** The Biden administration announced $6 billion in funding Monday for projects that will slash emissions from the industrial sector — the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize domestic industry to fight climate change. ** Sustainable energy company Avangrid unveiled its economic and fiscal impact report on March 1 and announced that its Kitty Hawk Wind project …
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Energy quick reads
** Maine’s top environmental regulator, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection rejected a proposed state electric vehicle (EV) mandate in a surprise vote, bucking climate concerns voiced by eco groups and Democrats. ** Minnesota company Carba is helping to slow down an overheating planet by pulling its solution right from the air. As detailed by the Star …
Energy quick reads
** The Biden administration finalized a rule Wednesday that’s expected to make a significant amount of the new car market electric or hybrid. Under the rule, 56 percent of the new vehicles on the market in 2032 could be battery electric, while an additional 13 percent could be plug-in hybrids. ** Texas and New Mexico …
Energy quick reads
** BP’s sprawling oil refinery in northwest Indiana has resumed normal operations more than six weeks after a power outage prompted the energy giant to temporarily shut down the complex and evacuate workers. ** The chief of the largest US producer of natural gas has warned that a lack of pipelines and storage facilities will trigger dramatic …
AG Drummond has an environmental legal fight on his hands
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 23 other attorneys general who sued the EPA over the agency’s oil and gas methane rule aren’t alone in legal efforts regarding the rule. They now have a fight on their hands. Twenty Democratic state attorneys general filed a motion this week in support of the Environmental Protection …
Energy quick reads
** After coming under attack from both environmentalists and investors in the first half of his seven-year tenure at the helm of Exxon Mobil Corp., Darren Woods is on the offensive. ** Sacramento has taken proactive steps to accelerate the phasing out of dirty-fuel-powered vehicles in the city, announcing a plan to ban new gas stations. That …
Energy quick reads
** Top oil executives and ministers descend on Houston this week for one of the world’s biggest energy conferences emboldened by blockbuster mergers, stable oil prices and less pressure for a large scale move to clean fuels. ** As U.S. sales of gas-electric hybrid vehicles surge and electric-vehicle sales cool, automakers and suppliers are betting …
AG leads fight against EPA rule attacking oil and gas industry
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a group of 24 state attorneys general and one state legislature in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new methane emissions rule. The coalition has filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to block the rule. “The Biden Administration’s methane …
Mewbourne Oil hit with $5.5 million DOJ fine
Mewbourne Oil, operator of wells in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexio, has been fined $5.5 million by the Justice Department over violations of the Clean Air Act. Mewbourne will also have to spend another $4.6 million to make sure its oil and gas battery pads comply with regulations. The government contended the wells produced …
More states join Oklahoma’s lawsuit against SEC over climate disclosure mandate
(AP Andrew Harnik, File) Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 9-state coalition this week in joining Oklahoma and 9 other states that filed suit last week against the Securities and Exchange Commission over its new rule forcing public traded companies to reveal some climate-related information to potential investors. “Not only will this …