Recent claims suggesting that the Biden administration has granted 50 percent more oil and gas drilling permits on federal land compared to the Trump administration have been circulating in the media – and while that data is accurate, it’s a lot more complex. A closer look at the 2023 data reveals that many of the
Read More...A new report from Resources for the Future (RFF) provides data demonstrating the financial benefits of fossil fuel energy production for local governments and communities. Notably, the report showcases that replacing fossil fuels with renewable resources would strip away millions in critical funding sources that families, businesses, and households rely on. To conduct this analysis,
Read More...U.S. LNG has been a hot button topic in recent weeks as the Biden administration announced it would be reassessing the Department of Energy’s LNG permit approval process last week, followed on Friday with an announcement that it is temporarily pausing pending decisions on LNG exports to non-FTA countries. While the administration is publicly describing
Read More...Questions continue to swirl around California’s climate lawsuit, launched by Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta in September. The latest, however, centers around the involvement of Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a well-known national “Keep It In the Ground” group tied to a variety of anti-energy billionaires whose fingerprints are seemingly all over the case. New emails obtained by Government Accountability
Read More...Embracing America’s abundant oil and natural gas recourses, protecting consumer choice, and prioritizing affordability, reliability, and sustainability are core tenets of the American Petroleum Institute’s 2024 State of American Energy (SOAE) that will “keep the lights on” for consumers across the country. It’s no secret that U.S. oil and natural gas is the cornerstone
Read More...California’s hostile energy policies have led to the highest prices at the pump in the nation, rolling blackouts, increased foreign imports to keep the state running, and as seen in news this week, made investments in oil and gas production and refining increasingly risky. Just last month California Attorney General Rob Bonta traveled to COP28
Read More...Natural gas bans have been a hot-button issue through 2023 year since the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) stated that it was considering banning natural gas stoves in January. While the Biden administration and agency officials have publicly backtracked on their desire to ban gas stoves, their actions and regulations over the year show their
Read More...Amidst attacks on U.S. energy production and continued global instability, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry managed to not only meet but exceed expectations in 2023. The industry broke production records and supplied critical energy resources at home and abroad, all while reducing methane emissions. Oil and Gas Industry Continues to Innovate Amid Record
Read More...We are heading into the twelfth year of the national litigation campaign against America’s energy industry – but you wouldn’t know it from looking at it. Despite this decade of assaults from activists, the lawsuits have failed to deliver a penny of the millions of dollars in damages government officials claim to be seeking, and
Read More...New financial statements reveal that anti-energy activists, the groups that fund them, and the politicians whom the control all continue to profit from the very same industries they routinely demonize. In 2014, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) – a backer of anti-Keystone XL pipeline and nationwide fossil fuel divestment campaigns – pledged to divest the
Read More...A recent string of laws from the Golden State makes California Governor Gavin Newsom’s strategy on climate and energy policy crystal-clear – rack up the headlines first and sort out the policy details later. At a splashy press conference in March, six months after announcing that California needed to address high gas prices, Gov. Newsom
Read More...Weeks after a federal judge in California ruled a climate lawsuit brought by the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations belongs in federal court, the group has voluntarily dismissed its case. It appears that the plaintiff and its law firm Sher Edling would rather dismiss the case than risk an unfavorable defeat in federal court. The move represents
Read More...After months of build-up and nearly two weeks of negotiations, COP28 has come to an end with a deal agreed by nearly 200 countries. Headlines this morning have honed in on the news that, for the first time, the agreement includes language about the transition away from fossil fuels. Dubbed the UAE consensus, the final
Read More...Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the ultimate game changer for both energy security and emissions reductions worldwide. LNG has made its way into energy systems all over the globe, helping nations reduce their carbon footprint while also providing reliable supply in a flexible and speedy fashion. American natural gas production has been crucial to U.S.
Read More...A recent poll from Yale’s Program on Climate Change Communications shows yet again that Americans want to continue cooking with gas. Only 31 percent support going all electric and abandoning their gas stoves, furnaces, and other appliances. But the environmentalists at the publication Grist tried to spin this into qualified support for electrification. Their headline
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