** The Biden administration said Tuesday it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer. The sale, from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine, will be allocated in increments of 100,000 barrels at a time. ** Broad majorities …
Category: Wind Energy
Damage trial underway in Osage County and tribal wind farm fight
A Federal Judge who ordered wind energy company Enel Green to remove 84 wind turbines and towers from the Osage Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, was scheduled this week to begin hearing arguments in a trial on damages in the case. U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves, of the U.S. Court of International Trade, …
Conservationist urges new approach for development of energy projects
Conservationist Wayne Walker wants a new approach to the development of energy projects and at the same time, the protection and growth of wildlife habitat. Writing this week in The Oklahoman, Walker, managing partner of LPC Conservation LLC, a federal partner in managing Habitation Conservation Plans, suggested a new and faster approach to …
Energy briefs
** Wyoming legislators are examining an approach to energy independence and ownership of coal- and natural-gas power plants that would directly pit them against the Biden administration’s policy of ending coal production by 2041. ** Toyota plans $532M expansion to add 411 jobs at its San Antonio manufacturing plant. ** Regional electrical grid operators have …
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** A group of states that loosely parallels those that filed suit last year to stop California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule have taken similar action against the state’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule, seeking to stop the ACF while it awaits a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency. ** California Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s administration said it …
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** Crews continued to evaluate on Tuesday a controlled explosion aiming to dislodge the cargo ship Dali from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The Dali has been stuck in Baltimore for 50 days after losing power and ramming into a column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the structure to collapse. ** Utility …
Texas faces another possible grid emergency
ERCOT, the power grid operator in Texas warned customers they could face a potential electricity emergency this weekend. According to the alert issued by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the grid might reach emergency conditions by Friday night and continuing through Saturday evening. Supplies of electricity are expected to be tightest Friday evening. …
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** Demolition experts used explosives Monday to remove part of a collapsed bridge in Baltimore and free a cargo ship that has been trapped since it rammed into the structure in March. ** The White House on Monday gave a Chinese-linked company and its partners 120 days to sell property they had bought near a …
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** The Biden administration is expected to announce new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles this week, extending Trump-era policies aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing. ** Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is joining Sen. Joe Manchin to back a resolution to repeal rules allowing some Chinese-made battery parts to qualify for U.S. electric vehicle tax credits. ** A federal judge denies …
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** Former President Donald Trump is more than happy to fulfill the oil and gas industry’s wish list if he’s reelected — but he has an asking price. Trump reportedly solicited top oil and gas executives to give $1 billion for his campaign to return to the White House, vowing in return to undo many of President Joe Biden’s …