 Energy & Environment |
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On Day 1 of flight cuts, Duffy teases even bigger impact |
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday that flight reductions could go as high as 20 percent if the government shutdown drags on. |
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began reducing flights by 10 percent on Friday due to air traffic controller staffing shortages amid the federal funding lapse. "If this continues, and I have more controllers who decide they can't come to work, can't control the airspace, but instead have to take a second job — with that, you might see 10 percent would have been a good number, because we might go to 15 percent or 20 percent," Duffy said at a Breitbart News event in Washington, D.C. Duffy clarified to The Hill after the event that he was speaking theoretically. "Could it go there? That's possible. There's no plan for that," Duffy said. "I assess the data and how many controllers I have, and I'm just saying we're going to make decisions based on what we see in the airspace to make sure we keep it safe. I hope it goes the other direction." Airlines began reducing air traffic at 40 airports across the country Friday by direction of the FAA, starting with 4 percent reductions and gradually increasing by 2 percent per day to 10 percent. Read more at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter, I'm Tristan Lejeune — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains. |
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How policy will affect the energy and environment sectors now and in the future: |
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A flurry of flight cancellations began Friday morning after the Trump administration ordered airlines to reduce operations amid staffing shortages inflamed by the record-long government shutdown. |
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Next week, world leaders will gather for the COP30 climate summit, meeting in Brazil in an event where the U.S. and its top representatives will be conspicuously absent. |
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Near the end of his first term, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that aimed to reduce harmful, planet-warming pollutants emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners. The bipartisan measure brought environmentalists and major business groups into rare alignment on the contentious issue of climate change and won praise across the political spectrum. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks — and then kept drilling (The Guardian) Cold records dating back to the 1800s may be broken by a coming Arctic freeze (The Washington Post)
Japanese Automakers Warn of Billions in Tariff Losses (The New York Times)
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Powering progress with U.S. manufacturing |
Panasonic's Kansas battery plant is a $4B investment in jobs, innovation, and energy security. Learn more. |
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) offered a plan Friday to end the government shutdown, headlined by a one-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits and a short-term spending bill. Read more |
| Democratic support for a potential deal to reopen the government has crumbled because of deep mistrust among Senate Democrats over whether President Trump will act in good faith to extend health insurance subsidies or to stop firing federal workers. Read more |
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