The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, in a 5-4 split, revived a Trump-era rule intended to fast-track big energy projects by limiting the power of states to curtail the projects under the Clean Water Act. The court ruling came in a challenge filed by Louisiana and seven other Republican-led states, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, West …
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Large solar farm proposed in northeast Kansas
NextEra Energy’s plans for a 3,000-acre solar panel farm in northeast Kansas are gaining traction. Click here for Kansas Public Radio
US and World energy headlines
** Power generated by wind turbines in the United States hit a milestone last week, becoming the second-highest source of electricity in the country for a 24-hour period, according to the Energy Information Administration. ** New Fortress Energy Inc. is new to the LNG-export game, but its billionaire chief has big plans. Within a couple of years, …
European countries meet with US shale gas producers
Representatives from 9 European countries met this week in Houston with a dozen U.S. shale gas executives to discuss expanding U.S. fuel supplies to Europe. Reuters reported the officials toured the Golden Pass LNG export project in Sabine Pass, Texas, and later met in Houston with shale gas producers. Click here for Reuters
New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon to be protected in BLM agreement
The federal government has agreed to pause all oil and gas activity around the Chaco Canyon area of northwest New Mexico. The Bureau of Land Management said this week it would reconsider a Trump administration decision that opened up fracking on 45,000 acres around the historic Indian site reported The Santa Fe New Mexican. …
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