Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond told a House Committee on Tuesday he has no intention of backing off the lawsuits he has filed against the Environmental Protection Agency. His pledge came as he testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as it explored the EPA’s new rule on Risk Management Programs. “Unfortunately, …
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EPA rolls out methane emissions rules against oil and gas industry
Even as a House Committee held a hearing this week into the EPA’s latest rule regarding chemical firms, the giant agency spread its influence with updated methane emissions reporting requirements for oil and gas operations. In Monday’s announcement, the agency asserted the final revisions will ensure grater transparency and accountability for methane pollution from …
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** Fewer Americans today see climate change as a “very serious” problem than they did three years ago, according to a new survey released Monday. The Monmouth University poll, conducted on April 18-22 shows a 10-point decline in Americans who says climate change is a “very serious” problem, falling from 56 percent in September 2021 to 46 percent …
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** The U.S. government has loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits a bit, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500. The Treasury Department announced final regulations for the credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act on Friday, giving automakers more time to comply with some provisions about where battery minerals can …
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** Authorities have recovered the body of a fifth victim in the Baltimore bridge collapse five weeks ago, officials said Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, according to the Unified Command, a joint task force composed of police, coast guard and other government agencies to respond to the …
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** Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he will lead a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to undo the Biden administration’s final rule on permitting announced Tuesday morning. The Energy Department rule alters the permitting process to streamline categorical exclusions, or those that are considered not to have enough of an environmental impact to require a …
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** The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation, capping a project that cost billions more and took years longer than originally projected. Georgia Power Co. and fellow owners announced the milestone Monday for Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4, which joins an earlier new reactor southeast of Augusta in splitting atoms to make …
Devon Energy doesn’t see changes in challenges from Biden administration’s stricter environmental regulations
Nearly every major oil and gas company in the U.S. is keenly aware of the challenges thrown on its by the Biden administration’s anti-oil and gas regulations. Take Devon Energy for instance. In a recent filing of an annual Form 10-K report to security holders with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Oklahoma City …
House members move to kill Biden’s anti-gas car regulations at EPA
Led by Georgia Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde, some 30 House Republican Representatives are going after President Biden’s latest regulations to put gas-powered vehicles out of business. No Oklahoma House members were part of the effort on Friday to file the bill under the Congressional Review Act, a law dating back nearly three decades that …
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** Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday missed analysts’ estimates with a 28% year-on-year drop in first quarter profits as weaker refining margins and lower natural gas prices offset volume gains. The largest U.S. oil company, which is in the process of closing a $60 billion deal for top shale oil producer Pioneer Natural Resources, posted first-quarter earnings …