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TVA Says It Now Doesn’t Want To Close Two Coal-Fired Plants

"The nation’s largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter, changing course before a meeting of its board, which has a majority of members picked by the coal-friendly Trump administration."

Source: AP, 02/11/2026

Torrance Residents Urge Ban Of ‘Flesh-Eating’ Chemical Used At Refinery

"Residents and advocates gathered Saturday to demand the ban of a chemical that’s used at a Torrance oil refinery and that they say has the potential to cause a mass casualty disaster."

Source: LA Times, 02/09/2026

"US EPA Reapproves The Controversial Herbicide Dicamba"

"In a widely expected move, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday reapproved the pesticide dicamba, an herbicide used on genetically modified crops including corn, cotton and soybeans that is prone to far-reaching drift and linked to crop damages."

Source: The New Lede, 02/09/2026

Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of U.S. Wind and Solar Projects

"Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up."

Source: NYTimes, 02/06/2026

"Why China Is Building So Many Coal Plants Despite Its Solar And Wind Boom"

"Even as China’s expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years — raising concern about whether the world’s largest emitter will reduce carbon emissions enough to limit climate change."

Source: AP, 02/05/2026

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