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U.S. Crude Oil Export Surged to New Record in 2023

R-Squared Energy

as the world’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, this week the Energy Information Administration reported that the U.S. In December 2015 they got their wish when President Obama signed into law a $1.15 From 2004 through 2007, U.S. Fresh on the heels of a new U.S. oil production record and establishment of the U.S.

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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas.

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District of Massachusetts Reaffirms Broad Defense of Filed Rate Doctrine

Energy and Cleantech Council

By way of background, two class action lawsuits filed in the District of Massachusetts alleged that Eversource and Avangrid systematically abused their influence in the natural gas transmission market in violation of federal and state antitrust laws. See, e.g. , Woolsey v. Morgan Ventures Energy Corp. , 308 (9th Cir.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. The rest of the money goes toward projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or improve water quality.

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A DeSmog analysis of Dye’s claim, public financial reporting, and internal company data found that the utility could have been overestimating its gas costs by up to $4.3 million from 2002-2004. NW Natural acknowledged these “improvements in gas measurement and estimating” in its 2004 annual report.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

AGreenLiving

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. The rest of the money goes toward projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or improve water quality.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Gutierrez joined NRG from Dynegy in 2004 as an energy portfolio director. Consumers Energy CEO since 2016, she was praised for preventing a bigger emergency two subzero Januarys ago, after a fire at a natural gas compressor threatened energy transmission.