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
Read More...With election day just weeks away, new data shows energy costs continue to be a pivotal issue for voters in key battleground states. According to a recent poll conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Petroleum Institute (API), it was revealed that nearly nine in 10 voters in Pennsylvania and six other key
Read More...Climate lawsuits are unquestionably about the policy aims of wealthy funders – a state judge in Maryland made this clear in her recent dismissal of Baltimore’s climate lawsuit, describing it as it an attempt to change national climate policy through “the back door.” Now, a new Congressional report first published by the Washington Free Beacon
Read More...Click here for a shareable sheet on how the court’s decision on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Biological Opinion (BiOp) could impact US energy production. In August 2024, a U.S. district court ruled in favor of environmental groups in a pivotal court case for energy production in the Gulf of Mexico. The ruling in this
Read More...U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently announced that the Department’s long-awaited study of LNG export impacts would be released by the end of the year. A new report, however, indicates a study may have already been completed – but was kept hidden from the public. Recall that when the Biden-Harris administration justified its
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