** U.S. natural gas producers are slashing spending and reducing drilling activity following a sharp decline in prices, companies said this week during earnings presentations and analyst calls. ** House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, cheered the news that multiple major U.S. banks and financial institutions are leaving a $68 trillion climate alliance founded at the …
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** At least two members of Congress are vying to become the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Bob Latta (R-Ohio) are interested in replacing outgoing chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), who will retire from the House next year. ** The American Petroleum Institute filed a legal challenge …
Enel Green, Osage Nation and McGirt—how Indian tribes gain power in the courts
Some legal observers contend a Tulsa federal judge’s ruling in December to force Enel Green Power to tear down the 84 wind turbines it built more than a decade ago on Osage Nation land is a sign of the ability of Indian tribes to wage their fights in court. This week, another tribal energy …
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** Hundreds of private jets, a major source of planet-warming carbon emissions, descended on Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday. experts say the influx of aircraft is likely to have a downstream effect that will result in more emissions from congested streets. ** The annual Chicago Auto Show opened Saturday at McCormick Place, and for the …
Senator says his 30-year old tax credit bill turned Iowa into a wind farm state
Longtime Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley credits a bill he successfully passed in Congress 30 years ago with turning Iowa into a wind energy leader. Writing recently in the Des Moines Register, the Senator credits his Wind Energy Incentives Act with making Iowa one of the nation’s leading states for wind farm development. “There …
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** The top five Western oil and gas firms – BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Shell and TotalEnergies – returned to shareholders over $111 billion in dividends and share repurchases in 2023, according to Reuters calculation. ** US oil output will expand by only 160,000 barrels per day this year, a dramatic slowdown from the 1.02 …
Enel Energy considers appeal of court ruling to remove 84 wind towers in the Osage Nation
Like the 84 wind towers that still stand throughout Osage County, the issue of a federal judge’s ruling late last year to force Enel Green to remove every one of them at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars is up in the air. An appeal of the December 2023 ruling by U.S. …
Enviros complain of too many government subsidies for Permian Basin developers
While critics of wind and solar power point out how the government funds those renewable energy sources with billions in subsidies, critics of oil and gas point to government subsidies for the industry. The latest example of tit for tat studies came from the NRDC or Natural Resources Defense Council which stated documents reveal …
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** One person is dead following a sudden explosion at a petroleum pumping station in Cass County, Michigan.The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says two men were working at the oil pumping station when it exploded. ** The Senate’s border and Ukraine spending package contains more than $2 billion in funds for uranium processing, as the U.S. …
Tribes see hope in court system after Osage tribe wins wind fight with Enel Green
A Federal Judge’s recent order that Enel Green Power remove the 84-wind turbines it installed on the Osage Nation in Oklahoma is giving hope to other tribes across the U.S. The wind farm has been in operation for nearly a decade but the Osage Nation, which encompasses Osage County, challenged the Italian energy company’s …
