Energy
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EPA to reform Biden-era electric bus program that 'forced unsafe and unreliable' transportation
The EPA issued a request for information on a broad range of fuel options that school bus fleets can use, including biofuels, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas and hydrogen.
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Secretary Wright sends message to International Energy Agency: 'Clean up your act, or U.S. is out'
Energy Secretary Chris Wright didn't mince words at a talk at the International Energy Agency ministerial meeting in Paris Wednesday. Wright criticized the agency's net-zero emissions advocacy and again warned if the IEA doesn't reform its practices, the U.S. will withdraw its support.
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Trump: Japan to invest $36B in U.S. energy, mineral projects
The announcement is part of Japan's 2025 agreement to invest $550 billion over the next four years at the direction of the U.S., with the funds aimed at rebuilding and expanding core American industries.
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Budget bill too slow to repeal renewable energy subsidies, some Republicans say
Yet even as Democrats have denounced the plan as “extreme,” some Republican lawmakers argue the legislation doesn’t go far enough.
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Opposition mounts against Line 5 reroute blockage
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is concerned about water contamination on the reservation, in Lake Superior and in the wetlands that serve as the Band’s wild rice beds and as a critical migratory bird habitat.
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Reversing from losses in March, Texas oil and gas industry adds jobs in April
Upstream oil and natural gas employment climbed by 1,700 in April over the month, representing an increase in 900 jobs in the services sector and 800 jobs in oil and natural gas extraction.
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A promise finally fulfilled; Ferguson signs bill exempting ag from CCA fuel taxes
The CCA includes a cap-and-trade system to generate revenue for green energy projects aimed at reducing emissions.
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Wyoming conservation group says feds improperly withholding records on eagle deaths from wind farms
The Interior Department withheld most of the records under an exemption that applies to "trade secrets and commercial or financial information." The Albany County Conservancy filed an appeal challenging the exemption.
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Ohio new energy policy signed into law
Senate President Rob McColley, R-Napolean, believes the plan puts the state at the forefront of energy production with strong natural gas supplies.
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PJM power surge inevitable, but not insurmountable
The primary drivers of the increase include: retirement of traditional generation units and the growing use of intermittent renewable energy resources; delays in PJM’s interconnection queue; supply chain and construction delays;
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Think tank: Trump's minerals order could benefit Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming
President Donald Trump in March signed Executive Order 14241, citing the economic and national security benefits of increasing domestic mining of critical minerals.
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Zeldin defends proposed cuts to EPA budget against bi-partisan objections during Senate hearing
The proposed cuts to EPA programs in Trump's "skinny budget" total over $4 billion. Sen. Lisa Mukowski, R-Alaska, called them "problematic," while Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said the EPA's funding freezes since Trump took office are illegal and unconstitutional.
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Carbon tax goes before skeptical high court in Pennsylvania
Supreme Court justices struggled with the assertion, wondering aloud how far federal air regulation would let states go – could emissions from cars and cows come under scrutiny next?