The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to strengthen regulations aimed at preventing accidents at refineries, chemical plants, and thousands of other facilities that can lead to potentially lethal air pollution releases and millions of dollars in property damage. The final update, released Friday morning, states that operations will have to account for the risks posed by higher odds of flooding and climate change related to climate change, and some will also have to implement safer options to their existing procedures. In a step towards greater openness, EPA will make plants’ “risk management plans” available online to nearby residents. The new safeguards go further in some respects than what EPA proposed a 1 ½ years ago, and will protect some of the most vulnerable populations overburdened by industrial pollution for too long, according to Deputy EPA Administrator Janet McCabe.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
