Energy
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Texans praise court ruling halting Biden LNG export ban, remain cautious
A senior advisor to the president, John Podesta, recently acknowledged the critical role of U.S. LNG exports earlier this year.
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Washington energy choice initiative supporters turn in 431,000 voter signatures
A crowd of a few dozen supporters cheered as more than 18 boxes of signed petitions were loaded onto rolling carts and wheeled inside for verification.
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Federal judge’s injunction ruling filled with scathing criticism of Biden admin’s LNG pause
Trump-appointed Judge James Cain called the Biden administration's decision to pause LNG export permits "completely without reason or logic and is perhaps the epiphany of ideocracy."
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Chicago looking to prohibit natural gas in new construction, including gas stoves
The American Gas Association said a similar effort in Berkley, California, was recently shot down by a federal appellate court due to the plain text and structure of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, which preempts state and local building codes concerning the energy use of natural gas appliances.
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Biden bends to pressure from climate activists in pausing the natural gas export terminals
Natural gas has also played a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon dioxide emissions have fallen steadily in the United States since 2005, a result of the switch from coal-fired electricity generation to natural gas. But the Biden administration is hitting the "pause" button.
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Biden vetoes measure holding charging infrastructure buildout to 'Buy America' rules
Two Democrats had joined 207 Republicans in supporting the joint resolution. The Senate passed the measure in November, in a 50-48 vote.
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Utility rates to increase in New Jersey following approval of two massive offshore wind projects
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has told developers not to ask for any rate increases in the future, regardless of circumstances.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds introduces anti-ESG bill
Lawmakers last year considered legislation that would boycott companies that used environmental, social, and governance factors when making decisions. The bill passed the House but never made it to the Senate floor, according to the Legislature's website.
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Analysts: 'Irrational' policies drive coal plant shutdowns, incentivize overbuilding wind farms
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission told the utility that the “premature closure of these [coal] plants adds to the uncertainty of electrical generation resource adequacy in the upper Midwest.” Some energy experts call the government's policies "irrational."
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Biden administration plows forward with electric buses even as cities stuck with inoperable vehicles
Despite multiple cities with inoperable electric buses, the Biden administration announced it had selected 67 applicants to receive nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money to purchase over 2,700 “clean” school buses in 280 school districts across 37 states.
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Coalition of 130 Republicans urges Biden admin to drop 'EV mandate'
"Nowhere in law did Congress authorize NHTSA to set fuel economy standards that effectively mandate EVs while at the same time force the internal combustion engine out of the market," the coalition’s letter stated.
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Climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation case reveals what critics say is unethical behavior
One witness’s deposition revealed that Mann, the litigious environmental scientist, had emailed the editor of a scientific journal in 2007 to stop a paper written by another climate scientist from being published. Mann often refers to those critiquing his infamous "hockey stick" graph as "climate deniers."
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Washington House passes PSE natural gas ban days after cold snap hits energy grid
Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, told colleagues that the bill would cause industry like paper and pulp to pack up and leave the state.