** A United Nations report warned Monday that the Earth is on track to warm up to 2.9 degrees this century, nearly double the UN’s 1.5 threshold. ** Alaska’s congressional delegation introduces legislation that would reverse the Biden administration’s oil and gas drilling ban on 13 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope. ** U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) …
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Energy headlines
** The Hill reports many major U.S. corporations are lobbying against policies that would mitigate climate change despite having promised to cut their own emissions, according to a new report. A report from the group InfluenceMap found 58 percent of companies set concrete climate targets that were contradicted by their own lobbying. ** A federal judge …
Headlines of other stories
** The Biden administration has proposed limiting environmental reviews surrounding power lines, large-scale batteries and solar farms as part of a larger effort to develop more renewable energy. The Energy Department said it is proposing the changes “to promote the development of clean energy and supporting infrastructure.” ** Chevron Corporation (CVX) is in the initial stages of evaluating …
Energy headlines
** Exxon Mobil Corp. warned that making Big Oil into “villains” and trying to restrict supply of fossil fuels will slow the path to net zero emissions and keep millions of people in the developing world in poverty reported Bloomberg. ** An influential group of corporate bosses, bankers and academics, the Energy Transitions Commission, contends …
Wind and solar farms banned in Harvey County, Kansas
No renewable energy projects such as wind and solar farms will be allowed in one south central Kansas County. Harvey County Commissioners voted unanimously this week in support of regulations banning commercial wind and utility-scale solar renewable energy projects. Newton,Kansas, known for one of the Amtrak rail passenger stops in Kansas and the discussion …
Other energy happenings
** A federal appeals court panel ruled in favor of energy industry groups in an order Tuesday evening requiring the Biden administration to hold a massive offshore oil and gas lease sale without eco restrictions. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the decision that the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) must move forward …
Latest US climate assessment predicts drier conditions for Oklahoma
The new National Climate Assessment released this week by the Biden Administration not only lays out likely climate change impacts by region, but also says Oklahoma can expect drier conditions in the coming years. “Climate change is here,” said Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the …
Energy updates
** The U.S. Treasury Department has sent notices to ship management companies requesting information about 100 vessels it suspects of violating Western sanctions on Russian oil, according to a source who has seen the documents. The notices represent the biggest step of its kind by the United States since Washington and its allies imposed a price cap …
Quick energy reads
** Production workers at Ford’s Louisville assembly and Kentucky truck plants have voted against the tentative labor agreement, while skilled trades workers voted in favor, the local chapter of the United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Monday. ** TotalEnergies SE agreed to buy three natural gas-fired power plants in Texas from TexGen Power LLC for …
Energy headlines
** A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated this week, another blow to the Biden administration’s clean energy agenda following cancellations last week of two major offshore wind projects. NuScale Power, working with a group of Utah utilities, announced the cancellation. ** Illinois lawmakers are sending Gov. J.B. …