** U.S. natural gas futures jumped about 7% to a two-week high on Tuesday on forecasts for colder weather and higher heating demand through at least the end of December. ** The American Petroleum Institute and the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Scientific Center for Standardization, Certification and Quality Problems” signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote the …
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** The United States has shipped the first part of its power equipment aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Monday, as Washington works to support the country’s energy infrastructure against intensifying attacks from Russia. ** New U.S. solar installations are on track to fall by nearly a quarter this year, with panel imports stalled by …
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** The U.S. Department of Energy said Sunday it would announce a “major scientific breakthrough” this week, after media reported a federal laboratory had recently achieved a major milestone in nuclear fusion research. The Financial Times reported Sunday that scientists in the California-based Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) had achieved a “net energy gain” from an …
Why isn’t Energy Department spending more on finding fraud and abuse? Rep. Lucas wants answers
Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas raised questions about why the Inspector General at the Energy Department is underfunded. As Ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, he and Texas Republican Rep. Randy Weber, who is also on the committee, sent a letter to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. The …
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** In 15 U.S. states last year, coal was used to generate electricity more than any other energy source. Twenty years earlier, in 2001, coal was the largest source of electricity generation in 32 states. The United States has shifted away from coal-fired generation since it peaked in 2007 and toward natural gas and renewables. …
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** California lawmakers on Monday introduced legislation to penalize oil companies for alleged price gouging, setting up a showdown with an industry that has long wielded political influence in the Golden State. ** Congressional Democratic leaders are pushing to include legislation spurring oil and gas drilling that is desired by Democrat West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin within the annual …
EPA announces proposed biofuel blending requirements
Under proposed new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency, refinery operators in Oklahoma and across the rest of the nation will have to blend a certain volume of biofuel into the national pool of retail fuel That or else buy credits from other refiners participating in the program. The EPA’s announced rule also incorporate fuels …
Biden’s Energy Department nominees run into blunt opposition
A Biden Energy Department nominee got blunt criticism and opposition this week from one U.S. Senator who stated the following during a Senate confirmation hearing. “—a former CEO who got fired for his poor investment strategy. “He’s an activist who’s called for bullying other companies that do not subscribe to his self-described ‘green dream.’ …
EPA quietly increases carbon cost calculation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hasn’t exactly been shining the spotlight on its nearly fourfold increase in the government calculation of damages from carbon emissions. The giant agency quietly increased the calculation from $51 per metric ton to $190 per metric ton reported Just the News. Click here for Just the News emissions to …
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** The U.S. Justice Department has won a federal judge’s approval to carry out a rare intervention to improve the precarious water system in Mississippi’s capital city, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, months after the system’s partial failure.** U.S. jet fuel consumption so far in 2022 has been consistently below 2019, although airline passenger counts …