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News Articles: Energy

The Royal Dutch Shell refinery is seen in Norco, La. The state is a major petrochemical and oil and gas producer, but Gov. John Bel Edwards has called for a plan to dramatically reduce climate warming emissions.

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  • Energy

Louisiana's Governor Wants The Oil And Gas State To Go Carbon Neutral

In a major shift, Louisiana officials are making a plan to ramp up clean energy. Gov. John Bel Edwards says the state must reduce the emissions fueling increasingly destructive extreme weather.

May 12, 2021
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  • Tegan Wendland
Man trying to get gas in Kennesaw

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  • Energy

Panic Drives Up Fuel Demand As Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Continues

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp joined the Biden administration in urging people not to stockpile fuel needlessly. Convenience store customers across Georgia were reporting fuel shortages by Monday evening, a problem that experts say is an overreaction to the situation. 

May 12, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
A lift boat and wind turbines off Block Island, R.I., in 2016. Approval of the country's first large-scale wind farm off Martha's Vineyard signals a major shift in the clean energy landscape.

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  • Energy

Biden Administration Approves 1st Major Offshore Wind Energy Project

A wind farm off Martha's Vineyard will produce enough power for 400,000 homes. It's the first of a dozen such projects in the works that are set to shift the clean energy landscape dramatically.

May 11, 2021
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  • Miriam Wasser
Fuel tanks are seen at a Colonial Pipeline Co. delivery point Monday in Baltimore. The company's pipeline was hit with a major ransomware attack last week.

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  • National Security

What We Know About The Ransomware Attack On A Critical U.S. Pipeline

The massive pipeline, which supplies 45% of the East Coast's gasoline and jet fuel, was forced to shut down over the weekend. The company says it has one line operating under manual control.

May 10, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
The shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline following a cyberattack is prompting speculation about what could happen to gasoline and diesel prices ahead of Memorial Day.

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  • Energy

An Extended Pipeline Shutdown Could Affect Gas Prices In Southeast U.S.

Colonial Pipeline has not set a timetable for restoring full service. If the shutdown continues several days, it could affect gas prices in the Southeast, experts say.

May 10, 2021
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  • H.J. Mai
Traffic on I-95 passes oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Co. in Linden, N.J. An cybersecurity attack has shut down Colonial Pipeline, a major transporter of gasoline along the East Coast.

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  • National Security

Ransomware Attack Shuts Down A Top U.S. Gasoline Pipeline

An attack shuts down Colonial Pipeline, a major transporter of gasoline along the East Coast. A security analyst says the event shows the vulnerability of key elements of the nation's infrastructure.

May 09, 2021
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  • Marisa Peñaloza
Plant Vogtle

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  • Energy

Southern Co. Expects New Plant Vogtle Delays As PSC Weighs Tab

The Georgia Public Service Commission will soon decide whether to sign off on the $670 million in construction costs over the final six months of 2020, a tab that could eventually get passed onto customer’s electric bills. 

May 03, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by Sens. Ed Markey (left) and Martin Heinrich, discusses legislation Wednesday to reimpose regulations to reduce methane pollution from oil and gas wells.

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  • National

Senate Votes To Restore Regulations On Climate-Warming Methane Emissions

The Trump administration rolled back the regulations last year, a move that was so controversial even some oil companies opposed it. Methane is an even more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

April 30, 2021
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  • Jeff Brady
Rod Colwell, CEO of Controlled Thermal Resources, is among many hoping to transform the area around California's Salton Sea into a domestic source of lithium for electric car batteries.

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  • Energy

California's 'White Gold' Rush: Lithium In Demand Amid Surge In Electric Vehicles

Automakers worry about a shortage of key minerals just as production of electric vehicles is set to spike. The Biden administration has called for boosting domestic production of them.

April 28, 2021
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  • Benjamin Purper
Cars make their way toward downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. California could regain the right to set its own vehicle emissions standards after the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was moving to curb a Trump-era policy that sought to erode the state's previously held power.

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  • Environment

White House Is Preparing To Give Back California's Smog-Busting Powers

California may regain the right to set its own vehicle emissions standards as part of the Biden administration's push to reverse Trump-era environmental policies.

April 28, 2021
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
A 720,000-pound water tank is placed atop the Unit 4 containment vessel at Plant Vogtle.

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  • Energy

Plant Vogtle Expansion Hits Two Key Milestones

Hot functional testing has begun on the first of the new reactors, Unit 3, at the plant south of Augusta. That’s the final series of major tests the reactor must pass prior to initial fuel load.

April 27, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Tankers unload imported crude oil at the Qingdao crude oil terminal in east China's Shandong Province in February. A tanker anchored off the port was reportedly hit Tuesday by another vessel, causing an oil spill in the Yellow Sea.

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  • Asia

Oil Spill Reported Off China Coast After Tanker, Bulk Carrier Collide

The tanker, reportedly carrying a cargo of bitumen, used in road and roof construction, was at anchor, according to the ship's Singapore-based operator.

April 27, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
A Honda SUV E prototype is displayed during the 19th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20. Honda says battery-powered SUVs will be a key part of its plan to sell exclusively zero-emissions vehicles by 2040.

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  • Business

Honda Aims To Go All-Electric By 2040

The Japanese automaker is planning to phase out gas- and diesel-powered vehicles over the next two decades, pivoting to battery-powered and fuel-cell cars, trucks, SUVs and motorcycles.

April 23, 2021
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
The Kendeda Building on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

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  • Environment

Georgia Tech Experiment Declared South's First 'Living Building'

 An experiment in sustainable buildings on the campus of Georgia Tech has been deemed a success.

April 22, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Electric vehicles at a charging station last year in San Mateo, Calif. The governors of 12 states, including California, have called on President Biden to order that all cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. after 2035 be zero-emission vehicles.

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  • Environment

Governors Urge Biden To Order 100% Zero-Emission Car Sales By 2035

In a letter to the president, 12 governors asked that the White House order a ban on greenhouse gas-emitting cars and light trucks within 14 years.

April 21, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
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