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Air Pollution Absolutists Are Making An Absolutely Absurd Argument

Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: Absolutists are almost always the enemy of the good and that applies to air pollution and climate fanaticism. Reason cannot be ignored.] The recently released Fossil Fuel End Game report claims that peaking power plants should be replaced with wind, solar and distributed battery storage

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Africa Wisely Rejects Imperialist Demands To End Fossil Fuel Use

Duggan FlanakinDirector of Policy Research, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow … … [Editor’s Note: Africa is under siege by new imperialists, eco-imperialists, who want to impose green political correctness on the continent.] As the merger of climate change and COVID panic materializes before us, “global leaders” have found developing world voices to join the crusade

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BP Reportedly Plans to End Flaring in Permian Basin by 2025

BP Plc is planning to eliminate routine flaring of natural gas in the Permian Basin by 2025 through over $1 billion worth of new pipelines, according to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal. The plan, believed to be announced within days, includes spending about $1.3 billion to build a network of pipelines and other

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Several US States Urge Biden to Phase Out Gas-powered Vehicles by 2035

The governors of a dozen U.S. states including California, New York, Massachusetts and North Carolina called on President Joe Biden on April 21 to back ending sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, a dramatic shift away from fossil fuels. Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan calls for $174 billion in spending and tax credits to

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PATH FORWARD: Effect of Joe Biden’s Climate Policies on Oil and Gas

President Joe Biden is due to unveil a new emissions reduction target for 2030 by April 22 and Alex Dewar, senior director of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Center for Energy Impact, said he sees carbon capture playing a vital role in the new administration’s climate ambitions. For example, Dewar cited additional tax credits like 45Q

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EQT seeks responsibly-sourced natural gas certification

EQT is joining the initiative to ensure most of its natural gas is responsibly sourced as the global market searches for energy sources outside of fossil fuels, according to Natural Gas Intelligence. The pilot program will certify around 4 Bcf/d gross from over 200 well pads in Greene and Washington counties in Pennsylvania. it is

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Think About Energy Brings on House Republican Whip Steve Scalise!

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … The Think About Energy series ups its game by inviting House Republican whip Steve Scalise to take your energy questions. Think About Energy is kicking it up a notch with House Republican Whip Steve Scalise as one of the panel members tomorrow for the latest briefing. Scalise, Congressman

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Midstream Business Construction Projects: Permian Pipeliners Push Forward

From the effects of Keystone XL and President Joe Biden’s executive orders to updates on Permian Basin infrastructure, here’s a roundup of midstream construction projects across North America for November 2020 to March 2021 including Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline going into full service to move natural gas from the Waha hub to Katy, Texas, with

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NextEra Expands US Wind Energy Portfolio in $733 Million Deal

NextEra Energy Partners LP is growing its renewable energy portfolio with the acquisition of wind assets in California and New Hampshire with Brookfield Renewable announced April 19. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla., NextEra Energy Partners owns interests in wind and solar projects throughout the U.S. plus natural gas infrastructure assets in Texas and Pennsylvania. NextEra

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New plastics industry standards released for equipment, robots

The Plastics Industry Association released a couple new safety standards with one focused on the equipment that reduces the size of plastics for processing and recycling and the other on robots for injection molding The equipment standard is a 47-page update about manufacturing, maintaining and using granulators, strand pelletizers, dicers and single shaft rotary grinders

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Polymer Points Live – May 2021

Join us on May 18th at 2pm (est) for the Polymer Points Livestream. Are resin buyers still experiencing shortages and higher prices? Or has balance returned to the North American plastics resin market?  Get the latest information from Plastics News senior reporter Frank Esposito. Learn More and Register Presented to Plastics News Subscribers only This post appeared first

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US House Panel Advances Bill to Allow Anti-trust Suits Against OPEC

A U.S. House panel on April 20 passed a bill to open the OPEC oil production group and countries working with it to lawsuits for collusion in boosting petroleum prices, but it was uncertain whether the full chamber would consider the legislation. The so-called NOPEC bill, introduced by Representative Steve Chabot, a Republican, passed on

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