** U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday announced Washington would issue more than 500 new sanctions targeting Russia as the United States seeks to increase pressure on Moscow to mark the second anniversary of its war in Ukraine. ** AT&T finally restored wireless service to all customers by around 3 pm ET Thursday and the …
Category: EPA
E15 ethanol approved year round by EPA in corn producing states
Governors of some of the nation’s biggest corn producing states got their wish. So did corn producers. The Environmental Protection Agency gave approval for E-15 ethanol gas sales to be allowed year round in eight Midwest states with heavy corn production. The rule change came as the EPA was under heavy pressure from …
Supreme Court exhibits skepticism about EPA “good neighbor” pollution rule
Skepticism was on display Wednesday as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about the EPA’s so-called ““good neighbor” rule, an anti-air-pollution rule. The conservative majority on the court showed it as the Environmental Protection Agency fought challenges in its efforts to continue enforcement in 11 states. The rule is about restrictions of smokestack …
Energy quick reads
** The city of Chicago is suing five oil and gas companies and a trade group that represents them over their role in contributing to climate change and its effects, arguing that the companies have misled the public about how the use of fossil fuels affects city residents’ well-being. ** Ray Starling, who served as …
Ethanol plants ask to develop carbon sequestration projects in Kansas
They will need approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, but two ethanol companies hope to construct the first carbon sequestration sites in the state of Kansas. Carbon sequestration involves the creation of deep underground wells where carbon dioxide emissions are pumped and removed from the atmosphere. It’s a controversial process that is favored by …
Energy quick reads
** A U.S. district court granted the federal government’s request to indefinitely pause a trial concerning a major petrochemical plant in Louisiana, despite the Biden administration’s insistence that the facility poses an imminent health threat. ** Over the past week, some new Tesla Cybertruck owners have taken to social media to complain about what they say …
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** A group of truck drivers who support former President Trump have announced they will not be driving to New York City as a means of expressing their disappointment with the civil fraud judgment that fined Trump more than $350 million last week. ** Federal regulators deny proposed pumped hydropower storage projects’ permits on the Navajo Nation and establish …
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** U.S. natural gas producers are slashing spending and reducing drilling activity following a sharp decline in prices, companies said this week during earnings presentations and analyst calls. ** House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, cheered the news that multiple major U.S. banks and financial institutions are leaving a $68 trillion climate alliance founded at the …
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** The FBI began tracking Native American opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline as early as 2012 as part of a sweeping law enforcement strategy to counter civil disobedience aimed at fossil fuels. ** A federal trial begins this week in North Dakota to determine whether the U.S. government will reimburse the state for emergency response costs related to …
Lucas questions influence of environmental activist groups on Biden administration
Just how much influence do environmental activist groups carry with the Biden White House? Are they in essence writing some of the controversial new rules? It’s a question Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas wants answered in his capacity as chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. California Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte, chair …