The Environmental Protection Agency overturned Obama-era climate rules for power plants, vastly limiting the agency’s ability to mandate tougher greenhouse-gas-emission rules that could force older coal- and gas-fired plants to close. It is one of the most significant steps yet by the Trump administration to roll back climate policy, eliminating rules designed to force an… Continue reading EPA Overturns Obama Climate Rules for Power Plants
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PG&E Escapes Strict Wildfire Prevention Rules, Judge Decides
PG&E must comply with existing wildfire prevention rules and its own plans to combat wildfires, a federal judge ruled Tuesday — but the embattled utility avoided severe new regulations that the company said would have cost up to $150 billion to obey. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup did bar PG&E from issuing dividends to… Continue reading PG&E Escapes Strict Wildfire Prevention Rules, Judge Decides
CA State Assembly Passes Bill that Would Reinstate Net Neutrality Regulations
California on Thursday moved to reinstate Obama-era open-internet rules, challenging Trump administration rollback efforts and setting the state on a path to have the strongest net-neutrality rules in the nation. The California bill would forbid internet service providers from blocking websites, intentionally slowing down a website or app or accepting payments to make online services… Continue reading CA State Assembly Passes Bill that Would Reinstate Net Neutrality Regulations
FCC Rolls Back Net-Neutrality Rules
The Federal Communications Commission Thursday voted to roll back far-reaching rules governing how internet-service providers treat traffic on their networks, a move expected to empower cable and wireless providers and transform consumers’ online experience. The 2015 “net neutrality” rules were one of the signature regulatory actions of the Obama administration, requiring broadband providers to… Continue reading FCC Rolls Back Net-Neutrality Rules