The U.S. Department of Energy released its long-awaited study on LNG exports Tuesday, and while the administration didn’t officially call for a ban on LNG exports – they might as well have. In a politically charged statement, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said “that a business-as-usual approach is neither sustainable nor advisable,” echoing similar claims
Read More...The Department of Energy’s long-awaited study on LNG will be released in mid-December and kick off a 60-day public comment period, according to Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary of DOE’s Office of Energy for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. At a House Oversight recent hearing – Crabtree’s second appearance before the committee to discuss the LNG
Read More...EVs Being Forced on Americans by Biden and the Crash Awaits … … [Editor’s Note: Joe Biden has launched a water heater attack, apparently imagining the household appliance is a stand-in for bad dude “Corn Pop” who, in his famous anecdote, he says he scared off with a chain.] The Biden administration is proposing to
Read More...EVs Being Forced on Americans by Biden and the Crash Awaits … … [Editor’s Note: Biden’s all-out attempt to shove EVs onto Americans is going to end in a big crash and the warning signs of the approaching boondoggle fiasco are everywhere.] Electric vehicles (EVs) have been heralded as the eco-friendly saviors of our transportation
Read More...The Department of Energy proposed a new rule on natural gas boilers two weeks after the DC Circuit Court vacated DOE’s earlier proposal for “[failing] to offer a sufficient explanation in response to the comments [from petitioners] challenging a key assumption in its analysis.” While the administration continues to say it isn’t banning residential natural
Read More...The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has vacated the Department of Energy’s efficiency standards for commercial boilers. According to the panel of judges, “the DOE again failed to offer a sufficient explanation in response to the comments [from petitioners] challenging a key assumption in its analysis.” Assumptions Come Undone This is
Read More...ExxonMobil Shows Us Exactly How Corporatism Is Done Robert Bradley Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research Principal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog…. .… … [Editor’s Note: It’s no fun singling out an oil and gas company for the corporatism we regularly condemn but truth is truth and ExxonMobil is fully engaged in
Read More...ExxonKnew Is PR and Politics in Search of A Shakedown Robert Bradley Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research Principal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog…. .… … [Editor’s Note: ExxonKnew is a complete fraud engineered by the guilt-ridden, attention-starved trust-funder descendants of the same Rockefeller family who created the company.] “Exxon knew about
Read More...For decades, the natural gas industry has addressed customer demand for increased energy efficiency by incorporating incentives and partnering with the federal government. The resulting improvements have been a benefit to consumers, who want to save on their energy bills, and for businesses worried about their carbon emissions. The Department of Energy (DOE) should review
Read More...A national fracking ban would have significant negative impacts on both the American economy and the environment according to a new report released by the Department of Energy. The report found that not only would a fracking ban have “devastating” economic impacts, the economic hit would come alongside increased emissions, negating the perceived benefits of
Read More...The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying shutdowns threw the American economy—and the energy industry—a curve ball this year, but domestic production will be a key part of the economy recovery. A new released by the Department of Energy (DOE) shows the benefits of increased domestic energy production and the opportunities to continue production in the future,
Read More...U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas reached a new peak of 4.7 billion cubic feet per day in May, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy, Kallanish Energy reports. This year, the U.S. became the world’s third-largest Lng exporter, averaging 4.2 Bcf/d in the first five months of the
Read More...CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania – The Appalachian Basin, specifically the trio of states including Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, is approaching a tipping point when determining what is done with the substantial volume of ethane produced here. There are three scenarios concerning ethane, according to Charles Zelek, a senior economist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office
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