Amid the river’s worst water year on record and deadlocked negotiations over its future, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it will impose a new 10-year management plan if the states relying on the river don’t come to an agreement.
BOULDER, Colo.—The federal government will impose a 10-year operating framework for managing water use in the Colorado River Basin by the end of this summer if the seven states that rely on the river cannot come to an agreement before then, said Scott Cameron, acting commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation, at a water conference Thursday.
Feds Will Soon Impose New Framework on Colorado River if States Can’t Agree How to Manage It
Duke Energy could receive $28.4 million in federal grants for upgrades, matched by $44 million in ratepayer funds.
Duke Energy could receive $28.4 million in taxpayer money to upgrade two coal-fired power units in Person County, North Carolina, where residents are already contending with the construction of new natural gas plants, a pipeline and a proposed Microsoft data center.
Trump Administration Doubles Down on Coal Power in North Carolina
Mangroves store vast amounts of climate-warming carbon. Sea level rise may push them past the brink, according to a new study.
Mangrove forests have adapted over tens of millions of years to survive in harsh flooding from salty seas, while locking away vast stores of climate-warming carbon and protecting the world’s coastlines from storm surge.
Mangrove Forests Fight Climate Change—But Climate Change Is Fighting Back
The DOE on Thursday announced about $700 million in support for the declining coal industry with funds from the Defense Production Act. Environmentalists denounced the move, calling coal dirty and expensive.
Thursday’s flurry of coal news from energy officials included $425 million to extend the life of 12 coal plants in several states, such as $50 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Wheeling Power Company’s plans to “modernize” the Mitchell Plant in Moundsville, West Virginia.
Trump Funds Two New Coal Plants and Extends Another Dozen, Citing ‘Energy Dominance’
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