Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Port of Corpus Christi said in late January that it ended 2021 with record tonnage, mainly attributable to a greater than 80%t increase in shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed. Its crude oil exports averaged 1.76 million barrels per day in 2021. Biden bets on green hydrogen.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2022

The groups are represented by lawyers from Earthjustice and the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School. Some sections included safety information and tips on energy conservation, but many others promote natural gas, describe its benefits, or position gas as a clean alternative to dirtier fuels.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

In some countries like Germany, they have a law that mandates transparency in the electricity sector. This means that the true cost of energy must be made public so consumers can make informed decisions about their energy usage. Another example is natural gas prices. Why do people switch their utility services?

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

He compared it to the Indian Act of 1876, a notorious federal law that attempted to erase the culture of First Nations peoples. In British Columbia where Marsden is based, misleading oil and gas advertising is rampant , she said, including ads falsely claiming that liquefied natural gas is a climate solution.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

So, “we still have parts of HB 6 on the books that have been shown by a court of law to not only have been moved forward illegally — but that remain in place because of the party in power — which are harming human health,” Leppla said. “If The group has also promoted state and local legislation labeling natural gas as “ green energy.”

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Charged

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The federal charging infrastructure investment included in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law moved a step closer to reality, as the US Departments of Transportation and Energy released some details of the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The community currently uses natural gas for heating and to produce electricity in its Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant. Penn South first engaged Egg Geo to explore strategies for building decarbonization in an urban environment that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help achieve compliance with Local Law 97.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 17, 2021

energy , including 12 percent of its natural gas, 24 percent of its oil and 43 percent of its coal. As Secretary of the Interior, Haaland acknowledges that the role primarily consists of following the law and directives from the White House, not making them. "I Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) The Interior’s bold to-do list .

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

CEO Jeff Guldner told Greentech Media he hopes the plan will inform a "constructive policy dialogue" on how to clean up the grid without sacrificing reliable, affordable power. "If In 30 years, techologies like green hydrogen, natural gas with carbon capture, or seasonal energy storage could be ready to go, Guldner said.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

The lonely well pad houses four natural gas wells that records show were initially drilled in 2011 but sat inactive for years after that. Though it has applied for them, the company behind this operation has yet to receive the permits it is required by law to construct or operate the engines to power a cryptocurrency mine.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2024

(Mildenberger co-authored a recent survey that found that 31 percent of Americans want a fully electric home; an additional 29 percent would like an electric home with a carve out for their gas stoves.) Earlier this month, a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that struck down a ban on natural gas in new buildings in Berkeley, California.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

Once Keith shared what he knew from his engagement with the project, it became clear to me that the New York Power Authority NYPA did not have correct information about geothermal exchange technology. Keith Schue and I were introduced through email in 2017 by the executive director of New York Geo , Bill Nowak.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

While climate impacts intensify along the Gulf Coast, the Louisiana, Texas, and federal governments are poised to permit a growing number of proposed hydrogen manufacturing facilities equipped with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals. Edwards and former U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2021

The EPA’s advice brings hope to opponents of the pipeline who are growing increasingly confident that the 303-mile natural gas pipeline, which has been under construction for over three years, will never come online. The warning is another regulatory hurdle for a pipeline that is already delayed and over budget.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 5, 2021

Army Corps of Engineers issues permits for oil and gas pipelines nationwide violates some of the country’s cornerstone environmental laws. There’s no time to waste in eliminating this process, which only serves to bolster the oil and gas industry’s bottom lines.”. Oil and Water. A representative for the U.S. billion.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

is President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed into law in August 2022. High fossil fuel energy costs and the consequential spikes in inflation have only accelerated the clean energy transition. And leading this transition in the U.S. meet net-zero goals. In doing, the IRA seeks to help the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Regulators and experts say the financial assurance process is crucial to the evolution of oil and gas regulation in Colorado, the country’s fifth largest crude oil producer and seventh largest producer of natural gas, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Maralex Resources Inc.,

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

shift away from coal and natural gas. Energy Information Administration. Natural gas plants will only make up 16 percent of new capacity in 2021, according to EIA data. The cost of wind and solar power has continued to fall over the past four years, and the rate of coal power plant closures has accelerated.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

But opponents fighting to stop the company’s project, led by a group of not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) locals, have had no trouble finding a wealth of information to the contrary. Informational displays Air Products set up at a public meeting in Ponchatoula on October 17, 2022.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. So far 17 states plus Washington, D.C., And 46 U.S.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. Costs of clean power A recent Clean Energy Canada report, A Renewables Powerhouse , looked at the costs of producing power from wind and solar in Alberta and Ontario compared to gas power.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 6, 2021

That high level of interest by developers “was very robust and possibly beyond initial expectations” when the laws were passed, said Dan Burgess, director of the Governor’s Energy Office. “I The laws mostly paved the way for new solar generation development.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

North Carolina utility law requires energy planning and ratemaking that results in the “least-cost mix of generation and demand-reduction measures” achievable. An analysis by Research Triangle Park-based think tank RTI shows the expenditures helped avoid over $4 billion in natural gas-fired electricity.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 1, 2024

Chamber of Commerce produced only 24 documents that congressional investigators considered within the scope of the subpoena, including an invitation to a virtual meeting about “the future of natural gas infrastructure.” Many documents submitted by the API were almost entirely redacted.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2023

Hoboken is making this claim against fossil fuel companies under the state-level equivalent of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, a federal law used successfully to prosecute organized crime groups such as the Mafia starting in the 1970s and later the tobacco industry. Credit: U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

That high level of interest by developers “was very robust and possibly beyond initial expectations” when the laws were passed, said Dan Burgess, director of the Governor’s Energy Office. “I The laws mostly paved the way for new solar generation development.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Climate Act requires that the scoping plan “inform the state energy planning board’s adoption of a state energy plan,” and the State’s energy law requires that all state entities must make “any energy-related action[s] or decision[s] … reasonably consistent with the. state energy] plan.”.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 19, 2022

The plant which was filed with the State Corporation Commission, was the company’s second update since the VCEA became law. Natural gas provided another 19.1%, while wind and hydroelectric power made up the rest. More information on the RFP is available here. By 2040, the company expects to have added around 3.3

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The CPUC’s proposed decision, set for a vote in January, also takes steps toward enabling community and third-party operated microgrids, as required under 2018 state law SB 1339. Last month, PG&E issued a request for information seeking non-diesel temporary generation alternatives for the 2021 wildfire season.

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Charged

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The EV industry applauded the inclusion of a plan to fund charging infrastructure in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)—now rechristened the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIB)—that President Biden signed into law in November. However, until now we didn’t know exactly what we were cheering for.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 28, 2021

For nearly four years, Piedmont Natural Gas — one of Duke’s wholly owned subsidiaries — and the state’s other major gas distribution company have stymied incentives for new high-efficiency homes, claiming with scant evidence that the rebate scheme will lose them customers. Musser questioned.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2021

The GOP lists its PARIS Act under its “Innovation” bucket, and there isn’t much information about how such a move would address climate change. Bill Johnson (R-OH) has introduced legislation to “streamline” the approval of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals. It would also allow Congress to block such action.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Ohio Power Siting Board last month had 7,783 MW of solar projects in its regulatory pipeline , almost all of which had applications pending before the effective date of a new siting law that is expected to complicate future projects. The Energy Information Administration’s latest annual coal report , released on Oct.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 1, 2024

natural gas and distillate oil) Standard of performance: Less than 160 lb. CO2/MWh-gross basis) Compliance by January 1, 2032 Natural gas and oil-fired steam generating units BSER: Routine methods of operation and maintenance Standard of performance: An emission limitation of: 1,400 lb. reduction in emission rate (lb.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

If passed into law, the bill would be a valuable step toward limiting misinformation about fossil fuels and countering greenwashing.” “The Alberta Premier Danielle Smith also repeated misleading information about the proposal, implying it would affect anything other than false advertising.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There, he met with OPUC staff in person and exchanged emails with Lori Koho, then OPUC’s senior official overseeing natural gas utilities. He hoped that his list of complaints would show “how the unethical culture [at NW Natural] goes all the way to the top,” as one of his emails to Koho explains. “At

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Energy and Cleantech Council

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Now that the Act has been signed into law, Senate Democrats are making good on their promise but, as might be expected, not all parties are supportive. The language hasn’t been released yet, but according to information posted on Sen. In order to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (“Act”) last month, a deal was struck with Sen.

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