** Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said any world leaders warning that fighting the climate crisis would damage the economy were “liars” or “stupid.” “All of these countries that come and give speeches, ‘We are not going to go and lose jobs because of going green.” ** Former Vice President Al Gore called on the world to “say …
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** Exxon Mobil Corp. is weighing salary increases as it tries to halt employee attrition across its business divisions after sweeping job and benefit cuts. ** U.S. President Joe Biden’s global energy security adviser said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting close to using natural gas as a political tool if Russia is holding …
More Biden EPA nominees to get a Senate committee vote
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and others on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will vote Wednesday on three more EPA nominees. In the 10 a.m. eastern time hearing, the senators will consider Biden’s nominations of Carlton Waterhouse to be Assistant Administrator of Land and Emergency Management at the Environmental Protection Agency; Amanda …
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** Panasonic on Monday unveiled a new large prototype battery designed to help Tesla Inc lower electric vehicle (EV) production costs, in a move the Japanese company’s battery chief said would deepen business ties with its key U.S. customer. ** Toyota said Monday it is testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using …
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** North Dakota can continue to pursue reimbursement from the federal government of the millions of dollars spent policing protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor on Tuesday denied the federal government’s motion to dismiss North Dakota’s attempt to recover more than $38 million from the monthslong …
Energy news headlines
** Congressional Democrats consider reviving a carbon tax proposal after U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition effectively killed the reconciliation bill’s proposed clean electricity program. ** Attorneys general in Southeast states ask Congress to reject methane taxes in the infrastructure and reconciliation bills. ** The U.S. Department of Energy awarded nearly $40 million to 40 projects that are advancing the next generation …
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** Occidental Petroleum OXY announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its shares in two non-core offshore assets in Ghana. The agreement includes Occidental’s interests in both Jubilee and TEN fields. ** Mexico’s manufacturing sector stands to benefit from a U.S. transition away from fossil fuels including through the creation of jobs for making …
Oklahoma among top “forever” chemicals site
An Environmental Protection Agency list of locations in the U.S. that are sites of toxic “forever chemicals” reportedly identified Oklahoma as one of the top three states in the country. Oklahoma has an estimated nearly 12,000 such sites behind California with 13,000 and Colorado with nearly 21,400 such facilities and sites. The list of …
Brief energy stories from across the nation and world
** Under a new law signed over the weekend by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California will ban the sale of all off-road, gas-powered engines, including generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chainsaws, weed trimmers, and even golf carts. ** The underwater pipeline that caused a major oil spill off the coast of Southern California was likely initially damaged by a …
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** President Joe Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a long-running public lands dispute, and a separate marine conservation area in New England that recently has been used for commercial fishing. Environmental protections at all three monuments had been stripped by former President Donald Trump. ** A …