The Biden administration’s decision to halt new LNG exports is generating bipartisan pushback across the country, ranging from progressives like Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman to establishment figures like Delaware Sen. Chris Coons. That criticism of the administration’s decision has also been prominent in Colorado, the fourth largest oil and gas producing state where the industry
Read More...The Appalachian Basin produces more natural gas than most countries, with the region’s rich resources playing a major role in ensuring energy security, grid reliability and emission reductions. Therefore, it’s no surprise that leaders in the region from across the aisle have come out strongly against the Biden administration’s recent moratorium on LNG export approvals
Read More...A new report from Resources for the Future (RFF) provides data demonstrating the financial benefits of fossil fuel energy production for local governments and communities. Notably, the report showcases that replacing fossil fuels with renewable resources would strip away millions in critical funding sources that families, businesses, and households rely on. To conduct this analysis,
Read More...Questions continue to swirl around California’s climate lawsuit, launched by Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta in September. The latest, however, centers around the involvement of Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a well-known national “Keep It In the Ground” group tied to a variety of anti-energy billionaires whose fingerprints are seemingly all over the case. New emails obtained by Government Accountability
Read More...Last week’s American Petroleum Institute “State of American Energy” program provided hope that a bipartisan approach to contentious energy development issues may have a path forward in Congress. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO), both members of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, recently participated in an API panel earlier that covered
Read More...Embracing America’s abundant oil and natural gas recourses, protecting consumer choice, and prioritizing affordability, reliability, and sustainability are core tenets of the American Petroleum Institute’s 2024 State of American Energy (SOAE) that will “keep the lights on” for consumers across the country. It’s no secret that U.S. oil and natural gas is the cornerstone
Read More...California’s hostile energy policies have led to the highest prices at the pump in the nation, rolling blackouts, increased foreign imports to keep the state running, and as seen in news this week, made investments in oil and gas production and refining increasingly risky. Just last month California Attorney General Rob Bonta traveled to COP28
Read More...Natural gas bans have been a hot-button issue through 2023 year since the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) stated that it was considering banning natural gas stoves in January. While the Biden administration and agency officials have publicly backtracked on their desire to ban gas stoves, their actions and regulations over the year show their
Read More...Amidst attacks on U.S. energy production and continued global instability, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry managed to not only meet but exceed expectations in 2023. The industry broke production records and supplied critical energy resources at home and abroad, all while reducing methane emissions. Oil and Gas Industry Continues to Innovate Amid Record
Read More...Weeks after a federal judge in California ruled a climate lawsuit brought by the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations belongs in federal court, the group has voluntarily dismissed its case. It appears that the plaintiff and its law firm Sher Edling would rather dismiss the case than risk an unfavorable defeat in federal court. The move represents
Read More...A recent poll from Yale’s Program on Climate Change Communications shows yet again that Americans want to continue cooking with gas. Only 31 percent support going all electric and abandoning their gas stoves, furnaces, and other appliances. But the environmentalists at the publication Grist tried to spin this into qualified support for electrification. Their headline
Read More...For 17 consecutive years, natural gas has been the driving force in reducing U.S. power sector carbon dioxide emissions, new Energy Information Administration data show, making almost double the impact when compared to renewable power generation. This data is especially relevant as COP28 kicks off this week with activist attempts to dismiss the role of
Read More...After more than a decade in the making, the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission (OGLM) voted today to allow for the safe development of oil and natural gas resources under the surface of state-owned lands and parks. This is a win for landowners and their right to develop private minerals close to and
Read More...Natural gas and oil development in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) has brought $1 billion of economic impact to the region, according to a new analysis by Cleveland State University. The historic partnership has also supported 2,606 jobs totaling nearly $300 million in wages and benefits over the past nine years, while bringing increases
Read More...Democratic lawmakers are citing a not yet peer-reviewed or published study from a biased researcher with a history of flawed work to justify their calls to stop permitting new LNG export facilities in the United States. The research from Cornell University Professor Bob Howarth claims that when considering the lifecycle emissions of LNG, natural gas
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