- Democrats in the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis have released a Climate Crisis Action Plan that aims to achieve net-zero emissions throughout the United States by 2050 and “net-negative” emissions by 2100,...more
On Thursday, April 2, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to lease out space for domestic oil companies to store oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The decision marks a significant step by the...more
Policy-makers in Washington have deployed a range of actions to help address the economic fallout from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While not targeting the energy sector per se, recent actions taken by the Federal...more
On January 10, 2020, the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a proposed rule that would substantially revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental...more
1/14/2020
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Rulemaking Process
The House of Representatives has adopted a series of rules changes for the 116th Congress to implement a reform package that House Democrats developed after recapturing the House majority in the November 2018 midterm...more
Key Points -
- Congress acts to repeal the SEC’s Resource Extraction Payments Disclosure Rule.
- Full repeal is subject to President Trump’s signature.
- Once enacted, all future administrations...more
The results of the U.S. presidential election are historic and unanticipated, and they will have significant economic, political, legal and social implications. As we prepare for the Trump presidency, many uncertainties...more
11/17/2016
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Against the backdrop of the presidential campaigns, stand-alone energy legislation is advancing in Congress for the first time since 2007. On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, the Senate voted, 82-12, to approve S. 2012, the Energy...more
If you read one thing...
- President Obama includes a $4 billion plan in his FY 2017 budget proposal to promote autonomous-vehicle deployment.
- NHTSA commits to work with stakeholders to develop guidance...more
On December 15, 2015, U.S. congressional leaders announced a year-end budget compromise that removes the ban on the export of crude oil from the United States. In exchange for this concession, the Democratic-led opposition to...more
On August 14, 2015, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) indicated that it would approve a number of export license applications permitting parties in the United States to swap crude oil...more
On March 20, Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced the release of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule, titled, “Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands,” which BLM announced will...more
On January 14, the Obama administration announced plans to reduce methane emissions from new and modified oil and gas operations as part of the president’s strategy to address climate change. The plan does not, however,...more
On Thursday, May 29, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released two new reports on the potential environmental impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the United States to countries that do not have a free...more
Yesterday, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) issued proposed new procedures for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export decisions. The proposal applies only to applications to export LNG from the Lower-48 states to...more
6/2/2014
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Public Comment
On February 27, 2014, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed H.R. 2548, the Electrify Africa Act, to improve access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, through a comprehensive U.S. government approach to electricity...more
Preliminary results of a comprehensive Department of Energy (DOE) study of hydraulic fracturing found no evidence that chemicals from natural gas drilling operations contaminated drinking water....more
This is a revised alert reflecting updated information in a July 19 National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) media release, which clarified prior NETL statements on the hydraulic fracturing study contained in earlier...more