Energy
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Detroit solar farm plans delayed
“Solar panels will disrupt and destroy entire neighborhoods,” Councilwoman Angela Whitfield-Calloway said.
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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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Concerns grow over perceived viability of hydrogen hubs
The Department of Energy plans to establish up to 10 hubs nationwide with $7 billion to build interconnected systems of industry and energy projects to replace natural gas and coal with hydrogen.
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President of global climate summit calls phase out of fossil fuels ‘alarmist’
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber asked to be shown a roadmap for a phase out of fossil fuels that would allow for economic development without taking "the world back into caves."
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Michigan Ford battery plant wins award for 'Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year'
The award bestowed by The Center for Economic Accountability recognizes a government subsidy of a private company in the name of “job creation” and economic growth that exemplifies wastefulness and ineffectiveness.
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Biden administration releases final methane rules for the oil and gas industry
The rules also implement a program that utilizes third parties to report leaks, which industry groups have warned lacks standards to ensure accuracy.
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Despite voluntary gains on methane reductions, EPA will impose yet more regulations on the industry
The EPA is expected to announce final methane emissions rules Saturday. Between 2018 and 2022, methane emissions in seven of the nation’s primary oil and gas producing regions saw declines ranging from 18% to 77%, and a lot of it was from voluntary programs. Experts say it’s hard to predict what the impacts of the final EPA rules will be, and they are expected to be thousands of pages long.
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California has enough lithium to supply the world, but can it open a new mine?
The United States currently imports 25% of its consumed lithium, down from 50% in 2020.
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Report: Nine months later, nothing definite on six-car garage fire
One of those theories is that a frozen blue 2022 Porsche Taycan electric vehicle sporting the license plate ICEBABY started the nonfatal fire.
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Consumers love larger vehicles, which may be another reason they aren’t buying mandated EV's
Half of all new car sales across the globe in 2022 were small and large SUVs. The electric versions of these vehicles are expensive and have limited towing range, which dealerships say are a turn-off for car buyers.
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Connecticut Gov. Lamont walks back plans to ban gas vehicles by 2035
More than a dozen states — including New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey — have formally adopted California's stringent vehicle emissions standards.
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Tesla reveals new specs on Cybertruck as the first deliveries rolled off the assembly line
The Cyberbeast, which has 845 horsepower, sells for an estimated $96,390 and has an estimated 320 mile range.