Long-awaited dam safety reforms move closer to law after Michigan Senate voteThe Michigan Senate on Thursday voted to overhaul Michigan’s lax dam safety laws, moving long-awaited reforms one vote away from reaching Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Both legislative chambers have now approved versions of two companion bills sponsored by Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, and Rep. Bill G. Schuette, R-Midland, to strengthenPittsburgh Tribune-Review4d agoWhole story →JusticePlanetGretchen WhitmerS 947HR 5485michigan dam safety reform vote
House committee backs bill sparing communities from ‘fake’ data center proposalsMore than a hundred data center proposals have popped up like mushrooms on the Pennsylvania map, and a House committee on Wednesday attempted to validate the “real” ones by backing a plan to weed out many others believed to be speculative grabs for money. The House Energy Committee approved aPittsburgh Tribune-Review5d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanetdata center regulation
Trump will unveil $54 billion in South Korean investment in Alaska, site of a tight Senate raceWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for South Korea to invest roughly $54 billion in a project to export natural gas from Alaska, a proposal long backed by Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who’s in a competitive reelection contest there. The investment would mark thePittsburgh Tribune-Review6d agoWhole story →EconomyPlanetDan Sullivanalaska natural gas investment announcement
Justice Alito steps aside in major climate case after scrutiny over oil stock holdingsWASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recused himself Monday from a major climate-change case after facing calls to step aside due to stock holdings in oil companies. A letter posted in the case did not specify a reason, but the conservative justice has previously recused himself from other casesPittsburgh Tribune-Review8d agoWhole story →PlanetGovernmentSamuel Alitosupreme court climate case
Judge won’t block Trump administration from giving SpaceX acres of wildlife refuge in land swapMcALLEN, Texas — A federal judge on Monday refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge as part of a land swap in Texas, while environmental groups vowed to continue their legal challenge. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. declined the plaintiffs’Pittsburgh Tribune-Review15d agoWhole story →Planetspacex land swap ruling
Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered speciesBILLINGS, Mont. — Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act by federal officials, marking a sea change by President Donald Trump’s administration in how the landmark environmental law is enforced.Pittsburgh Tribune-Review19d agoWhole story →Planet
