While the Wynnewood refinery in Oklahoma is fighting the EPA over biofuels production mandates, the EPA is hit with a lawsuit filed by an environmental group which contends the US biofuel program is killing endangered species and harming the environment. CVR Refinery recently indicated it would fight the EPA’s rejection of waivers for the …
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** The Biden administration quietly entered into a court settlement late Friday with a coalition of environmental groups who have pushed for more wildlife protections from offshore oil development activity. In a stipulated stay agreement filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) agreed to a number of conditions requested …
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** A U.S. appeals court declined to reconsider lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gasses, including carbon dioxide, pose a danger to human health and welfare. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc filed by the Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council and …
EPA redirects climate money refused by states
The Biden administration has moved to get around those states that refused to take millions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act to plan how to cut pollution. The EPA is sending the money to the biggest cities in the states of Florida, South Dakota, Iowa and Kentucky—the states that refused to apply …
CVR refinery operator to fight EPA decision to reject waivers of biofuels mandates
Yes, the CVR Refinery in Wynnewood was one of the small refineries that received an EPA rejection last week of a bid for waivers from biofuel blending mandates. And CVR plans to put up a fight over the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency. “We will continue to fight for our rights that we …
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** A trusted FBI informant told agents in 2020 that Hunter Biden was hired by Burisma Holdings to use his father to help “protect” the Ukrainian gas firm from problems, including an effort to “take care of’” a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating the company for corruption, according to an explosive document released by Sen. …
Texas Congressmen say own state can’t be trusted to monitor carbon storage
Two Democratic congressmen in Texas don’t have faith in their own Texas Railroad Commission to regulate underground carbon storage. In fact, Reps. Joaquin Castro and Lloyd Doggett admit they don’t trust regulators and said so in a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan. “The Railroad Commission of Texas can’t be trusted to uphold the …
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** The company behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline asked the Supreme Court to intervene after a U.S. circuit court ordered a halt to construction on a segment. ** The White House was silent when asked by Fox News Digital whether it agrees with Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry’s recent comments lamenting the Ukraine war’s …
EPA makes $3 million settlement with Permian driller
The EPA’s $3 million settlement and fines against Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares and other equipment in the Permian Basin is a done deal. The Environmental Protection Agency formally issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order against the Texas energy company after the EPA identified the violations by using a helicopter …
EPA rejects biofuel waivers requests from 15 small refineries
The requests of more than two dozen oil refineries to be exempt from US biofuel-blending requirements were rejected Friday by the Biden administration. It’s unknown who were the 15 unidentified small refineries that lost a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency. The refineries wanted the waivers from requirements to blend renewable fuels into gasoline …