Taylor Millard

1 week ago | dcjournal.com | Taylor Millard

The national push to use state and local laws to target global energy companies may run out of gas this week. Lawyers for energy companies are heading to a Rhode Island courtroom, accusing the state’s Attorney General of lying in a climate change lawsuit. In 2018, Rhode Island became the first U.S. state to use local laws to sue Chevron, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Citgo, and Marathon Oil over climate change.

1 week ago | prescottenews.com | Taylor Millard

A study from Miami University of Ohio reinforces what natural gas advocates have said for years: More natural gas energy production has led to lower U.S. carbon emissions. The peer-reviewed study found that greenhouse gas emissions dropped 7.5 percent annually as energy companies shifted from coal to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for natural gas. The drop was even more significant for carbon-dioxide emissions, with a yearly reduction of 10.5 percent.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Taylor Millard

Though the Virginia gubernatorial election is more than six months off, it’s shaping up as a crucial indicator of political winds ahead of the 2026 midterm elections and a test of President Donald Trump’s and fellow Republicans’ political strength a year after he won a second, nonconsecutive term. Virginia and New Jersey are the only states with governor’s races this year. The commonwealth has another distinction — it is the only state where governors aren’t allowed consecutive terms.

1 week ago | dcjournal.com | Taylor Millard

A study from Miami University of Ohio reinforces what natural gas advocates have said for years: More natural gas energy production has led to lower U.S. carbon emissions. The peer-reviewed study found that greenhouse gas emissions dropped 7.5 percent annually as energy companies shifted from coal to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for natural gas. The drop was even more significant for carbon-dioxide emissions, with a yearly reduction of 10.5 percent.

1 week ago | delawarevalleyjournal.com | Taylor Millard

The tortured saga of the survival of Crozer Chester and Taylor hospitals remained unresolved Thursday night. Attorneys for the debtors of hospital owner Prospect Medical Holdings said they were able to get $6 million in funding to keep the facilities open another six to 10 days. “I think it’s good news, bad news,” said William Curtin, the attorney representing Prospect’s debtors.