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House GOP aims to tie oil reserve sales to public land drilling

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday may begin consideration of a bill that would alter the president’s authority to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. President Joe Biden has said he would veto it.

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House GOP aims to tie oil reserve sales to public land drilling - Roll Call

The House is expected to consider legislation that would limit sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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Biden’s next climate hurdle: enticing Americans to buy green

President Joe Biden persuaded Democrats in Congress to provide hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change

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Lithium miner cited for violating endangered flower habitat

Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian company for a lithium mine in Nevada, federal land managers cited the developer for trespassing within the habitat of an endangered wildflower

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ERCOT gets emergency clearance to bypass emissions standards for freezing temps

DALLAS — ERCOT sought emergency approval from the federal government to bypass emission standards if necessary to keep electricity flowing after state officials’ repeated declarations the the power grid was “ready and reliable” for days of bone-chilling temperatures and dangerous windchills.

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US declares Texas grid emergency in arctic blast

The U.S. Energy Department declared a power emergency in Texas, citing a shortage of electricity as an arctic winter blast causes power plants to fail.

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US vacates 1954 security decision for ‘father of the atomic bomb' J. Robert Oppenheimer

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Energy Department on Friday vacated a decision made in 1954 to revoke the security clearance of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb.”

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US buying 3M barrels of oil to start replenishing reserves

The Biden administration says the U.S. is buying 3 million barrels of oil to begin to replenish U.S. strategic reserves that officials drained earlier this year to fight inflation

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Feds offer $1B to keep California's last nuclear plant open

The Biden administration has announced preliminary approval to spend up to $1.1 billion to help keep California’s last operating nuclear power plant running

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Fighting at Ukraine nuclear plant highlights risks of US export policies

WASHINGTON — Russia’s seizure earlier this year of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy facility is shining a new light on the safety and security risks of the atomic export polices of the United States and other technologically advanced countries.

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Fighting at Ukraine nuclear plant highlights risks of US export policies - Roll Call

Fighting at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant is raising some alarms about exporting atomic technologies — but not on Capitol Hill.

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Biden spending $4.5 billion to help lower home heating costs

The Biden administration is making $4.5 billion available through a low-income home energy assistance program to help lower heating costs heading into what is expected to be a brutal winter

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House Republicans launch probe of Biden’s oil reserve release

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are launching an investigation into what they say could be the “potential misuse” by the Biden administration of the nation’s emergency oil reserves to lower gasoline prices, as well as White House deliberations over a fuel export ban.

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Biden to announce more oil reserve sales to reduce gas prices - Roll Call

The Biden administration will sell another tranche of oil from the national reserve in December to put a damper on gasoline prices.

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White House takes closer look at controversial gasoline export ban option

WASHINGTON — White House officials have asked the U.S. Energy Department to analyze whether a ban on exports of gasoline, diesel and other refined petroleum products would lower fuel prices, an indication the controversial idea is gaining traction in some corners of the Biden administration.

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Gas keeps costing more. Would an emergency oil supply help cut prices?

WASHINGTON — California gasoline prices are soaring again — up more than a dollar over the last month — and the latest big congressional idea for relief involves creating an emergency oil supply that Washington would tap when prices soar.

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Nevada wants feds to declare mothballed nuke dump plan dead

After a decade in limbo, Nevada is pressing U.S. nuclear regulators to finally kill a mothballed proposal to entomb the nation’s most radioactive waste in the desert north of Las Vegas

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Low fuel inventories cause special concern in US Northeast

Low fuel supplies in the U.S. Northeast are raising concerns that an extreme weather event could cause supply disruptions

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Eight out of 12 thermal units at NTTPS, RTPP to be decommissioned in a few years in a phased manner

Energy Department is aware of its commitment and will take necessary steps as and when required, said a top official

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Deal reached to address 2 leaking nuke waste tanks

A deal to address two nuclear waste storage tanks that are leaking radioactive materials into the soil in Washington state has been reached between Washington state and the U.S. Department of Energy

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Andhra Pradesh: CM for ramping up production at APMDC’s coal mines in Madhya Pradesh

Jagan directs officials to examine the scope of utilising the sea route for importing coal

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Energy Dept. backs $2.5B loan to GM venture for EV batteries

A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution is set to receive a $2.5 billion loan from the Energy Department to build battery cell factories for electric vehicles in three states

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Energy Department plans to loan GM battery joint venture $2.5 billion

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy said Monday it plans to loan General Motors Co. and LG Energy Solution's joint venture $2.5 billion to build EV battery plants in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.

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Stir in UP Bureaucracy: After retirement on 31 August, what responsibility Awanish Awasthi will get?

Uttar Pradesh's powerful bureaucrat Awanish Awasthi is all set to retire on the 31 of next month. The buzz is that after retirement, what responsibility Awasthi will get? Dynamite News Exclusive:

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Granholm, actor Robert Downey Jr. boost clean energy jobs

The Energy Department is teaming with actor Robert Downey Jr. to recruit up to 1,000 new workers focused on climate change and clean energy

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