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Venture Global LNG Addresses Lack of Commercial Cargo Sales

Venture Global LNG clarifies to the US regulator the reasons behind its inability to sell commercial cargoes, providing a detailed explanation.

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Worried about safety, a small West Texas town challenges planned cross-border pipeline

Critics are calling on federal regulators to increase their scrutiny and oversight of the proposed pipeline, which would send gas from Texas to the Mexican coast for export to other countries.

The Texas Tribune

Licensing process continues for proposed Bell County hydropower energy facility

A proposal from hydropower company Rye Development could see the site of a former coal mine in Bell County repurposed as a pumped energy storage facility.

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Gas pipeline expansion could fuel Pacific north-west climate emergencies

Washington, Oregon and California have stringent laws to combat fossil fuel, but the approval of GTN Xpress could upend that

The Guardian - US

Communities on US LNG front line ask Biden to reject export terminal

Louisiana’s booming LNG industry is wreaking havoc on fishing community. Locals are protesting a potential new terminal.

Al Jazeera

Indigenous advocacy leads to largest dam removal project in US history

Four dams are being demolished along the Klamath River in northern California, as salmon populations plummet.

Al Jazeera

Unrealistic plans to crack down on U.S. power plant emissions won’t work. We’ve been down this road before–and so have others

The EPA’s proposed rule would force power plant owners to decide virtually overnight whether to install expensive carbon capture tech or shut their plants.

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‘Carbon mega bomb’: climate experts urge Biden to block gas export hub

Despite pressure from environmentalists to halt Louisiana construction, the US president touts gas exports to Europe

The Guardian - US

Feds OK natural gas pipeline expansion in Pacific Northwest over environmentalist protests

Federal regulators have approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top West Coast officials

The Independent UK

Clean Energy Backlog Eases with Groundbreaking New Rule: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is opening up the pathway to the electric grid, easing a clean energy backlog with a groundbreaking new rule.

Kiplinger

Congress faces permitting issues unresolved by debt ceiling law - Roll Call

The debt ceiling law resolved some environmental permitting issues, but that clouded the legislative path to addressing the remaining ones.

Roll Call

Company confirms it has found new funding to build a massive gas terminal at the Port of Brownsville

Brownsville is the last major deepwater port in Texas that doesn’t have large fossil fuel projects. The 750-acre facility will export Texas natural gas to other countries.

The Texas Tribune

Permits for US Energy Projects Are So Bad Unlikely Allies Emerge

The renewables and fossil fuel industries—and Democrats and Republicans in Washington—are uniting in their push to streamline the country’s thicket of regulations.

Businessweek

Amidst Dreams of Green Energy, Regulators and Industry Warn of Summer Blackouts

If you want to keep the lights on, it might be a good time to shop for a generator.

Reason

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House Oversight Committee holds ESG hearing

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Roll Call

Manchin says he will oppose all EPA nominees - Roll Call

Sen. Joe Manchin III vowed to oppose all EPA nominees, citing his displeasure over a coming greenhouse gas emissions rule for power plants.

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Best Oil Stock to Buy Today

Energy sector giant Cheniere Energy (LNG) reported solid fiscal 2023 first quarter results and is well-placed to continue its business momentum this year, driven by high energy demand and the company’s strategic initiatives to boost its production capacity. Given its strong fundamentals, this leading oil stock could be a solid…

Roll Call

Meet the new permitting debate. It’s the same as the old one. - Roll Call

The forces for and against a permitting overhaul, a version of which is in the GOP debt limit bill, look much as they did in December.

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Texas Observer

Natural Gas Terminal Reopens After Massive Explosion

Regulators say the company fixed flaws at the natural gas plant which led compressed methane to burst from a pipe and catch fire.

Tribune News Service

Feds using 'enhanced surveillance' to see what's behind the natural gas spike in California

The head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that oversees the interstate transmission of natural gas, electricity and oil on Thursday would not say whether it will launch a formal investigation into soaring natural gas prices in California but did say the agency has assigned staff to examine whether any…

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Sex trafficking, child-pornography solicitation, and FERC.

Tribune News Service

Now in the spotlight, FERC has an acting leader and a vacancy

WASHINGTON — Decisions on electric transmission, grid stability, extreme weather, climate impacts and leadership await the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the independent national agency that regulates the power grid, as it enters the new year with an interim chairman at the helm and down a member.

Roll Call

Now in the spotlight, FERC has an acting leader and a vacancy - Roll Call

Decisions on electric transmission, grid stability, extreme weather, climate impacts and leadership await the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

WEKU

Federal regulators deny sale of Kentucky Power to Liberty Utilities

Roll Call

Putting FERC to ‘Work’ — Congressional Hits & Misses - Roll Call

This week’s Hits and Misses sees Illinois Rep. Sean Casten rewording Rihanna’s song “Work” on the House floor, and more.

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