The bill calls for stiffer penalties for trespassing and tampering of infrastructure like pipelines. Enviro groups say the bill could stifle legitimate protests.
If the Senate stays under Republican control, it would likely prevent sweeping climate legislation, and progressive cabinet nominees. But there's a lot Biden could do in the executive branch.
The Environmental Voter Project is targeting non-voting environmentalists to go to the polls. Since 2016, they say more than 250,00 of them are now consistent voters.
In the battleground states of Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania, we ask if the environment, climate change and fracking are making a difference to voters.
The report found it took multiple filings, and repeated emails and phone calls to get a response from Ohio regulators. It calls the process a "luck of the draw."
Range would only supply a fifth of what the plant would need. An industry analyst says the region would need to produce more ethane to support a second cracker.
Julie Grant got her start in public radio at age 19 while at Miami University in Ohio. After studying land ethics in graduate school at Kent State University, Julie covered environmental issues in the Great Lakes region for Michigan Radio’s "The Environment Report" and North Country Public Radio in New York. She’s won many awards, including an Edward R. Murrow Award in New York, and was named “Best Reporter” in Ohio by the Society of Professional Journalists. Her stories have aired on NPR’s "Morning Edition," "The Splendid Table" and "Studio 360." Julie loves covering agricultural issues for the Allegheny Front—exploring what we eat, who produces it and how it’s related to the natural environment.
