Category: Energy
Advocates praise new monuments, but work remains on access
The centerpiece is arguably the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, which will permanently protect 506,814 acres of federal lands considered sacred to Yum [...]
Republicans’ pro-energy push leaves industry unimpressed
The GOP’s main permitting proposal would rewrite one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws so that federal regulators act more quickly in analyz [...]
Backlash hits Audubon after refusal to drop slave-holder’s name
Tan, Fuentes and Giese did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Tan is a partner at the Seattle-based law firm Cascadia Law Group, Fuente [...]
Schumer slams House GOP’s energy permitting bid
The bill combines measures to streamline permitting reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act for energy projects and mines, which Republi [...]
How Murkowski helped move Biden on Willow
The massive ConocoPhillips endeavor, called the Willow project, will at its peak produce 180,000 barrels of oil a day across 68,000 acres inside the [...]
Greens sue Biden over Willow oil project approval
BLM failed to follow requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act to consider alternatives that would lessen the project’s impact on the [...]
Bank’s implosion puts climate tech companies on edge
The bank’s collapse “is a major blow to early-stage and even late-stage tech startups looking to get financing,” Daniel Ives, a technology sector ana [...]
Biden’s green allies promise lawsuit over Alaska oil project
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) — a staunch Willow supporter — said he was already preparing to help defend the Biden administration from “frivolous leg [...]
Biden EPA launches landmark push to curb ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
But, the agency acknowledges that the $772 million annual cost would, at least initially, be borne by American households through higher water charge [...]
‘He will absolutely be seeing the consequences’: Biden’s oil straddle irks both sides
Environmental groups came out against Biden’s Willow decision fast and hard, saying it will cost him support in a future presidential run.
“He will [...]
Seven things to know about Biden’s big oil move
Monday’s decision likely won’t be the end of the lengthy Willow dispute, as lawsuits challenging the administration’s move are almost certain.
Here’s [...]
Biden administration to approve controversial Alaskan oil project
An exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. | ConocoPhillips via AP
The Biden administra [...]
Biden to put Arctic waters off limits to new oil leases as Willow decision looms
The White House has been mulling the Willow decision for weeks. The deliberations have focused on the legal constraints posed by the fact that Conoco [...]
‘Just a huge disappointment’: Biden’s green allies set for defeat on Alaskan oil battle
Biden pledged to halt new oil and gas development on federal land during his 2020 campaign, and he and Democrats in Congress passed landmark climate [...]
U.S., EU search for climate truce — and a united front against China
After a winter during which the EU threw constant barbs at the U.S. over Biden’s signature climate law and its $369 billion of green incentives, many [...]