Sabal Trail Transmission LLC officials say construction of the company’s $3.2-billion natural-gas pipeline, approved in February 2016, is now 88% complete.
President Trump has directed the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers to begin work on cancelling or rewriting an Obama administration rule that aimed to clarify federal authority over wetlands and other bodies of water.
In another move to cut back on regulations, President Trump has directed federal agencies to set up task forces, with an eye to canceling or changing rules that officials find too restrictive.
In the early morning hours of Feb. 9, heavy rainfall and a high tide combined to knock off line Seattle’s 52-year-old West Point wastewater treatment plant.
In his first speech to EPA employees on Feb. 21, new Administrator Scott Pruitt said the agency would work more closely with states and follow statutes.
More than 400 former Environment Protection Agency officials are urging the Senate to vote against Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the agency.
Renewable generation is expected to account for about two-thirds of the 24 GW of energy capacity the U.S. added in 2016, and industry observers don’t expect alternative-energy additions to fall in coming years, despite changed political winds.
Early Wednesday morning, protesters representing Greenpeace climbed to the top of a 270-ft-tall tower crane in Washington, D.C., to rig and hang a large banner over the city that read “Resist.”