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Apaches get new chance to argue mine will harm sacred sites

By ANITA SNOW
Mar 21, 2023 12:33 PM - An Apache group battling a foreign mining firm that wants to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States on what tribal members say is sacred land will get a new chance to make its point Tuesday when a full federal appeals court panel takes another look at the case.
Future of nuclear power: State lawmakers weigh looser restrictions, but environmentalists wary

By ANDREW ADAMS
Mar 17, 2023 5:11 PM - A measure allowing the construction of new commercial nuclear power plants has bipartisan, bicameral support in the General Assembly as leaders consider the next steps in meeting carbon-free energy goals while maintaining grid reliability.
State and U.S. officials tout spending to plug 'orphan wells'

By GERALD HERBERT and KEVIN McGILL
Mar 17, 2023 5:54 AM - Stacks of valves, networks of pipes and hulking, two-story-tall tanks litter parts of the swampy landscape of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin, rusting relics of sites where oil wells were drilled in the 1970s, an unwanted legacy of the energy industry that has long helped drive the Louisiana economy.
Texas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned

By ACACIA CORONADO
Mar 15, 2023 6:50 AM - Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated and spooked the U.S. public, Kyle Bass foresaw what he deemed another foreign danger slated for skies above the Texas-Mexico border: wind turbines.
'This is the answer to climate change': How regenerative agriculture is restoring public land

BY JENNY WHIDDEN
Mar 15, 2023 6:24 AM - The farming and grazing practice of regenerative agriculture, heralded by environmentalists as a major solution to climate change and water issues, is a conservation alternative to conventional farming. County forest preserve and conservation districts are employing it on land they can't restore themselves yet.
Alaska oil project approval adds yet another climate concern

By MATTHEW BROWN and BECKY BOHRER
Mar 14, 2023 3:17 PM - The Biden administration's approval of a massive oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decadeslong crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions can stem climate change.
EPA to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MATTHEW DALY
Mar 14, 2023 3:15 PM - The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.
Biden OKs Alaska oil project, draws ire of environmentalists

By MATTHEW DALY and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Mar 13, 2023 1:53 PM - The Biden administration said Monday it is approving the huge Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation that it flies in the face of the Democratic president's pledges to slow climate change.
Alaska's Willow oil project is controversial. Here's why.

By BECKY BOHRER, MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY
Mar 13, 2023 1:26 PM - The Biden administration is approving a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to President Joe Biden's climate goals.
Heritage-Crystal Clean has record quarter

Mar 2, 2023 3:11 PM - Hoffman Estates-based Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. said its net income for the fourth quarter was a record $27.6 million, up significantly compared to net income of $18.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021.

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