Energy
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Bad River Band appeals of recent ruling approving Line 5 reroute permits
The pipeline transports more than 500,000 barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids each day through the Bad River Band reservation.
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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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Permian Basin producers continue to break production, methane reduction records
The Permian Basin accounts for nearly 40% of all oil production and nearly 15% of natural gas production in the U.S.
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Keystone pipeline resumes transporting oil after rupture in North Dakota
According to the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association, total liquid pipeline incidents are down 23% over the past five years, even though pipeline mileage and barrels delivered have increased by approximately 5%.
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China again weaponizes control over rare earths to advance interests, as U.S. looks to break free
China regularly leverages its control over the rare earth market to shut down competition or advance its interests in disputes with the U.S. Each action increases the interest in developing domestic sources of the vital minerals.
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Trump expands Gulf of America oil and natural gas production
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered officials to hold the offshore lease sales in the Gulf of America starting in June.
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Construction begins on massive New York offshore wind project, as opponents look to Trump for help
Construction began without fanfare on a massive New York offshore wind project that will consist of nearly 150 turbines spanning 80,000 acres of ocean, each standing more than 1,000 feet tall. Opponents hope the Trump administration will take a closer look at this and other projects under construction.
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Trump targets Washington’s climate laws in recent executive order
The targets of Trump' executive order includes Washington's CCA that requires emitters to either reduce their carbon footprint or purchase “allowances” via a cap-and-trade program.
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Utility bill assistance program hit by federal staff cuts
The Energy Association of Pennsylvania said 435,000 residents used the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
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Trump targets California cap-and-trade, emissions programs
The order specifically cites California’s cap-and-trade program, under which the state auctions the right to produce greenhouse gas emissions, as an example of a targeted program.
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Reversing Biden policies, Trump 'unleashing' energy potential in Alaska
This includes reinstating a program to make the entire 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) available for oil and natural gas leasing.
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In 3 months, federal oil, gas lease sales total $39 million in 5 western states
In Trump’s first month in office, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management began leasing federal land in five western states.