Biden Administration Offers an Offshore Drilling Plan. Few Backers
"The five-year plan for America’s coastal waters, required by law, risks angering both the fossil fuel industry and environmentalists."
Source: NYTimes, 07/05/2022
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"Why Climate Groups Want Europe To Quit Obscure Energy Treaty"
"Ministers from more than 50 countries have finalised reforms to an international treaty that critics claim could hinder climate action by helping companies sue governments whose plans to cut emissions from fossil fuels hurt their bottom line."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 07/01/2022
"OPEC Reaffirms Slightly Higher Oil Output"
"With President Biden preparing to visit Saudi Arabia in July, the kingdom and its oil-exporting allies ratified slightly elevated crude oil output while waiting to see whether additional spare capacity would be needed to deal with sanctions on Russia or output disruptions in countries such as Libya or Nigeria."
Source: Washington Post, 07/01/2022
Biden Admin Oil, Gas Auctions Kick Off With Thin Industry Response
"The Biden administration's first sale of oil and gas drilling rights on federal land garnered thin industry interest on Wednesday while environmental groups filed two separate lawsuits seeking to invalidate the results."
Source: Reuters, 07/01/2022
"How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision"
"Decades of contributions aimed at influencing the judiciary bought the fossil fuel billionaire the ruling he’s always wanted."
Source: The Hill, 07/01/2022
"The U.S. Is Ditching Coal. The Supreme Court Ruling Won’t Change That."
"When conservative environmental lawyer Jeffrey Holmstead joined the Bracewell firm in late 2006, it represented the whole range of electric power companies, including coal-fired utilities and coal mining firms. Not anymore. The chief executives of electric utilities, wary of the perils of climate change, are marching away from coal, as well as other fossil fuels."
Source: Washington Post, 07/01/2022
"Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Power To Combat Climate Change"
"The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply cut back the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to reduce the carbon output of existing power plants, a blow to the Biden administration’s plans for combating climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 07/01/2022
"The Green Revolution Sweeping Sweden"
"A boom of renewable-powered industries has found a home in northern Sweden, fueling the country’s ambitions of a fossil-free economy".
Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2022
Enviros Sue Biden Administration For Resuming Oil And Gas Lease Sales
"A coalition of environmental groups on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over its approval of oil and gas lease sales in four Western states. The lease sales in Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Utah mark the first since the administration temporarily froze new lease sales on federal lands in January 2021."
Source: The Hill, 06/30/2022
"Government Policies Will Not Get UK To Net Zero, Warns Damning Report"
"The government is failing to enact the policies needed to reach the UK’s net zero targets, its statutory advisers have said, in a damning progress report to parliament."
Source: Guardian, 06/29/2022
