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Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden expands California national monuments President Biden on Thursday expanded the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in California. © David McNew, Getty Images The monuments' expansion will protect around...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Democrats release report on big oil probe According to a report from a yearslong investigation by House Democrats, major oil companies have internally admitted that their public commitments to cut planet-warming emissions are incompatible with their...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Five companies create a quarter of plastic pollution: Study Five companies are responsible for a quarter of all plastic waste worldwide, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances. © Kazi Salahuddin Razu, NurPhoto...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden administration sets goal to cut freight emissions to zero The Biden administration on Wednesday laid out a national goal to cut emissions from freight shipping down to zero. © Gene J. Puskar, The Associated Press...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden sets goal to protect wetlands, rivers, streams The White House announced Tuesday that it was setting a new goal to protect millions of acres of wetlands and thousands of miles of rivers and streams. ©...

Presented by AFPM — The administration said it would renew sanctions that it temporarily lifted in October after Venezuela did not make sufficient progress toward a fair election.  {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story US reinstates sanctions on Venezuela's oil The Biden administration is reimposing sanctions on Venezuelan oil, it...

The Biden administration will deny federal approval to a metallurgical mining company’s proposed industrial road through parts of northwestern Alaska, two sources familiar with the process confirmed to The Hill. One of the sources, who asked to speak on background, confirmed that the official statement of “no action” from the Interior Department could come as...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA sets first national limits for PFAS in drinking water The Biden administration Wednesday set the first-ever national limits for toxic and pervasive "forever chemicals" in drinking water. © iStock The administration’s action seeks to reduce the...

An anti-regulatory business lobby group backed by former Attorney General Bill Barr has sued California over rules aimed at phasing out gas-powered trucks in the state. The American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed it lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. “The ability to move people and products...

Oil-producing red states like Texas and Oklahoma led the nation in wind energy generation in 2023, while Texas was also among the leaders in solar generation, according to a report from the nonprofit Climate Central. The report indicated that the U.S. generated nearly 240,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) from solar power last year, an eightfold increase from...