National (U.S.)

"Barclays this week downgrades the entire electric sector of the U.S. high-grade corporate bond market to underweight, saying it sees long-term challenges to electric utilities from solar energy, and that the electric sector of the bond market isn’t pricing in these challenges right now. It’s a noteworthy downgrade since electric utilities which make up nearly 7.5% of Barclays’ U.S. Corporate Index by market value."

"US scientists fear climate change could have devastating effects on poultry farmers as temperatures reach scorching levels"

"A federal appeals court today threw out a high-profile Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order that provided incentives for electricity users to consume less power, a practice dubbed demand response."
 

"The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund said it has raised more than $3 million to donate to candidates in this election cycle as parts of its GiveGreen program."

"The Senate on Thursday voted 91-7 to pass a $12.3 billion bill that approves infrastructure projects and aims to boost U.S. ports and waterways."

"Albany, New York Sheriff Craig Apple assured a room of concerned citizens that county emergency crews were prepared to handle an oil-train accident involving three or four tank cars."

"Environmentalist Tom Steyer isn't happy that the conservative Koch brothers turned down his offer to debate climate change and the Keystone XL pipeline."

"This is a case study of how a trade group takes a snippet of congressional testimony and twists it out of proportion for political purposes."

"Biofuel groups expect the Environmental Protection Agency to send the final proposed targets to the White House as soon as Friday."

"Climate change: Now it's personal. There will be more itching, sneezing, swelling and gasping for breath as Pennsylvania's climate shifts and residents are exposed to more poison ivy, stinging insects, pollen allergies and lyme-disease-bearing ticks, and experience increased asthma, respiratory disease and heat-related deaths."