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Green Steel Jobs Multiply With Biden Energy Plan, Granholm Says

Jennifer Granholm features prominently as a chief seller of Biden’s climate and economic agenda this election year, crisscrossing the US promising CEOs and workers alike that a clean energy transition can create good-paying union jobs and revitalize manufacturing towns.

Biden Climate Corps Moves to Hire Youth for 2,000 Green Jobs

Restoring coastal ecosystems with oysters in Florida, protecting forests from wildfire in California and maintaining a cultural site (the Pearl Harbor National Memorial) in Hawaii: These are a few of the paid positions that job seekers can now apply for through the Biden administration’s American Climate Corps.

Biden Rule Orders Hard Environmental Look at Federal Buildings

The federal government will have to take a harder look at environmental, social, and economic factors when picking sites for federal facilities under a final rule issued on Monday.

EPA Gives $7 Billion in Solar for All Grants for 60 Awardees

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the selection of 60 recipients of $7 billion in grant awards through the Solar for All grant competition, the agency said Monday.

Heat Pump Makers Woo Contractors in Effort to Spur US Sales

When Miranda Sherman’s gas furnace suddenly died during a recent cold snap, she did what most Americans would do: She searched for “furnace won’t ignite” on Google, realized the machine was beyond repair and started calling contractors first thing in the morning.

Rare Toads or Clean Energy? An Environmental Law Fight in Nevada

In Nevada, can a balance be struck between an endangered toad species and the pressing need to address climate change? The future of NEPA, a 54-year-old environmental law, may hold the answer.

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EPA Revises Ways Chemicals Risks Decided for Restrictions

Decisions the EPA makes about whether chemicals are so risky that their commercial uses must be restricted will be made using statutory interpretations and policies the Biden administration has adopted, according to a final rule the agency released Tuesday.

Cadillac’s Lyriq Is Becoming a Dark Horse In the US EV Wars

Even as the shine wears off much of the EV market, Cadillac’s Lyriq has emerged as a rising star. General Motors Co. sold almost 6,000 of them in the first quarter, besting nearly all of its German luxury rivals and a number of more pedestrian battery-powered models, according to new data from Cox Automotive.

Green Steel Jobs Multiply With Biden Energy Plan, Granholm Says

Jennifer Granholm features prominently as a chief seller of Biden’s climate and economic agenda this election year, crisscrossing the US promising CEOs and workers alike that a clean energy transition can create good-paying union jobs and revitalize manufacturing towns.

AFC Joins $20 Billion Morocco-to-UK Subsea Power Export Plan

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Shell, TotalEnergies in Talks for Stakes in Adnoc LNG Plant

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NRL Said to Weigh Rival Bid for $10 Billion PAG-Backed Gas Firm

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California Fights to Keep Insurers Despite Fire Risk

How a Rare Toad Species Stopped a Clean Energy Project

Climate Change Fuels Texas Boom Towns' Water Worries

Insurers Sue Their Own Clients to Dodge PFAS Claims

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‘Right to Disconnect’ Plan in California Hits Employer Backlash

A California “right to disconnect” proposal aims to protect workers from the growing expectation that they’re always available to their bosses, spurring opposition from business groups that say it would create a compliance mess especially for management of salaried employees.