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Energy Companies, Legal Experts Call Out Biden Admin’s Flip-Flopping on Climate Precedent

In two separate briefs filed late last month, energy companies pushed back on the Biden administration’s recent support for Honolulu’s climate lawsuit, arguing for Supreme Court intervention and highlighting the inconsistency with positions held by previous administrations of both parties. The U.S. Supreme Court is discussing the companies’ petition at their conference this Friday, meaning

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DC Circuit Sides with FERC Approval of 24-Mile Gas Pipe in Indiana

In June 2021, MDN told you about CenterPoint Energy, a power generator looking to shutter portions of its coal-fired generation fleet and build two natural gas combustion turbines in Indiana (see Will New 460 MW Gas-Fired Plant in Indiana Get Approved?). The two units would provide a combined 460 megawatts (MW) of electricity as a…

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“Green” New England Burns NatGas, Coal, Oil to Keep the Lights On

Liberal New England, one of the bluest (Democrat) areas of the country, continues to do the opposite of what they preach. For years, New England states like Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut have blocked new natural gas pipelines that would carry Marcellus molecules from a few hundred miles away into their states, claiming they seek to…

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Canceled Conn. Gas-Fired Plant Blocking Battery Plant at Same Site

Here’s a story in the karma-is-a-boomerang department… In July 2019, the Connecticut Siting Council approved the Killingly Energy Center gas-fired power plant project after initially rejecting it (see Connecticut Approves New Natgas-Fired Electric Plant in Killingly). The Killingly project would have built a 650-megawatt gas-fired plant in eastern Connecticut. The Siting Council recognized that some…

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U.S. Natural Gas Markets (and Prices) Now Linked with Rest of World

According to CME Group, the worldwide natural gas market has evolved, and trading activity has grown in the past few years. The trading volume of Henry Hub Natural Gas (NG) futures during non-U.S. hours has more than doubled from a couple of years ago. We are truly interconnected worldwide. However, there are implications and consequences…

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Wind, Not a Carbon Dioxide Canopy, Controls Temps on Mother Earth

At its core, the theory of man-made global warming (renamed to “climate change”) is easy to understand. The theory says when we burn fossil fuels (or wood, or garbage, or any carbon-based source), carbon dioxide is released and floats up into the atmosphere. If there’s too much CO2 floating up there, it creates a canopy…

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