While the Wynnewood refinery in Oklahoma is fighting the EPA over biofuels production mandates, the EPA is hit with a lawsuit filed by an environmental group which contends the US biofuel program is killing endangered species and harming the environment. CVR Refinery recently indicated it would fight the EPA’s rejection of waivers for the …
July 24, 2023 archive
Headlines of other energy stories
** The Biden administration quietly entered into a court settlement late Friday with a coalition of environmental groups who have pushed for more wildlife protections from offshore oil development activity. In a stipulated stay agreement filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) agreed to a number of conditions requested …
The Bill Gates nuclear power plant is under construction in western Wyoming
Kemmerer, Wyoming, where JCPenny opened its first store in Kemmerer in 1902 before going nationwide, is about to get the nuclear power plant proposed by billionaire Bill Gates. The first of 2,500 workers who will build the plant for his 10-year old energy company TerraPower, are already doing site surveys around the city of …
Higher land rates expected in New Mexico due to Biden administration’s latest oil and gas attack
Oil and gas companies wanting to explore on public lands in New Mexico will likely see increased drilling fees because of last week’s action by the Biden administration to put reins on the industry to an even greater extent by increased royalty and rental rates. What will it mean for E&P companies? Royalty rates …
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