Eugene, Oregon’s city council recently repealed its ordinance banning natural gas in homes before the issue could come to a vote in November. The decision comes weeks after two polls show a lack of interest in banning natural gas across adults nationwide, and months after the Ninth Circuit Court overruled Berkeley’s natural gas ban, which
Read More...The UK government announced in June that its windfall tax on the oil and gas sector will not be applied if prices drop below certain levels for six months in a row due to a new price floor mechanism. As EID has previously explained, the windfall tax (formally known as the energy profit levy) was
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...The reviews on the climate lawsuit filed last month by Multnomah County, Oregon are in, and they aren’t pretty. The lawsuit, which attempts to blame a number of energy companies for the effects of the 2021 heat dome extreme weather event that hit Portland and the surrounding region, has been met with significant skepticism from across the
Read More...OPEC+ and Saudi Arabia’s oil production cuts will impact global oil price and American consumers. While the Biden administration has called these cuts short-sighted, it has failed to plan for the long term and consider the value of domestic production for Americans and global consumers. Short Term Impact Saudi Arabia will unilaterally shut in 1
Read More...With only days left until the comment period closes for the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial tailpipe emissions proposed rule, a diverse group of politicians and industry representatives are bringing attention to various negative effects that the rule would impose on consumers. The Biden EPA and National Highway and Transportation Safety Agency are together proposing new
Read More...There is a lot of misinformation circulating about U.S. carbon capture and storage (CCS), despite the widescale implementation of this technology having bipartisan support in Congress and the backing of the Biden administration and top energy and climate international organizations. Recently, media coverage around CCS has prioritized voices that are perpetuating this misinformation, creating an
Read More...Proponents of restricting consumer choice continue to use flawed methodology and scare tactics to convince the public gas stoves are a danger. The latest effort is a study conducted by researchers from Stanford University that has released similarly flawed research on gas stoves previously. When put under scrutiny, the studies are not as thoroughly researched
Read More...Natural gas-fired power plants are not only more energy efficient than traditional sources, but have significantly reduced water consumption in electricity generation over the last decade, according to a recent analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Water plays a key role in power generation as it is used for cooling steam from the thermoelectric
Read More...Multnomah County, Oregon is the latest to join the climate litigation fray, filing a lawsuit against American oil and gas companies on Thursday. This development is hardly a surprise, as familiar players in the climate litigation campaign have been circling the Pacific Northwest for years, paying particularly close attention to the local leadership of Multnomah
Read More...The United States is poised to dominate global oil supply despite an expected slowing down of global demand, meaning that U.S. oil production has a sound and prosperous future, according to a recent International Energy Agency report. The new report, which provides a medium-term outlook of the “evolving oil supply and demand dynamics through to
Read More...Summer is here and the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) warns that two-thirds of the United States can see energy shortages if demand surpasses normal summer peak demand. According to NERC’s 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment, the growing gap between available supply and peak demand is caused by the early retirements of firm generating capacity, including
Read More...Today, residents, industry experts and environmental groups are speaking up for the future of carbon capture and storage in Louisiana, as the Environmental Protection Agency hosts a series of public comment hearings for the state’s application for primacy over underground injection control (UIC) of Class VI wells. Louisiana has the geological potential to store massive
Read More...The Biden administration held its first onshore oil and gas lease sale of the year in May, nearly a year after the last auction and eight months after provisions within the Inflation Reduction Act mandated that sales continue. Total 2023 onshore lease sales are significantly curtailed from years prior, and with no finalized 2023-2028 Proposed
Read More...There is a new development in the gas stove ban saga. Two bills protecting gas stoves from federal bans recently passed through the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support as twenty-nine Democrats voted in favor of both Republican-sponsored pieces of legislation – H.R.1615, the “Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act” and H.R. 1640, “Save
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