Despite the carbon-cutting push, oil and gas will continue to be a critical part of the world’s energy mix for decades to come, according to an ExxonMobil report, which warns that significant investments are needed to offset declining rates of production or people will live shorter, less fulfilling lives.
Florida’s environmental regulators object to proposed federal EPA regulations for power plants. They say the plans will endanger the public, rely on technology not yet proven or sufficiently available, and are being forced on the public too quickly.
Connecticut could move closer toward net-zero efforts to fight against climate change, with the state governor proposing mandates that would ban the sale of new light-duty fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2035.