Coronavirus Throws EU Climate Plans into Disarray -
"Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said last week that the EU should 'forget about' the Green Deal for now while it focuses on Coronavirus."
Why this is...more
3/30/2020
/ Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
China ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Electricity ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Financial Distress ,
Fracking ,
Middle East ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Petroleum ,
PG&E ,
Plant Closures ,
Poland ,
Renewable Energy ,
Russia ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
State of Emergency ,
Supply and Demand ,
Trump Administration ,
Ukraine ,
Utilities Sector ,
Wildfires
Crisis in Middle East Should Remind Us of the Importance of Fracking -
"Oil prices are likely to spike in the short-term aftermath of the attack on Saudi Arabia, but, as Clifford Krauss and Stanley Reed of The New York...more
9/20/2019
/ Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Coal ,
Coal Mines ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Exports ,
Fracking ,
Geothermal Energy ,
Imports ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Middle East ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Petrochemicals ,
Petroleum ,
Pipelines ,
Power Plants ,
Renewable Energy ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Shale Gas ,
Solar Energy ,
South Africa ,
Terrorist Acts ,
Utilities Sector ,
Zimbabwe
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Remains Halted as Developers Wait on Court Decisions -
"There are currently two federal permits under review--one issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and one issued by the U.S. Forest...more
9/14/2019
/ Automotive Industry ,
Benchmarks ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Drainage ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
EU ,
Federal Bans ,
Fracking ,
Geoengineering ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Lenders ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Penalties ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Petroleum ,
Pipelines ,
Political Parties ,
Renewable Energy
Supreme Court Sides with Property Owners; Companies have No Right to Get Natural Gas Without Permission -
"The Supreme Court said, 'A mineral owner or lessee has an implicit right to use the overlying surface to access...more
6/10/2019
/ Adjacent Property Owners ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Carbon Off-Set Credits ,
China ,
Chrysler ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Ash ,
EBITDA ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Electricity ,
Federal Loans ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Fracking ,
General Motors ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Impact Fees ,
Metallurgical Coal ,
Mineral Rights ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Political Debates ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Presidential Elections ,
Property Owners ,
Rare Earth Metals ,
Severance Tax ,
Subsurface Estates ,
Surface Estates ,
Tesla ,
Trespass ,
USDA ,
WV Supreme Court ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
Property Owners Along Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline in Lancaster County Get Another Round of Letters
"The letters issued notice of intent to file liens if MacAllister didn't receive timely payment of about $1.02 million it...more
5/7/2019
/ Carbon Taxes ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Fracking ,
Methane ,
Natural Gas ,
Nuclear Power ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Property Owners ,
Renewable Energy
The U.S. is Set to Become the World's Biggest Oil Exporter Thanks to the Fracking Revolution -
"The U.S. shale revolution has made it to one of the world's largest energy producers and potentially the largest oil exporter...more
3/23/2019
/ Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
CEOs ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Bans ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal Mines ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Crude Oil ,
Elon Musk ,
Environmental Policies ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Fracking ,
Germany ,
Global Market ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hydraulic Fracturing Study ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Refineries ,
Renewable Energy ,
Russia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shale Gas ,
Tesla ,
Trial Court Orders ,
Twitter
Energy Companies to Appeal Loss of Forest Service Permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline -
"The builders of the $7 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline say they will appeal a federal court ruling that invalidated a permit allowing...more
12/22/2018
/ Appeals ,
Asia ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Exports ,
Forest Service ,
Fracking ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Infrastructure Financing ,
Investment Funds ,
Land Owners ,
Land Use Restrictions ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
OECD ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Petroleum ,
Pipelines ,
Political Parties ,
Renewable Energy ,
UK ,
Underground Injection Wells ,
Well Drilling
Revised Definition of "Waters of the United States" - Proposed Rule -
"The agencies' proposal is the second step in a two-step process to review and revise the definition of 'waters of the United States' consistent with...more
12/15/2018
/ Air Pollution ,
Australia ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
China ,
Citizen Petitions ,
Class Action ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Bans ,
Coal Mines ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Storage ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
FERC ,
Fracking ,
Fracking Bans ,
Gas Royalties ,
Geothermal Energy ,
Industrial Design ,
Information Reports ,
Italy ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Power Grid ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Proposed Rules ,
Renewable Energy ,
Request for Proposals ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Scientific Research ,
Senate Confirmation Hearings ,
Settlement ,
Trump Administration ,
United Nations ,
Waters of the United States
The 'Trump Effect' is Slowing International Progress on Climate Change, Think Tank Warns -
"The report from the Institute of International and European Affairs ("IIEA") considered the impact President Donald Trump was...more
12/8/2018
/ Australia ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Carbon Emissions ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Exports ,
Fracking ,
France ,
Fuel Tax ,
Gas Prices ,
Germany ,
Global Warming ,
Homeowners ,
Hydrocarbons ,
Imports ,
Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
OPEC ,
Paris Agreement ,
Petrochemicals ,
Petroleum ,
Protests ,
Qatar ,
Railways ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Renewable Energy ,
Residential Property Owners ,
Russia ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Solar Energy ,
Solar Panels ,
Tidal Energy ,
Trump Administration ,
United Nations ,
US Trade Policies
U.S. Global Change Research Program - Fourth National Climate Assessment -
"Impacts, risks and adaptation in the United States Report-in-Brief"
Why this is important: The assessment posits the U.S. will lose 10 percent of...more
11/30/2018
/ Annual Reports ,
Asia ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Bipartisan Agreement ,
Carbon Taxes ,
Chemicals ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Construction Project ,
Energy Costs ,
Energy Policy ,
Ethane ,
Exports ,
Foreign Relations ,
Fracking ,
Geothermal Energy ,
Global Warming ,
Imports ,
India ,
Iran ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
OPEC ,
Paris Agreement ,
Peer Review ,
Petroleum ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Russia ,
Scientific Research ,
Shale Gas ,
Venezuela ,
Vietnam
U.S. to Give Eight Nations Oil Waivers Under Iran Sanctions, Official Says -
"The U.S. has agreed to let eight countries - including Japan, India and South Korea - keep buying Iranian oil after it reimposes sanctions on the...more
11/9/2018
/ Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Certificates of Compliance ,
China ,
Coal ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Exports ,
Federal Land ,
Foreign Relations ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Fracking ,
France ,
Geothermal Energy ,
Imports ,
Innovative Technology ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mining ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
OPEC ,
Petroleum ,
Popular ,
Power Grid ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Power Plants ,
Preemption ,
Renewable Energy ,
Shale Gas ,
Software Developers ,
State and Local Government ,
Supremacy Clause ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Deficit ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
Waivers ,
Well Drilling ,
WV Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court Slows Children's Climate Lawsuit - For Now -
"In the latest step of a fascinating bit of constitutional law called Atmospheric Trust Litigation, the Chief Justice halted the District Court trial...more
10/27/2018
/ Bailout ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Collaboration ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Exports ,
Fracking ,
General Elections ,
Germany ,
India ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Libya ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Nigeria ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
OPEC ,
Order to Stay ,
Petroleum ,
Pipelines ,
Plant Closures ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Public Trust Doctrine ,
Renewable Energy ,
Russia ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Saudi Aramco ,
SCOTUS ,
Shale Gas ,
Steel Industry ,
Undue Burden
Is U.S. Shale as Productive as It's Cracked Up to Be?
"When you look at the data, the question arises of whether E&Ps' well production systems are as efficient and productive as they like to think they are."
Why this is...more
10/13/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Africa ,
Asia ,
Biodiesel ,
Bioenergy ,
Biomass ,
Carbon Taxes ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Fracking ,
Global Warming ,
Horizontal Wells ,
Imports ,
India ,
International Energy Agency (IEA) ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Petroleum ,
Renewable Energy ,
Shale Gas ,
Solar Energy ,
Tariffs ,
United Nations
China's Provinces are Secretly Building Coal Plants in Defiance of the National Government -
"CoalSwarm, a global network of researchers tracking fossil-fuel infrastructure, analyzed satellite imagery as of July 2018, and...more
10/5/2018
/ Canada ,
China ,
Coal ,
Coal Mines ,
Contamination ,
Crude Oil ,
Energy Costs ,
Energy Sector ,
Exports ,
Fracking ,
Groundwater ,
Imports ,
India ,
Kuwait ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Marcellus Shale ,
Methane ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Renewable Energy ,
Scientific Evidence ,
Solar Energy ,
Utica Shale ,
Water Pollution
Iran's Latest Terrorist Attack Matters More than OPEC's Latest Meeting, RBC's Croft Says -
"Oil market attention was focused on an OPEC meeting in Algeria this weekend, but it was Saturday's terrorist attack in an oil-rich...more
9/28/2018
/ Ballot Measures ,
Biodiesel ,
Biomass ,
Chemicals ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Energy Sector ,
Ethane ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Fracking ,
Fracking Bans ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Iran ,
Midstream Contracts ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
OPEC ,
Petroleum ,
Pipelines ,
Plant Closures ,
Renewable Energy ,
Sierra Club ,
Terrorist Acts
As Storm Looms, 4th Circuit Reverses Ruling Against Dominion on Coal Ash Pollution at Chesapeake Site -
"Water pollution from a coal ash landfill and settling ponds at a closed power plant in Chesapeake is not a violation of...more
9/14/2018
/ Appeals ,
Biomass ,
Canada ,
China ,
Clean Water Act ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Ash ,
Coal-Fired Plants ,
Commodities ,
Energy Costs ,
Environmental Claims ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Exports ,
Exxon Mobil ,
FERC ,
Fracking ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Imports ,
Marcellus Shale ,
Methane ,
Natural Gas ,
Nuclear Power ,
Obama Administration ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Sands ,
Permits ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Power Grid ,
Power Plants ,
Renewable Energy ,
Reversal ,
Rollbacks ,
SCOTUS ,
Sierra Club ,
Solar Energy ,
Solar Surcharges ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
Water Pollution ,
Well Drilling
Activists Have a New Strategy to Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights -
"It already has worked in New York where construction on the Constitution Pipeline has stalled. Now activists are trying the strategy in...more
8/24/2018
/ Activist ,
Appeals ,
Carbon Emissions ,
China ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Clean Water Act ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal Mines ,
Construction Permits ,
Environmental Claims ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Exports ,
FERC ,
Fracking ,
Fuel Standards ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Horizontal Wells ,
Humanitarian Assistance ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas ,
Obama Administration ,
Oil & Gas ,
Permits ,
Pipelines ,
Power Plants ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Fuel Standard ,
Repeal ,
Reversal ,
State and Local Government ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Tidal Energy ,
Trump Administration ,
Venezuela ,
Wastewater ,
Water Quality
SEC Drops Probe of Exxon's Accounting Practices -
"The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its probe into whether ExxonMobil misled investors about its knowledge of climate change and the potential effects on...more
8/10/2018
/ Arbitrary and Capricious ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal Mines ,
Competition ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Assessments ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Fracking ,
Fracking Bans ,
Government Investigations ,
India ,
Investment Fraud ,
Ireland ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
National Park Service ,
Permits ,
Pipelines ,
Qatar ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shale Gas ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Policy ,
Trump Administration ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Judge Boots the Global Warming Cases of San Francisco and Oakland Against Oil Companies -
"In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted the motions to dismiss from the five targeted companies - Chevron,...more
6/30/2018
/ Activist ,
China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal-Fired Generation ,
Cybersecurity ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Evidence ,
Fracking ,
Global Warming ,
Hackers ,
Imports ,
Investment Funds ,
Marcellus Shale ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Spills ,
OPEC ,
Plant Closures ,
Power Grid ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Russia ,
Secretary of Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Tesla ,
Utility Rates
In an Internal Memo, the White House Considered Whether to Simply 'Ignore' Federal Climate Research -
"The document, drafted September 18 by Michael Catanzaro, President Trump's special assistant for domestic energy and...more
6/2/2018
/ Asia ,
Canada ,
Climate Change ,
Coal Industry ,
Crude Oil ,
Department of Environmental Protection ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Fracking ,
Global Warming ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Halliburton ,
India ,
Investors ,
National Emissions Standards ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
OPEC ,
Pipelines ,
Renewable Energy ,
Rollbacks ,
Russia ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Scientific Evidence ,
Scientific Research ,
Shale Gas ,
Shell Oil ,
Solid Waste ,
Trump Administration ,
United Nations
FERC Won't Consider Big Climate Change Effects in Pipeline Reviews -
"FERC's three Republican commissioners issued the surprise ruling as part of an otherwise routine decision on a pipeline upgrade proposed by the utility...more
5/26/2018
/ China ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Commodities ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Foreign Policy ,
Fracking ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Material Suppliers ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
OPEC ,
Pipelines ,
Renewable Energy ,
Russia ,
State and Local Government ,
Steel Industry ,
Trump Administration ,
Venezuela ,
Wind Power
In Cities v. Fossil Fuels, Exxon's Allies Want the Accusers Investigated -
"Now two industry-friendly groups are turning the tables and asking the SEC to investigate the cities and counties for possible fraud."
Why this...more
5/5/2018
/ Asia ,
China ,
Civil Liability ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Cotenancy Provisions ,
Earthquakes ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Exxon Mobil ,
FERC ,
Fracking ,
Gas Royalties ,
Government Studies ,
Innovative Technology ,
Middle East ,
Mineral Leases ,
Natural Gas ,
News Stories ,
Oil & Gas ,
Permits ,
Pipelines ,
Power Grid ,
Protests ,
Russia ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Shale Gas ,
State and Local Government ,
Trolls ,
Water Quality ,
Water Quality Control Boards
An Interview with Bill Raney, President of West Virginia Coal Association -
Nick Preservati, Co-Chair of Spilman's Energy Practice Group, recently sat down with Bill Raney, President of the West Virginia Coal Association...more
4/20/2018
/ American Petroleum Institute ,
Australia ,
Bailout ,
Bitcoin ,
Bitcoin Mining ,
British Petroleum (BP) ,
Canada ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Coal Industry ,
Coal Mines ,
Energy Costs ,
Environmental Claims ,
EU ,
Fixed Price Contracts ,
Fracking ,
Fracking Bans ,
Gas Royalties ,
Natural Gas ,
Nuclear Power ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Rare Earth Metals ,
SCOTUS ,
Trump Administration ,
WV Supreme Court
On April 2, 2018, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued a decision in Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Production Company, No. 1351 MDA 2017, reversing a lower court judgment entered in favor of the defendant producer....more
4/5/2018
/ Adjacent Property Owners ,
Appeals ,
Fracking ,
Horizontal Wells ,
Oil & Gas ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Rule of Capture ,
Settlement ,
Shale Gas ,
Trespass
Trump Prepared to Hit China with $60 Billion in Annual Tariffs -
"President Trump is preparing to impose a package of $60 billion in annual tariffs against Chinese products, following through on a longtime threat that he...more
3/23/2018
/ China ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Coal Mines ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Fracking ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Misappropriation ,
Oil & Gas ,
OPEC ,
Russia ,
Scientific Evidence ,
Sewer Systems ,
Shale Gas ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Cuts ,
Trade Secrets ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration ,
Waste Treatment Facilities ,
Wastewater