** The Biden administration denies allegations that it violated environmental laws and failed to consider and disclose the climate impacts when approving 3,500 oil and gas drilling permits since early 2021. ** A coalition of 26 climate change, public health and environmental justice advocacy organizations formally petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday to regulate air pollution …
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**Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm faced criticism on social media Sunday after she said Americans being crushed by the weight of inflation can lower their energy costs by installing solar panels at a 30% discount under the Inflation Reduction Act. ** The Biden administration is expected to unveil a series of executive actions aimed at regulating emissions from …
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** U.S. oil and gas companies generated profits worth $73.7 billion last year on the back of improving prices, with capital expenditure reaching $144.1 billion. ** A state of Michigan lawsuit that aims to force Enbridge Inc to stop operating the Line 5 oil pipeline underneath the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes will be …
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** North Dakota receives no bids from developers to build a cross-state natural gas pipeline to supply planned agricultural processing plants. ** Activists continue their fight against the Mountain Valley Pipeline even after West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin conditioned his approval of climate legislation on its completion. ** Former Vice President Al Gore, who held the first congressional hearings on climate …
More energy bureaucrats coming our way
If you thought the addition of 87,000 more IRS agents was the growth of big government, consider what happened in the U.S. Energy Department in recent days. The Biden administration, even before the President officially put the IRS growth into effect with the Tuesday signing of his Inflation Reduction Act, had already implemented the …
From around the U.S. and the world—other energy headlines
** Although the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which passed the House of Representatives on Friday, will be by far the largest federal action ever taken to confront climate change, it will fall short of the U.S.’s pledge in the 2015 Paris climate agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% from 2005 levels by 2030. ** Al Gore’s …
New Mexico oil and gas group launches fight with EPA over Permian Basin crackdown
The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association has responded to the EPA’s proposed tougher regulations on the Permian Basin where Oklahoma oil and gas companies have major drilling and production operations, with a call to fight the government agency. “The EPA is threatening new regulations that would reduce energy production in the Permian Basin,” …
EPA moves quickly for $4 billion battery plant in Kansas
While the oil and gas industry often criticizes the EPA for its inability to move quickly in acting on fossil fuel permits, such wasn’t the case for the site of a $4 billion battery plant in Kansas—the plant sought by Oklahoma. The Kansas Reflector reported that state and federal environmental regulators approved a change …
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** Some Alaska environmental advocates say the proposed congressional climate bill “causes more harm than good” by requiring oil and gas leasing and incentivizing critical mineral mining. ** Analysts are skeptical of the U.S. mining industry’s ability to produce enough electric vehicle battery minerals to meet deadlines in the proposed congressional climate bill. ** A company proposes using abandoned oil wells to explore …
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** A federal judge on Friday reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack Obama and then scuttled under former President Donald Trump. ** A Nevada electric vehicle battery recycling firm says Tesla’s Gigafactory will be one of its first customers for copper foil anodes. ** An environmental group petitions federal regulators to …