Environment

New Mexico Terminates Punitive Charge On Solar Customers

On September 5, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) ordered Southwestern Public Service (SPS) to terminate Rate 59, a fee on solar customers that cost typical households with rooftop solar more than $300 a year.

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Death Toll from Powerful Earthquake in Northern Japan Rises

At least seven people are now confirmed dead as a result of Thursday’s powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan’s northern Hokkaido island.

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Industrial railway line and logging threaten the Sámi homeland

On September 5, the Indigenous Sámi youth organization, Suoma Sámi Nuorat, Suohpanterror ‘Artivist’ collective and Greenpeace activists demonstrated against industrial exploitation of the Great Northern Forest in the Sámi territory in Northern Finland...

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U.S. EPA reaches agreement with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power over damage to wetlands

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an administrative order with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) over federal Clean Water Act violations. Under the terms of the order, LADWP will purchase $5.3 million in...

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