Late Friday evening the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved new amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), likely sending gas prices in California, Arizona, and Nevada higher beginning next year. California’s LCFS program was established in 2011, ostensibly to reduce emissions from transportation. However, the new amendments – , which target a 30
Read More...October marked the 20th anniversary since the first Marcellus Shale well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 2004. Like Pennsylvania’s Drake Well, which launched commercial oil drilling across the world in 1859, Range Resource’s Renz #1 has been a game-changer for the Commonwealth and the United States. As Jeff Kotula, president of the Washington County Chamber of
Read More...President Trump won election as America’s 47th President with a victory speech promising to expand U.S. energy production, stating: “We have more liquid gold — oil and gas — we have more liquid gold than any country in the world. More than Saudi Arabia, more than Russia.” Energy was indeed on the ballot Tuesday as
Read More...Once a central plank of the Biden-Harris administration’s climate agenda, the White House’s enormous environmental justice (EJ) spending programs are instead rife with “cronyism,” according to a new report from the House Energy & Commerce Committee. The Inflation Reduction Act’s EJ programs routed billions in taxpayer dollars to the Environmental Protection Agency, which was then
Read More...Multnomah County’s experimental climate lawsuit keeps getting weirder. After years of pressure from climate activists to add gas utilities to the list of industries targeted by lawfare, the Oregon County finally granted their wish by adding a local utility company to its complaint, which already features over a dozen defendants. It’s a déjà vu moment
Read More...On Wednesday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, Rachel Reeves, delivered the Labour party’s first Budget since taking office, laying out her plans to “rebuild Britain” and “make every part of the country better off”. Yet, in a counterintuitive move, Reeves confirmed that the government will raise the Energy Profits Levy (windfall
Read More...“Energy is very much on the ballot here” Pennsylvania Democratic Attorney General nominee Eugene DePasquale denounced the climate lawfare movement targeting natural gas and oil companies in a Pennsylvania Chamber candidate forum posted Monday. WATCH: https://www.energyindepth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ScreenRecorderProject1_1.mp4 TRANSCRIPT: Moderator: “Energy is very much on the ballot here [in Pennsylvania]. Recently Vice President Harris has called on
Read More...This week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland released a ruling extending the deadline for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to issue a new critical conservation statute. This new development came only after pleas from both the NMFS and the oil and gas industry, stating that vacating the conservation statute in
Read More...Billionaire-funded climate activists are embedded across the Michigan government, likely including Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office – which is in the process of bringing forth a lawsuit against oil and natural gas companies – according to public records. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports that public records obtained by the watchdog group Government Accountability and Oversight reveal
Read More...With less than a month before election day, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed new refinery supply mandates into law, threatening to hike gas prices not just in California, where prices now top $4.68/gallon, but also in swing neighboring states like Arizona and Nevada. The bill, which was introduced in a special session convened by the
Read More...With Election Day just a few weeks away, the one thing that is certain about Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ energy policy is that…no one is certain about where she really stands. EID and media outlets alike have highlighted Harris’ marked shift from her first presidential campaign in 2019, which saw an embrace
Read More...The Department of Energy’s continued pause on permitting U.S. LNG export facilities jeopardizes 900,000 American jobs, according to a new report released today by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the report highlights the economic benefits of U.S. LNG exports, finding: “US LNG exports supported an estimated total of 222,450 jobs in
Read More...As winter sets in and temperatures start to drop, new government data show that natural gas heating will continue to be the most affordable option to keep families warm. The Energy Information Administration’s Winter Fuels report forecasts that most households in the United States will pay about the same amount on heating as they did
Read More...Another major roadblock from the federal government threatens the flourishing American LNG industry. On August 6, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an order vacating the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) authorization of NextDecade Corporation’s Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) facility at the Port of Brownsville. The court’s ruling against FERC
Read More...A Leonardo DiCaprio-funded law firm under Congressional investigation was just selected by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to serve as outside counsel in the state’s forthcoming lawsuit against oil and natural gas providers. The Daily Caller first reported that Sher Edling, along with law firms DiCello Levitt LLP and Hausfeld LLP, have been selected following
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