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
Read More...The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will discuss electrification and the future U.S. energy grid during a technical conference that should highlight the major role natural gas plays in lowering emissions from the power sector, serving as the top fuel source for U.S. electricity generation and providing reliable, affordable energy. Yet representatives from the natural gas
Read More...On Tuesday, Anne Arundel County, Maryland became the latest municipality to file a public nuisance climate change lawsuit against energy companies and a trade association representing the industry. While the county’s decision to file a lawsuit in unsurprising – as Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman announced back in February that the county was “considering”
Read More...Activists aiming to shutter American energy production are returning to an old campaign: trying to block oil and natural gas exports. A group calling itself Defend the Gulf is reigniting the debate over energy exports with a list of demands to the Biden administration, including a permitting and construction moratorium on energy export infrastructure and
Read More...The nationally coordinated climate litigation campaign against energy companies is plagued by flaws and failures (and has been for years), according to a group of legal experts who discussed the lawsuits during a recent panel discussion. Hosted by George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School’s Law & Economics Center, the event focused on the United
Read More...Politicians in New York just can’t seem to break their climate lawsuit habit despite being dealt three devastating defeats in the past four years. The latest effort is from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio who, with just eight months left in his term, introduced a consumer fraud climate lawsuit aimed at several energy
Read More...Oil and natural gas companies are rapidly deploying new breakthrough technologies and spending billions of dollars on research in development in a massive effort to lower global greenhouse gas emissions. As the world celebrates Earth Day, these initiatives are reasons for optimism that the world will be able to meet growing energy demand while also
Read More...An ordinance up for consideration before the Memphis City Council on Tuesday aimed at an oil pipeline could have long term impacts for energy delivery and economic development opportunities in the region. Supporters of the ordinance are hoping to block the completion of the Byhalia Connection pipeline, a 49 mile line that would connect two
Read More...A prominent academic with direct ties to the climate litigation campaign confirmed in a recent E&E News article that so-called “climate attribution science” was designed specifically to support lawsuits against major energy companies. The comments undercut the credibility or objectivity of its proponents, including Peter Frumhoff of the Union Concerned Scientist who has been delivering
Read More...Methane emissions in the United States have continued their downward trend from 2005 levels according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2021 Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI). In fact, total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions continue to decline despite increased production and consumption of oil and natural gas. As the EPA explains: “This decrease was driven largely by
Read More...Supporters of the climate litigation campaign were dealt a second setback in as many weeks after the Biden Administration came out in opposition to the plaintiffs in the Juliana v. United States lawsuit. The lawsuit was originally field in 2015 by a group of children and adults with the support of Our Children’s Trust, an
Read More...Workers in the natural gas sector are among the highest wage earners in the U.S. energy industry, with oil workers not far behind, but some other energy sectors are lagging, according to a new report from several leading energy think tanks, research, and advocacy groups. Published by the Energy Futures Initiative, the National Association of
Read More...Three months after President Biden signed an executive order revoking construction permits for Keystone XL pipeline, more consequences of his decision are becoming clear. The revocation cheered by environmental activists removes a critical means for safely transporting the kind of Canadian crude oil that U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast are designed to process, leaving
Read More...The Dept. of the Interior will hold a virtual forum on Thursday to hear public testimony on the oil and natural gas leasing moratorium on federal lands the Biden administration implemented shortly after taking office. Oil and natural gas development on federal lands primarily takes place in the Gulf of Mexico and across the West,
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