** Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday that it will nearly double annual production capacity for its red-hot F-150 Lightning electric pickup to 150,000 vehicles as the model has already attracted nearly 200,000 reservations ahead of its arrival this spring at U.S. dealers. ** Xcel Energy says it found no evidence that downed power lines caused …
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Other energy headlines on Tuesday
** In an announcement issued in late December, and reported by CNBC last Friday, electric vehicle and solar roof manufacturer Tesla has asked employees to fight a new California proposal that could make residential rooftop solar energy more expensive for many homeowners. ** Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon issues an emergency order to block the U.S. EPA from shutting down …
Other energy headlines
** Some in the oil industry fear that oil prices may again return to the $100 mark, with President Joe Biden’s anti-fossil fuel stance and aggressive green agenda threatening the supply of oil and gas in the foreseeable future. ** The U.S. National Labor Relations Board impounded ballots that will decide whether the United Steelworkers (USW) continues …
Other energy headlines for Wednesday
** Senator Elizabeth Warren accused the financial services industry of being a major contributor to climate change and urged U.S. regulators to hold it to account. ** One of the biggest environmental fights of 2021 is expected to spill over into 2022 – whether and how to restrict leasing and permitting for oil and gas drilling on …
Other energy headlines for Tuesday
** A California-based oil and gas company has been identified as the source of an oil sheen spotted last week off Bolsa Chica State Beach in Orange County, state officials said. DCOR, a small company based in Oxnard, was identified as the source, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response tweeted Saturday. ** An …
Other energy headlines for Monday
** Florida’s 7,759 total megawatts of solar power on its electric grid puts the state well ahead of North Carolina’s 7,457 megawatts. The Tar Heel State had ranked second in the nation for total solar capacity as recently as early 2020. ** The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it plans to fine the owners of the …
Landmark McGirt Decision May Soon Impact State’s Environmental Regulatory Authority
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to withdraw and reconsider the agency’s decision from October 1, 2020, granting the State of Oklahoma’s request to extend its EPA-approved environmental regulatory programs into certain areas of Indian country within Oklahoma. The State’s request had come on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. …
Thursday energy news headlines
** A pair of New York businessmen filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court seeking to block Mexico’s state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) from taking control of a Texas refinery, claiming the sale would raise U.S. gasoline prices. ** The United States has enough reserves of lithium, copper and other metals to build millions of its …
Wednesday headlines of other energy stories
** Presidio Petroleum LLC is in advanced talks to acquire around 5,000 shale gas wells from U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil Corp, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Exxon’s XTO Energy unit has been seeking buyers for its holdings in the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas, part of the company’s drive to raise …
Senators introduce bill to stop Biden’s attack on marginal wells
Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Roger Marshall, M.D, (R-KS) led a group of colleagues in introducing the Marginal Well Protection Act to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from levying excessive methane emission fees for wells that produce less than 15 barrels of oil and less than 90 Mcf (90,000 cubic feet) of natural gas per day. …