Bobby Magill
Bloomberg Law
Washington, DC, United States
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States Will Get Billions to Plug Orphan Oil Wells. Is it Enough?
The $4.7 billion program from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is only a small fraction of the billions some say is needed to plug all the nation’s abandoned and forgotten oil and gas wells—in part because nobody really knows how many there are. → Read More
Drought Exposes ‘Canary in This Coal Mine’ of PFAS in Well Water
Drought is exposing new layers of risk posed by PFAS contamination in drinking water nationwide, a public health hazard expected to cost billions of dollars and take years to solve, state and federal officials say. → Read More
House Panel May Investigate Park Service Funds for July 4 Event
The head of a House appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Interior Department threatened to investigate the use of National Park Service entrance fee funds to pay for a July 4 celebration on the National Mall. → Read More
Court Scuttles Rule Cutting Potent Greenhouse Gas
A U.S. federal court has scuttled a plan to cut HFCs, among of the most powerful climate pollutants on earth. → Read More
Massachusetts May Overlook Climate Impacts of Biofuels
Massachusetts is considering classifying wood pellets and other tree products as renewable energy. → Read More
Warming Is Fueling Arizona’s Monstrous Monsoons
The Southwest's monsoons are becoming more intense, even as less rain falls on average as the climate changes. → Read More
Storing clean energy in salt isn’t as crazy as it sounds
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is developing tech to solve our clean energy storage dilemma. → Read More
Alphabet Turns to Molten Salt to Store Clean Energy
Alphabet has joined a growing list of technology companies developing energy storage for renewables. → Read More
Tesla Joins Effort to Pair Batteries With Offshore Wind
Two companies are planning to build the world's largest project combining an offshore wind farm with electricity storage. → Read More
VW, in Settlement, to Build Electric Vehicle Stations
Volkswagen will build electric vehicle charging stations across California as part of a settlement over its diesel emissions scandal. → Read More
The Largest Wind Farm in the U.S. Is Growing in Oklahoma. It’s a Sign of the Times
A new wind farm in Oklahoma could become the largest in the U.S. and wean states off coal-fired power plants. → Read More
New Jersey tackles food waste and hunger — for the climate
A new law aims to cut the state's food waste in half by 2030. → Read More
New Jersey Cutting Food Waste to Help Climate
A new law in New Jersey aims to shrink the state’s climate footprint by reducing wasted food that ends up in landfills. → Read More
A Mississippi-Sized Area of Forest Disappeared in 2015
Nearly 50 million acres of forest disappeared worldwide in 2015, showing that one of the most significant causes of climate change has not abated. → Read More
South Miami Just Made a Huge Rooftop Solar Decision
South Miami, Fla., has become the first city outside of California to mandate solar panels on new homes. → Read More
Rising Temps Could Bring Flight Delays Worldwide
Flight delays and restrictions could become more common worldwide as temperatures rise due to climate change. → Read More
States Betting on Giant Batteries to Cut Carbon
States are betting on storing renewable electricity in large batteries as a way to make the electric power grid sustainable. → Read More
Climate Change Altering Droughts, Impacts Across U.S.
Climate change may be altering the characteristics and impacts of drought across the U.S. → Read More
Desert Basins Could Hold ‘Missing’ Carbon Sinks
Deserts across the globe may contain some of the world’s “missing” carbon sinks — endorheic basins that store large amounts of carbon. → Read More
For the first time, wind and solar electricity generation hit double digits
Together they produced 10 percent of U.S. energy in March. → Read More