Energy
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Licensing of offshore ports shifts in effort to speed projects
The Administration, which had led other aspects of the permitting process, will now serve as the lead in federal environmental reviews of infrastructure projects located more than 12 miles off the U.S. coast that seek to import and export oil and gas.
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U.S. makes first sale of Venezuelan oil
The sale netted $500 million.
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Nantucket nonprofit, businesses file lawsuit, alleging offshore wind is crushing their operations
Dan Pronk has been a commercial fisherman for 40 years. He says Vineyard Wind destroyed his lobster business. Pronk and a whale-watching business are joining a coalition led by Nantucket-based ACK4Whales in suing the federal government, alleging federal agencies violated the law when they permitted the offshore wind project.
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EV automakers, others rally to support rules critics say will increase California gasoline price
The agency has said that the standards currently add 8 to 10 cents to each gallon of gasoline sold in California, which has the highest gasoline costs in the nation, but estimates how much more the amendments will add vary.
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Residents of small Missouri town forced to evacuate after EV battery recycling facility catches fire
Emergency responders told residents living within an area of the toxic plume that they need to "Evacuate IMMEDIATELY!"
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State energy department unable to cover cost of orphaned oil and gas wells
Two new audits assess the efforts of the Office of Conservation and the Louisiana Oil Field Restoration Association to secure funds and address environmental risks associated with these wells.
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Solar recycling company bringing 640 new jobs to northwest Georgia
SOLARCYCLE, which announced a $344 million solar glass manufacturing facility in February that is under construction, is adding a 255,000-square-foot building near the plant for its solar panel recycling operations.
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Offshore wind opponents say federal agencies’ reports acknowledge offshore wind harms to whales
Whale advocates have a difficult time proving that a particular whale died as a result of injuries from the noise of offshore wind development, because the deaths are incidental to the reactions and injuries from noise levels, they say.
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California’s ports get $1B for going electric, critics say it’ll slow them down
As Chevron noted in its opposition letter to the governor's recently-passed special session refinery regulations, California's ports are already backed up.
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Biden failed to top up oil reserves in the leadup to the election, but refilling will take years
Some analysts had feared that President Biden would tap the stockpile again to address any increases in gasoline prices in the lead up to the Nov. 5 presidential election, as he did in 2022, which would end the DOE’s efforts to refill the SPR.
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Renewable energy revenue amendment requires federal action
At the same time, Louisiana's U.S. House delegation is working on legislation which, if passed, will allocate more federal dollars from oil and gas generated in the Gulf to the state, as well as revenues from wind farms.
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Was a natural gas ban eventually planned for Washington state?
For proponents of I-2066, which would prohibit a ban on natural gas by state and local governments, the admission is a tacit acknowledgement that the state eventually planned to do just that.
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Maine offshore wind auction draws a few takers
Only half of the areas offered for lease by the federal agency were bid on, far less than offshore wind leases in previous rounds.