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...A recent Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) report underscores a crucial but often overlooked fact: achieving a reliable and affordable energy evolution means embracing a diverse energy mix, and natural gas is the key to making it work. According to ITIF natural gas will play an essential role in supporting the growth of renewable
Read More...This July, the new UK Labour Government came into office promising to ‘take the brakes off Britain’ and unlock a new era of economic prosperity. Yet, as Energy in Depth has previously explained, under current UK government plans the oil and gas industry is set to be burdened with another tax increase, which industry groups
Read More...Overblown assumptions related to gas stoves causing increased cases of pediatric asthma have plagued medical journals and top-tier media reporting in recent years. These studies often rely on assumption-heavy risk models to create causation, rather than empirical data connecting the two. A recent Cox Associates study that was funded, in part, by the American Gas
Read More...As Democrats continue to push debunked “price gouging” accusations at oil and gas companies, two recent hearings on Capitol Hill examined how the Biden-Harris Administration’s energy policies are the real cost drivers behind high energy and consumer costs. Representing a wide variety of vital industries within the American economy, witnesses at a House Budget Committee
Read More...The Biden administration’s Department of Energy relied on a “flawed study” by controversial keep-it-in-the-ground researcher Dr. Robert Howarth in implementing the widely criticized LNG export pause, Republicans argued in a new letter sent to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. The letter, sent Thursday and led by Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) underscored
Read More...One year after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state’s climate lawsuit at New York Climate Week, on Monday the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced another lawsuit at this year’s activist confab, this time targeting plastics recycling. With two public nuisance lawsuits against energy providers over the last two years, it’s clear Bonta is fully committed
Read More...As regions of the United States endure the final heatwaves of the summer, discussions of efficient and affordable ways to keep homes cool have gained traction. With increased temperatures putting traditional HVAC systems to the test, environmentalists see the opportunity to promote heat pumps as the only viable options for Americans to save money and
Read More...Last week, in what must have been a slow news cycle, outlets – including The New York Times and E&E News – reported on a new activist “report” that essentially tallied up the number of climate lawsuits in the world, leaving out a few key details in the process. On Thursday, just weeks ahead of
Read More...As the election heats up, some politicians are yet again attempting to revive the tired and debunked myth that American energy producers are artificially raising energy prices on consumers. Later this afternoon, Democrats on the House Natural Resources committee plan to host a Roundtable on “holding Big Oil accountable” for alleged price gouging. While this
Read More...The Matterhorn Express Pipeline, due to begin service in September, will significantly increase natural gas pipeline capacity in the Permian Basin, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This new capacity will be able to transport natural gas currently “locked up” in the Waha region to domestic and international customers, and
Read More...Natural gas must be top of mind for policymakers when discussing reshoring manufacturing, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Exponential growth in semiconductors and electric vehicles (EVs) demand has led to a renewed effort to invest in U.S. based manufacturing. In their report, CSIS, with the support
Read More...The biggest challenge to climate litigation against energy producers to date is now fully briefed and awaiting a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the lawsuit can move forward. Reminder: in May, nineteen Republican state attorneys general asked the high court to block climate lawsuits brought by California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island, arguing that
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