February 5, 2024 archive

Growing number of counties ban solar and wind projects

  A report by USA Today claims that an estimated 15% of the counties across the nation have stopped new solar and wind power projects. As the paper reported, its review “shows local governments are banning green energy faster than they’re building it.” The limits of the renewable energy projects includes outright bans, moratoriums, construction …

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Texas LNG projects on hold because of Biden’s moratorium

  Because of President Biden’s recent moratorium on LNG projects across the nation, four such LNG projects totaling billions of dollars are on hold in the state of Texas. Developers contend the White House, as a result of the order, is jeopardizing hundreds of millions of dollars invested by developers. The Houston Chronicle reported that …

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Love’s still in court over fee dispute for construction of a renewable diesel plant in Nebraska

  A Federal Appeals Court has ruled in part against Loves’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, Inc. in a legal fight with a firm it hired to help develop a nearly $300 million renewable diesel facility that is still under construction near Hastings, Nebraska. The Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned part of an …

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