Louisiana will use a $25 million grant to plug, cap and reclaim up to 900 orphaned oil and gas wells across the state in the first phase of a $4.7 billion federal program included in last year's infrastructure law.
Organizers are fighting for legislation that will allow miners to safely transition out of the coal economy and be retrained to work in greener jobs that may include wind turbine installation, solar farms or making batteries for electric vehicles.
Minnesota lawmakers are considering a new policy meant to slash carbon emissions from the transportation sector, the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state.
According to a February 2019 report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, all 50 states nationwide decreased their energy-related carbon emissions by 12.4% between 2005 and 2016.
