Rep. Joe Barton, the conservative Texas Republican who serves as vice chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wants U.S. EPA to revisit the 2009 endangerment finding that underpins Obama-era carbon emissions standards. Administrator Scott Pruitt’s conclusion yesterday, in a widely panned interview with CNBC, that carbon dioxide is not the main driver behind climate change encouraged Barton (Greenwire, March 9). “I would be hopeful that they do an honest assessment of it,” the …
‘Too valuable to burn’: Ramaco to turn coal from Wyo. mine into car, plane parts
Ramaco Carbon LLC is aiming to “fundamentally diversify the future of the coal industry” with a “coal to cars” mine, research center and industrial park. The facility is a partnership of the Ramaco Resources Inc. affiliate as well as national research teams from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Grossman Group for Advanced Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Duke University, Southern Research Institute and the Western Research Institute. The group is aiming to divert “a significant …