**Speaking at the UN Climate Summit in Egypt, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of treating climate change like a “hoax” while other Democrats raise concerns about Republicans’ potential House takeover. ** QuarterNorth Energy, a company involved in oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico, will be laying off 135 employees at its Lafayette office in Louisiana …
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** EPA recommends approving Enterprise-Enbridge offshore crude export terminal near Houston. ** U.S. climate envoy John Kerry announced the creation of a carbon offset plan meant to help developing countries speed their transition away from fossil fuels. Kerry launched the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) with the intention of funding renewable energy projects and accelerating clean energy transitions …
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** Wyoming’s oil and gas industry decides not to appeal a judge’s ruling that the Biden administration’s 2021 oil and gas leasing pause was legal. ** Dozens of mylar balloons blow into a Utah substation, leaving more than 22,000 households without power. ** Arguments begin in a Utah youths’ lawsuit over the state’s alleged promotion of fossil fuels and its effects on air …
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** Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during Monday’s White House press briefing that President Biden’s vow to “shut down coal plants all over America” was “twisted” by the press. Addressing the crowd at a rally in San Diego County on Friday, Biden suggested that coal plants should be shuttered because they are no longer economically viable. ** The U.S. Department of …
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** Exxon Mobil Corp will take up to a $2 billion loss on the highly leveraged sale of a troubled California offshore oil and gas field that have been idled since a 2015 pipeline spill. The sale comes after a failed bid this year to restart production at the site and as Exxon culls poor performing businesses. …
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** A tentative agreement brokered by President Joe Biden between railroad unions and freight train companies is at risk of going off the rails—once again raising the prospect of a potential national railway strike that the president has warned could further disrupt the nation’s economy. ** The federal government has outlined a strategy to try to protect …
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** One of the Alamo City’s more influential business leaders and philanthropists, Bill Greehey, is stepping down as chairman of San Antonio-based NuStar Energy Inc., effective immediately. Brad Barron will succeed Greehey, who has been named chairman emeritus of the San Antonio-based company. ** A new report by the environmental nonprofit Greenpeace released on Monday finds that the vast majority …
Coffeyville Refinery wins partial victory in Clean Air fight with Kansas
Ten years after the Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing company in Kansas agreed to a $1 million EPA fine for air emissions violations, the company finds itself back in court where it recently scored a partial victory. Once again, the refinery, known as CRRM, finds itself accused of violating the Clean Air Act, even …
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** Bloomberg reported this week that, based on data it had compiled, the collective profits of Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP, and TotalEnergies for the last quarter would come in at $50.7 billion. This is palpably lower than the record $62 billion the five supermajors reported for the second quarter—drawing the ire of politicians—but it is still a large number …
More than $26 million in EPA grants will help 18 school districts buy electric school buses
At least 18 school districts in Oklahoma were among nearly 400 nationwide that received more than $26 million in grants under the Biden Administration’s nearly $1 billion Clean School Bus rebate competition. Vice President Kamala Harris and EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the recipients during a ceremony on Wednesday. The grants will help school …