TVA reviewing 'extensive' new EPA emissions, coal ash rules, CEO says As the Tennessee Valley Authority forges ahead with a strategy to close all its coal plants and replace them mostly with natural gas, another emissions-heavy fossil fuel, strict new rules from the ... 05/2/2024 - 10:09 pm | View Link
The Biden EPA’s Plan to Ration Electricity On Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency proposed its latest doozy—rules ... coal plant closures. Now President Biden is trying to finish the job by tightening mercury, wastewater and ash ... 04/26/2024 - 11:42 am | View Link
New federal rules aim to clean up toxic coal ash, including nearly a dozen sites in Kentucky Kentucky is one of a minority of states that produces most of its electricity by burning coal. A byproduct of that legacy today: creating millions of tons of what’s known as coal ash, a waste from ... 04/25/2024 - 10:41 pm | View Link
EPA issues toughest rule yet on power plant emissions, but it's likely to face court challenges The rules are a key part of ... toxic waste and destroyed property. Environmental groups challenged that rule, arguing it left a large amount of coal ash waste unregulated by the federal government. 04/25/2024 - 1:28 pm | View Link
It's Coal v Clean Fuels in the Coming Power Struggle Over EPA Climate Rules Companion rules also released Thursday would force the cleanup of two other sources of pollution from coal plants—the fly ash and wastewater ... scale. Environmental groups praised the EPA's ... 04/25/2024 - 10:03 am | View Link
A new Lincoln Project spot takes aim at what’s allegedly inside Donald Trump’s pants. Via Florida Politics:
“We know Donald ‘Von ShitzInPants’ Trump will hate that this commercial is going to be seen by all his top donors this weekend as they do Apprentice-style tryouts with potential Vice Presidential picks,” said Rick Wilson, Lincoln Project co-founder.
There's a bill on Ron DeSantis’ desk that, if he signs it, would end the state’s support of renewable and clean energy and keep Florida reliant on fossil fuels. Via the Sun-Sentinel:
If signed, the law would reverse 16 years of state policy, finishing the work started by former Gov. Rick Scott and undoing Gov.
“Top officials for former President Donald Trump’s campaign believe they can flip Democratic strongholds Minnesota and Virginia into his column in November, they told donors behind closed doors at a Republican National Committee retreat Saturday,” NBC News reports.
“Brandishing internal surveys, pollster Tony Fabrizio and senior advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita delivered a set of presentations that focused on finances, messaging and the political map… Fabrizio’s numbers, posted on a slide shared with NBC News, showed Trump ahead of President Joe Biden by small margins in the key swing states from 2020 — including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.”
Peter Baker: “It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens?”
“Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, says a Biden administration official. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator.”
“They’re joking.
Narcissists always see boundaries as a challenge, and former President Donald Trump went there in front of a private Republican National Committee donor event at Mar-a-Lago, likening the Biden administration to the Gestapo, the secret police force of Nazi Germany. Trump also called Jack Smith a "fucking asshole" and lobbed insults at prosecutors.
Things got a little awkward when Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem about the false claim in her book where she said she met with North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong Un. She told of her meeting that never took place that Kim underestimated her, "having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I'd been a children's pastor, after all)." That lie falls in line with her claim of being an "alpha-female" compared to Nikki Haley.