** The Supreme Court is on the verge of restricting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The court’s conservative majority appears likely to side with Republican-controlled states and coal companies in West Virginia v. EPA, for which the court heard oral arguments on Feb. 28 and is expected to issue a …
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US and World energy headlines
** The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting increase in gas prices is responsible for most of the record increase in US inflation last month, US President Joe Biden says. “Seventy percent of the increase in prices in March came from (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s price hike in gasoline,” Biden says during a visit …
World and US energy headlines
** The Center for Biological Diversity and Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe are threatening to sue the Bureau of Land Management if it does not stop construction on a geothermal power plant in Nevada. The groups warn Ormat’s 60-megawatt Dixie Meadows project threatens a toad species found only at that location that was granted emergency endangered species protections earlier …
Headlines of other energy stories
** The Senate and House cleared bills on Thursday to revoke normal trade relations with Russia and ban oil imports from the country, a one-two punch that caps three weeks of negotiations over legislation to further isolate Moscow. ** Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia raised fresh concerns this week about phasing out gas-powered cars in …
Inhofe couldn’t pin down EPA Administrator on methane tax
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe tried to pin down EPA Administrator Michael Regan this week on whether a methane tax pushed by the Biden administration would lower fuel prices in the U.S. but what he received were vague answers. The Senator questioned Regan during a hearing of the senate Environment and Public Works Committee …
Supreme Court revives Trump EPA clean water rule
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 …
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, …
US and World energy headlines
** The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday proposed a major step to limit exposure to asbestos, a carcinogen that kills 40,000 Americans each year. The EPA proposed to ban imports, manufacturing, processing and distribution of a type of asbestos called chrysotile asbestos. ** A new poll from Gallup finds that nearly half of all Americans worry “a great …
Headlines of other energy stories
** The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at U.S. banks, in a move meant to ratchet up pressure on Moscow and eat into its holdings of dollars. ** Senator Joe Manchin is calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission …
Additional energy headlines
** Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday said its first-quarter production results could top a seven-year quarterly record, with operating profits from pumping oil and gas of up to $9.3 billion according to Reuters. ** JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon warned on Monday that the bank could lose about $1 billion on its Russia exposure, the first time it …