Energy policy
Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Apr. 29, 2021 12:19 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 29 The Los Angeles Times...

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 file photo smoke rises from a factory as a truck loaded with cars crosses a bridge in Paris. Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose slightly in December compared to the same month of 2019, indicating the sharp drop seen due to the pandemic was short-lived. Figures released Tuesday by the International Energy Agency show emissions from the production and use of oil, gas and coal were 2% higher in December 2020 than a year earlier. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Energy-related emissions up in December despite pandemic

By Frank Jordans Mar. 02, 2021 04:31 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Feb. 15, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Akron Beacon Journal. Feb. 14, 2021. Editorial: What are lawmakers waiting for? Repeal corrupt HB 6 now and start over. Expel Householder. ...

The Rev. Scott Onque, policy director for Faith in Place, speaks in favor of the Clean Energy Jobs Act at a video conference on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 in, Chicago. The legislation revives past efforts to make Illinois carbon-free by 2050 with a series of policies and regulations that encourage investment in renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. (Advanced Digital Media via AP)
By 2050, Illinois would use only renewable energy under bill

By John O'connor Feb. 09, 2021 04:36 PM EST

Top energy lawmakers optimistic despite divided Legislature

By Frank Jossie Of Energy News Network Jan. 30, 2021 01:01 AM EST
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — In a legislative session likely to be dominated by the state’s pandemic response, two key leaders in Minnesota’s divided Legislature see...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 12:14 PM EST
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ Jan. 24 The Exponent Telegram on national...

Secretary of Defense nominee Lloyd Austin, a recently retired Army general, speaks during his conformation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
Congress poised for quick action on Biden's Pentagon nominee

By Robert Burns And Andrew Taylor Jan. 21, 2021 02:15 PM EST

A pharmacist holds a bottle of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, Mass., Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. Health care workers and patients at nursing homes are part of the first phase of the introduction of the vaccine. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
Highlights of COVID-19, government funding law taking effect

By The Associated Press Dec. 29, 2020 12:21 AM EST

Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient Alford Washington, Sr., receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Alanna Williams at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System's gymnasium in New Orleans, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Washington was part of the Pathfinder Unit in Vietnam where he survived a plane crash that killed 7 people in Oct. 28, 1967. He said he had no concerns receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Highlights of COVID-19, government funding law taking effect

By The Associated Press Dec. 27, 2020 09:56 PM EST

Michelle Chester, director of employee health services at Northwell Health, right, shows the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Arlene Ramirez, director of patient care at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital, before administering the vaccine to her on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Valley Stream, N.Y. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool via AP)
Highlights of $900 billion COVID-19 relief, wrapup bills

By The Associated Press Dec. 22, 2020 12:52 AM EST

Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are moved to the loading dock for shipping at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)
Highlights of $900 billion COVID-19 relief, wrapup bills

By The Associated Press Dec. 21, 2020 12:29 AM EST

Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are moved to the loading dock for shipping at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)
Highlights of $900 billion COVID-19 relief, wrapup bills

By The Associated Press Dec. 20, 2020 10:12 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Nov. 16, 2020 05:53 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Ohioans have left Gov. Mike DeWine with few options to fight...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his daily, morning news conference at the presidential palace, Palacio Nacional, in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. López Obrador said Friday that his ambassador to the United States told him two weeks ago that there was an investigation underway there involving Mexico's former defense secretary, retired Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, who was arrested Thursday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
US legislators complain to Trump on Mexico energy policy

By Mark Stevenson Oct. 24, 2020 02:17 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jul. 28, 2020 07:07 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Fixing corrupt energy bill would help Ohio’s environment ...

FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City on April 5, 2020. The countries which top the rankings of COVID-19 deaths globally are led by populist, mold-breaking leaders like Obrador. The U.S., Brazil, the United Kingdom and Mexico all are led by leaders who have been skeptical of the scientists and who initially minimized the disease. And their four countries alone account for half of the total 585,000 COVID-19 deaths worldwide so far, according to statistics tracked by Johns Hopkins University. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
Mexico president happy as focus shifts to predecessors

By Christopher Sherman Jul. 24, 2020 04:27 PM EDT

Sudan’s premier appoints civilians as provincial governors

By Samy Magdy Jul. 22, 2020 05:02 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s prime minister announced the appointment of civilian governors for the country’s 18 provinces Wednesday, another key step forward in a...