To stop construction of the Line 3 pipeline replacement project in Minnesota, activists have increasingly argued for environmental justice for Native Americans who live along the route. But recent vandalism against Native-owned businesses suggests those arguments may be more geared toward attracting media attention. The project, which would replace a section of a crude pipeline
Read More...The Biden administration’s attempt to block responsible oil and natural gas development on federal lands and waters was dealt a major blow on Tuesday after a federal court ruled that it was an illegal pause on new lease sales. Banning new oil and gas development on federal lands was a key campaign promise from President
Read More...More Americans are having regular conversations about climate change and believe we should be doing more about it. But that doesn’t necessarily include phasing out fossil fuels, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. The poll, which was conducted in April and surveyed more than 13,000 U.S. adults, found the majority of Americans (64
Read More...Just a week after the bombshell admission that a Harvard academic is working under a retainer agreement with a top plaintiffs’ attorney firm without any previous disclosure, a new report puts the spotlight on this practice happening at universities across the country. The report, “Private Funders, Public Institutions: ‘Climate’ Litigation and a Crisis of Integrity,”
Read More...The International Energy Agency’s new roadmap to a zero-carbon world lays out a potential path for the energy transition with suggestions – some more realistic than others – for how the planet could drastically reduce emissions and bring access to affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Although many media latched onto the notion that the report
Read More...The Supreme Court of the United States dealt another major blow to the climate litigation campaign on Monday, overwhelmingly siding with energy companies on a procedural question that will impact many of the other state and municipal climate liability cases that have argued they should be heard in state court. According to the 7-1 decision,
Read More...Oil and natural gas systems have the greatest potential for reducing global methane emissions, according to the United Nation’s recent Global Methane Assessment. Notably, data from this comprehensive analysis show that North American methane emissions from oil and gas systems represent less than 4 percent of anthropogenic and less than 2 percent of total global
Read More...Residents of the Gulf Coast are already feeling the impacts of the Biden administration’s offshore leasing moratorium, which has thrown the once-vibrant offshore energy industry into a period of significant uncertainty. Despite this, federal officials will not say whether the administration will lift the moratorium or extend it into a permanent ban. During a Senate
Read More...A major bombshell dropped today about the nationally coordinated climate litigation campaign after it was revealed that Naomi Oreskes – the Harvard researcher and well-known “Exxon Knew” activist – is on retainer with Sher Edling, the plaintiffs’ law firm serving as the outside counsel for more than a dozen states and municipalities that have filed
Read More...Cheniere, one of the leading U.S. LNG companies, announced its first “carbon neutral shipment” to Europe this week after a tanker left Cheniere’s Sabine Pass export terminal in Louisiana and travelled across the Atlantic to supply Shell as part of the two companies’ long-term LNG contract. Unlike a standard LNG cargo, Cheniere’s “carbon neutral” shipment
Read More...Harvard University researchers are painting a misleading picture of their recent study’s findings on mortalities and health care costs resulting from the combustion of fuel sources to provide energy. The study, which compares particulate matter (PM 2.5) emissions impacts from various uses of coal, natural gas, oil and biomass, has generated headlines focused on natural
Read More...Extending the Department of the Interior’s ban on onshore oil and gas leasing will provide limited benefits to the Biden Administration’s climate goals, according to testimonies given during the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Tuesday. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) opened the hearing by expressing hope that the committee will find a
Read More...Even individuals that have advocated for an “electrify everything” path forward for the United States acknowledge the high costs and complexity of such measures, as recent GreenBiz electrification articles demonstrate. GreenBiz CEO, Joel Makower explains: “All of which is to say that while “electrify everything” has become the mantra of advocates of climate and energy
Read More...The Green New Deal for Public Housing recently introduced in the Senate completely shut residential natural gas use out of consideration in new public housing standards. The plan would upgrade building efficiency and reduce overall energy costs but erases any savings from efficiency by forcing all-electric appliances into new buildings and retrofitted homes. Cost to
Read More...A report by researchers at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy presents a well-rounded view on the role that natural gas infrastructure will play in reaching net-zero targets and bridging emerging energy technologies. Researchers had the Leaders Summit on Climate – during which countries, led by the United States, committed to more ambitious emission
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