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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Pennsylvania pipeline capacity problem persists
“The Appalachian-producing basin is such a tremendous asset to the United States and it’s really led the way in displacing coal,” said Dustin Meyer, senior vice president of policy, economy, and regulatory affairs for API. “The resource is enormous. Unfortunately, what you’re starting to see is that it’s difficult to build additional pipeline capacity to move that resource out of the region.”
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EPA awards $51M for electric school buses in the Pacific Northwest
The Clean School Bus Grant Program is part of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021, by President Biden. The program provided $5 billion in funding through 2026 for low- and zero-emission school buses.
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Biden’s green energy push collides with key Democrat constituency: Native American tribes
Biden’s promises to respect sovereignty take backseat to energy policy, tribal leaders say.
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Federal grant program awards $26.7M for North Carolina school buses
The EPA says the program since inception has awarded more than $1.8 billion to replace 5,103 buses across the country. This has benefitted 652 school districts. The program is scheduled for five years, through fiscal year 2026, with $5 billion in award funds.
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Feds much watched Short-Term Energy Outlook shows crude oil production to hit record levels '24, '25
Gasoline prices, according to the outlook, will fall from an average of $3.50 per gallon in 2023, to $3.40 per gallon in 2024. They will then fall to $3.20 in 2025.
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Mexican authorities believe nine bodies related to ongoing problem of gasoline theft
In one incident across the border from Brownsville, Texas, cartel members forced drivers of a dozen tanker trucks at gunpoint to dump imported U.S. gasoline.
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Study finds problems with NOAA’s scientific integrity in reporting ‘billion dollar disasters’
A new study finds that the data NOAA publishes lacks transparency that would allow the sources of the data to be verified. The cost figures are not adjusted for changes in wealth over time, which produces misleading results, and the agency is incorrectly attributing the trends to changes in climate.
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Court blocks Biden effort tighten regulations on washing machines, dishwashers
Critics lamented the much longer amount of time needed for cleaning under the Biden rule and said Americans were paying more for the appliances that left the clothes and dishes less clean.
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Federal courts hand down decisions impacting home appliances, renewable energy and petroleum
“The administrative record contains ample evidence that DOE’s efficiency standards likely do the opposite: They make Americans use more energy and more water for the simple reason that the purported ‘energy efficient’ appliances do not work,” the ruling explained.
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Wind and solar are said to be cheaper, but utilities keep asking for higher rates from consumers
"Green" energy proponents and the media have claimed that solar and wind generation are "now cheaper than gas, oil or coal, and renewables now account for 15% of power generation, a three-fold increase over 7 years. Yet, utilities have this month filed rate increase requests across the country.