sustainability Big Oil Follows Silicon Valley into Backing Green Energy Firms Major oil companies are joining Silicon Valley in backing energy-technology start-ups, a signal that that those with the deepest pockets in the industry are casting around for a new strategy.
Vehicle Fuels
How Elon Musk and Cheap Oil Doon
sh for Another Car Fuel
The idea was nothing short of revolutionary: convert the nation's millions of trucks, buses
and other commercial vehicles to run on natural gas instead of gasoline and diesel.
Water Pollution EPA to Rewrite Toxic Wastewater Limits Rule, No Deadline Set American Electric Power, the nation's largest electric utility, hopes the EPA will delay all compliance deadlines for toxic wastewater limits on power plants in the wake of the agency's decision to rewrite limits for certain wastestreams.
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