Democratic energy regulator steps down after White House request
Willie Phillips, a Democratic member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), has stepped down — apparently at the behest of the White House.
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Affordable, Reliable, and Clean: An Objective Scorecard to Assess Competing Energy Sources
America needs affordable and reliable energy sources to power our economy, provide prosperous personal living standards, and compete with global competitors. We also want to produce and use energy sources in a way that safeguards a clean and ecologically healthy environment.
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Trump Energy secretary: Clean energy tax credits a ‘big mistake’
Energy Secretary Chris Wright railed against clean energy tax credits Tuesday, defending the Trump administration’s efforts to increase manufacturing powered by coal, natural gas and oil.
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EU explores tweaking methane rules for US gas to help trade talks, sources tell Reuters
BRUSSELS, April 21 (Reuters) - The European Union is looking at ways to make it easier for U.S. gas exports to comply with its methane emissions rules, as the bloc attempts to avert a trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump, three sources familiar with the matter…
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‘I can’t do business in Denver now’: Developers blame energy regulations as commercial projects decline in Colorado
While Colorado is earning praise from climate advocates for its new mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, developers and their economists are giving D and F grades to the state and its capital city, blaming the regulations for a noticeable decline in some projects.
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Trump nixing conservation rule in favor of drilling and mining on federal lands
At an all-hands meeting of Interior Department employees on April 9, Secretary Doug Burgum stressed that managing and protecting federal public lands “must be held in balance.”
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US sets tariffs of up to 3,521% on South East Asia solar panels
The US Commerce Department has announced plans to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on imports of solar panels from four South East Asian countries.
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Opinion: End the “Green New Scam” loan machine
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) was created to help advance clean-energy infrastructure and technologies that allegedly had the potential to be adequate energy resources but struggled to secure private investment. With discussions underway about staffing and budget changes, defenders of the climate-centric status…
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GOP support of carbon capture fractures in Louisiana, nationally
A technology touted by the oil and gas industry as a way to keep drilling but with a lower carbon footprint is facing new opposition from Republican lawmakers in Louisiana, the U.S. epicenter of the push for carbon capture and sequestration.
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Zeldin a ‘no’ on targeting climate groups’ tax-exempt status
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he does not think the government should broadly reconsider climate advocacy groups’ tax-exempt status.
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