The Environmental Protection Agency announced the dates for public hearings on the agency’s proposed comprehensive new methane reductions efforts. The agency in announcing the dates said the protections were meant to “sharply reduce pollution from the oil and natural gas industry–including, for the first time, methane reductions from existing sources nationwide.” The proposed new …
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Tuesday energy news headlines
** International Business Machines Corp and Amazon.com Inc’s Amazon Web Services said on Monday they would work together to extend the reach of a set of tools that oil companies use to manage disparate types of data. ** Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urged the Biden administration on Sunday to tap into the nation’s emergency petroleum …
Monday’s energy news headlines
** A report released Thursday by Ember, an independent energy think tank, shows the U.S. is still among the world’s top coal users. It casts doubts on Climate Envoy John Kerry’s boast at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Scotland that the U.S. coal production will be phased out by 2030. ** Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said on Thursday …
DEQ seminar for clean diesel grants
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality plans to hold a webinar in its diesel grant program to replace aging school buses in the state. The event will be held Tuesday, November 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and available at: Link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5875125353129594893 The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments, Indian Nations Council of Governments and …
Wednesday energy news headlines
** U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox announced the decision to move forward with environmental review of a suite of water infrastructure projects that, pending final selection, would address transborder water pollution. This action will lead to essential public health protections for San Diego County communities and stop Mexico’s pollution of …
Energy headlines for Tuesday
** The Biden administration will consider energy-price data coming out Tuesday as it weighs measures to stem high gasoline prices, including tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said. ** The projected cost of Dominion Energy’s wind turbine project off Virginia’s coast jumps nearly $2 billion to $9.8 billion. ** All 12 federally recognized tribes in …
Energy headlines for Monday
** West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin rejected the way his party has approached climate change and China amid the gridlock over President Biden’s Build Back Better spending plan. He pointed out China has 3,000 coal plants while the US has 500. “My environmental friends will make you believe…that the 500 are polluting the whole world,” Manchin said. …
Energy headlines for Friday
** Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives released an updated social spending and climate measure on Wednesday that expands a proposed $12,500 tax credit to pricier zero-emission vehicles, while lowering income limits for eligible buyers. ** President Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin for skipping the United Nations …
Nominee confirmed for EPA’s top lawyer
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jeffery Prieto to become the top lawyer for the Environmental Protection Agency, but it came without the support of Oklahoma U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford. His nomination, recommended last month by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on a 12-8 vote, with member Sen. Inhofe voting …
Energy headlines for Thursday
** As he tries to wrangle environmental support abroad, President Joe Biden faces a new climate challenge in Washington, where the Supreme Court could upend the EPA’s power to regulate carbon emissions under a long-standing air pollution law reports Roll Call. ** Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is privately questioning a proposed fee on methane emissions targeting …
