Energy
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Demand-based energy payment system delayed in Nevada
The change comes shortly after the energy company admitted to overcharging Nevadans for over two decades and after approval to increase its revenue.
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24 AGs question federal funding of orgs refusing to remove climate agenda from manuals for judges
"The organizations producing these manuals and pushing their climate agendas on judges must be investigated and all funding to them should stop," Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said.
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Trump’s release of strategic oil reserves will lower stockpiles below Biden administration's levels
By the time President Donald Trump took office in January 2021, approximately 47 million barrels had been added to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and as of March 6, it held 415,442,000 barrels of oil. The release of 172 million barrels will bring it down to less than it was at the lowest point of the Biden administration.
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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.