Valerie Volcovici

Washington, D.C., United States

Correspondent at Reuters

Reuters (not Rooters) reporter in Washington covering climate/environment/energy policy. Proud mama. Usual disclaimers apply.

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US targets geothermal projects for emergency permitting

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Katharine Jackson |Chizu Nomiyama |Nichola Groom |Valerie Volcovici

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of the Interior said on Friday it was implementing emergency permitting procedures to accelerate reviews of geothermal energy projects as part of President Donald Trump's energy agenda. The projects that will...
米クリーンエネブーム終了へ下院通過の法案で

2 weeks ago | jp.reuters.com | Valerie Volcovici |Nichola Groom

２２日に米議会下院を僅差で通過した法案は、米国のクリーンエネルギー生産ブームに待ったをかける見通しだ。写真は２０２４年１０月、カリフォルニア州パームスプリングスで撮影（２０２５年ロイター/Mike Blake） [ワシントン２２日ロイター] - ２２日に米議会下院を僅差で通過した法案は、米国のクリーンエネルギー生産ブームに待ったをかける見通しだ。クリーンエネブームは、２０２２年に施行された補助金に伴って拡大した。共和党議員が支持したトランプ大統領の減税策と軍事・国境警備強化計画を支えるための法案は、バイデン前政権が実施したクリーンエネ事業の税優遇を想定より数年早く終わらせる内容。大半の企業がこの優遇策を使えなくなる。法案可決を受けて、クリーンエネ企業の株価は急落。補助金の恩恵を受けてきたデベロッパーやメーカーは、制度の後退によって工場閉鎖や人員削減のほか、家庭のエネルギーコストが上がるとの見方を示した。エネルギー調査企業ロジウム・グループの暫定的な分析によれば、制度変更によって家庭のエネルギーコストが７％上昇する見通し。...
House Budget Bill Effectively Kills US Clean Energy Boom

2 weeks ago | usnews.com | Valerie Volcovici

By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House budget bill that narrowly passed in an early morning vote on Thursday would effectively put the brakes on a clean energy production boom in the United States spurred by tax credits enacted in 2022.
House budget bill effectively halts US clean energy boom

2 weeks ago | marketscreener.com | Valerie Volcovici |Nichola Groom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House budget bill that narrowly passed in an early morning vote on Thursday would effectively put the brakes on a clean energy production boom in the United States spurred by subsidies enacted in 2022.
EPA to rollback 'forever chemical' rule, extend timelines

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Valerie Volcovici |William Maclean

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The EPA will rescind much of the Biden administration's first nationwide drinking water standard aimed at protecting people from toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS found in many household items, but will maintain current...
EPA to rollback 'forever chemical' rule, extend timelines

3 weeks ago | ksl.com | Valerie Volcovici

WASHINGTON — The EPA will rescind much of the Biden administration's first nationwide drinking water standard aimed at protecting people from toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAs found in many household items, but will maintain current limits on two of these chemicals, it announced on Wednesday.
US health department to reverse federal layoffs of coal safety workers, senator says

3 weeks ago | wmbdradio.com | Valerie Volcovici

By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Over 100 federal employees who screen coal miners for black lung disease and research other respiratory disease who had been terminated as part of sweeping government layoffs have had their jobs restored permanently, West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced on Tuesday. Capito said in a statement she got an assurance from Health Secretary Robert F.
US health department to reverse federal layoffs of coal safety workers, senator says

3 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Valerie Volcovici

By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Over 100 federal employees who screen coal miners for black lung disease and research other respiratory disease who had been terminated as part of sweeping government layoffs have had their jobs restored permanently, West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced on Tuesday. Capito said in a statement she got an assurance from Health Secretary Robert F.
Last-ditch lobbying blitz seeks to save Biden's clean-energy tax credits

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Valerie Volcovici

By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. energy industry trade groups have launched a last-minute lobbying blitz to urge Congress members to spare a slew of former President Joe Biden's clean energy tax credits from the chopping block in the Republican budget plan. On Monday, the House Ways and Means committee proposed the phase-out or cancellation of several lucrative subsidies from Biden's signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act.
US health department to reverse federal layoffs of coal safety workers, senator says

3 weeks ago | reuters.com | Valerie Volcovici

A miner diagnosed with advanced black lung diease, stands inside an old water well near his home in Hinton, West Virginia, U.S., April 13, 2025. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Over 100 federal employees who screen coal miners for black lung disease and research other respiratory disease who had been terminated as part of sweeping government layoffs have had their jobs restored permanently, West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito announced on Tuesday.