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Senate Confirms McNamee as FERC Commissioner

December 6, 2018 admin Coal, earthjustice, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, mcconnell, mcnamee, murkowski, news, Nuclear, renewable energy, Renewables, schumer, Trump

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:35:28 +0000

The U.S. Senate on a 50-49 party-line vote December 6 confirmed Bernard McNamee to a seat on the five-member Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission (FERC), despite questions about his independence from the Trump administration and his previous comments in support of a bailout of coal and nuclear U.S. power plants at the expense of renewable […]

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Enviros Dispute State Findings on Coal Ash Spill

October 8, 2018 admin Business, Coal, coal ash, duke energy, earthjustice, environmentalists, hurricane florence, Legal & Regulatory, news, Safety, sutton power plant, Water, waterkeeper alliance

Environmental officials in North Carolina say their tests show that coal ash released from Duke Energy’s Sutton power plant in Wilmington during flooding from Hurricane Florence has not had a negative impact on the Cape Fear River. The state’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on October 4 said its test results on water samples collected […]

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