Greenhouse gas cuts from already built gas-fired power plants are being addressed in a separate rulemaking, agency chief Michael Regan said, with some in Congress pushing that it be proposed by year end.
A top DOE official defends the halt as needed to determine if more capacity will affect environmental impacts and global gas prices—but a House-passed bill that removes agency approval authority now is up for Senate consideration.
As it restarts work on a 20-mile section of U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, the Biden administration says it is must use funds appropriated by Congress in 2019 for wall construction.
Unclear details on broadened Buy America rules on projects announced by President Biden during his State of the Union Address have industry officials concerned.
With heat impacts growing and Congress stalled on major climate funding, President promises more 'formal, official government actions in coming weeks' on the 'emergency.'