Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals, citing climate risk

Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals, citing climate risk

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The election year decision by President Joe Biden aligns with environmentalists who fear the huge increase in exports, in the form of…

Sierra Canyon rallies to defeat No. 1 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame

Sierra Canyon rallies to defeat No. 1 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame

In a celebrity-filled, sold-out Sierra Canyon gymnasium featuring Bronny James, Scottie Pippen and Mookie Betts sitting courtside, fans were treated to one of the great comebacks of the 2023-24 high school basketball season Friday night. Down 17 points early in the fourth quarter to The Times’ No. 1 team in Southern California, Sherman Oaks Notre…

NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates

NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates

New Jersey’s public transit agency said Friday it is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by natural gas, heartening environmental justice advocates who targeted it and several other power plants in largely minority areas. NJ Transit said it is redirecting $503 million in federal funding that would have been…

Judge green-lights narrowing of main road through Atlantic City despite opposition from casinos

Judge green-lights narrowing of main road through Atlantic City despite opposition from casinos

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City got a green light Friday to proceed with a project to reduce the width of its main street from four lanes to two, despite fears from casinos and a hospital that the plan could tie the city into gridlocked knots, scare away gamblers and delay emergency vehicles. Superior Court…

Avian flu is devastating farms in California’s ‘Egg Basket’ as outbreaks roil poultry industry

Avian flu is devastating farms in California’s ‘Egg Basket’ as outbreaks roil poultry industry

PETALUMA, Calif. — Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire flock of egg-laying hens — 550,000 birds — to prevent the disease from infecting other farms in Sonoma County north of San…

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