"Zero Oil Companies Bid In BLM’s Nevada Lease Sale"
"The bust amplified conservationists’ calls to turn away from oil production in the state, where 95 percent of acres leased for oil development are nonproducing."
Source: E&E News, 08/01/2023
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"Republicans Slam Biden NEPA Revamp, Threaten Permitting Talks"
"Congressional Republicans are seething about the Biden administration’s plans to change how the government reviews major energy infrastructure projects ranging from oil and gas pipelines to solar installations."
Source: E&E News, 08/01/2023
"‘Vicious Cycle’: Heat Waves Ramp Up Global Burning Of Fossil Fuels"
"Residents of the U.S. and other countries, cranking up their air conditioners, are helping to set records for consumption of fuels contributing to climate change".
Source: Washington Post, 07/31/2023
"NEPA ‘Phase 2’ Revamp Aims To Reverse Trump, Boost Renewables"
"The Biden administration unveiled a highly anticipated proposal Friday aimed at speeding up federal reviews of renewable energy projects and unraveling Trump-era changes to the nation’s bedrock environmental law."
Source: E&E News, 07/31/2023
"Biden Admin To Hike Fuel Economy Standards"
"The Transportation Department proposed Friday raising fuel efficiency requirements for cars and light trucks by about 20 percent over six years, a move the Biden administration said will help achieve its climate goals while saving drivers money at the gas pump."
Source: E&E News, 07/31/2023
"New IPCC Head Says Open Climate 'Toolbox' To Keep 1.5C Goal Alive"
"Rising global temperatures are on track to far exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming - but governments still have an unopened "toolbox" of policies that can keep that goal alive, the new chair of the U.N.'s panel of climate scientists said."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 07/28/2023
"A Bottleneck on the Grid Threatens Clean Energy. New Rules Aim to Help."
"Federal regulators on Thursday approved new rules to speed up the process for connecting wind and solar projects to the electric grid, in an attempt to reduce the growing delays that have become one of the biggest obstacles to building renewable energy in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 07/28/2023
"Supreme Court Revives Mountain Valley Pipeline"
"The Supreme Court has accepted a request from the developer of the Mountain Valley pipeline to restart work on the embattled project."
Source: E&E News, 07/28/2023
Ominous Sign for COP28: G20 Again Shunned Deal to Phase Down Fossil Fuels
"A four-day summit held in India last week by some of the world’s wealthiest nations ended without a commitment to phase down fossil fuels or to increase the development of renewable energy, largely because of opposition from Saudi Arabia, China and Russia."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/27/2023
"‘Battle Plan’: How The Far Right Would Dismantle Climate Programs"
"A coalition of conservative groups has assembled a plan to systematically target most of the federal government’s work on climate and clean energy."
Source: E&E News, 07/27/2023
