Why the U.S. isn't in Desperate Need of the Keystone XL Pipeline -
"U.S. President Joe Biden fulfilled a campaign promise by scuttling the 1,897-kilometre pipeline."
Why this is important: While the rescission of the...more
In a Rare Rebuke, FERC Fails to Approve Mountain Valley Pipeline's Proposal -
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission deadlocked 2-2 on Mountain Valley’s request to bore under streams and wetlands along the pipeline’s...more
1/21/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Mines ,
Cybersecurity ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines
Congress Reaches Compromise on Clean Energy Deal to be Attached to Government Funding Bill -
"A bipartisan energy package hitched to the spending bill includes provisions to boost technologies such as advanced nuclear...more
12/23/2020
/ Biden Administration ,
Blockchain ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Electricity ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Exports ,
Oil & Gas ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Transmission Grid ,
Wind Power
West Virginia Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Horizontal Drilling Taxation Case Involving Antero -
"At issue is a consumer sales tax assessment of around $1 million the West Virginia State Tax Department has levied on...more
10/26/2020
/ Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Blockchain ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal Mines ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Elon Musk ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Gig Economy ,
Honda ,
Horizontal Wells ,
Natural Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Plant Closures ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
State Taxes ,
Well Drilling ,
WV Supreme Court
Mountain Valley Says Natural Gas Pipeline Timing Depends on Litigation, U.S. Approvals -
“'As the litigation process progresses and as we receive additional information from FERC regarding potentially releasing the...more
10/17/2020
/ Batteries ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Carbon Emissions ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Conversion ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Environmental Litigation ,
EU ,
FERC ,
Hydropower ,
Japan ,
Natural Gas ,
Nuclear Power ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Pipelines ,
Plant Closures ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Trump Administration ,
United Nations
Noble Energy Shareholders OK $4.1B Sale to Chevron -
"The addition of Noble will boost Chevron's U.S. shale oil holdings, making it the No. 2 producer behind EOG Resources, according to data from Rystad Energy."
Why this is...more
10/13/2020
/ Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Cybersecurity ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Grid Energy Storage ,
Hydrogen Power ,
India ,
Natural Gas ,
Net Zero ,
Petroleum ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
UK ,
Utilities Sector ,
Wind Power
More Federal Permits Handed Down as MVP Presses FERC for Construction Restart -
"The Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC told FERC that it has received a series of key federal waterbody crossing permits, bolstering its case to...more
10/6/2020
/ Airlines ,
Cap-and-Trade ,
Carbon Taxes ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Construction Project ,
Divestiture ,
Electricity ,
Energy Costs ,
Energy Information Association (EIA) ,
EU ,
Federal Bans ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
France ,
Green Energy ,
Natural Gas ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Offshore Wind ,
Oil & Gas ,
Permits ,
Plant Closures ,
Renewable Energy ,
Russia ,
Trump Administration
U.S. Shale Producers Race for Federal Permits Ahead of Presidential Election -
"Federal permitting in the largest U.S. oilfield in the Permian Basin, located in Texas and New Mexico, is up 80 percent in about the last three...more
9/23/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Imports ,
India ,
Joe Biden ,
Methane ,
Oil & Gas ,
Permits ,
Petroleum ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Presidential Elections ,
Renewable Energy ,
Rollbacks ,
Shale Gas ,
Trump Administration