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golden eagle, Box Elder County, Utah,

Clean energy company fined $8 million after 150 eagles perish in wind farms

NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy was also sentenced to five years probation after being charged with three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during a court appearance in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
News, US News | April 7th 2022

Governments worldwide unprepared for deadly wildfires

A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution and other problems that governments are ill prepared to confront, according to a U.N. report being released on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
News | February 23rd 2022

Corroded diesel pipeline ruptures killing fish and birds near New Orleans

A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans after the operator delayed needed repairs, according to federal records.
News, US News | January 13th 2022

Biden to expand solar power on federal land

U.S. officials announced approval on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, of two large-scale solar projects in California and moved to open up public lands in other Western states to potential solar power development, as part of the Biden administration’s effort to counter climate change by shifting from fossil fuels.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Politics | December 22nd 2021

Companies bid $192 million in Biden's first Gulf oil sale

Energy companies including Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil offered a combined $192 million for drilling rights on federal oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
News, US News, Energy, Politics | November 18th 2021

U.S. auctions off huge crude reserves in Gulf of Mexico

The reserves in the Gulf of Mexico are estimated to hold up to 1.1 billion barrels of crude.
News, US News, Energy, Politics | November 17th 2021

US admits fossil fuel sales damage climate yet carries on with oil and gas leases

The Biden administration is planning to sell oil and gas leases on huge tracts of public land in the U.S. West, despite the Interior Department's conclusion that doing so could cost society billions of dollars in climate change impacts, according to government documents.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Energy, Politics | November 3rd 2021

US to gauge climate damage from federal oil and gas sales

U.S. government regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling on federal lands on a national scale, as the Biden administration steps up efforts to address climate change, the Interior Department said on Friday, October 29, 2021.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Politics | October 30th 2021

California oil pipeline may have been dragged by massive ship's anchor

Investigators believe a 1,200-foot (366-meter) cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline with crude.
News, US News | October 18th 2021

Towns in Montana, California threatened by major fires

Wildfires in Montana threatened rural towns and ranchland, and victims of a California blaze returned to their incinerated town even as the region faced another round of dangerous weather.
Wildfires
News, US News | August 13th 2021
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