Energy
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Reversing Biden policies, Trump 'unleashing' energy potential in Alaska
This includes reinstating a program to make the entire 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) available for oil and natural gas leasing.
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In 3 months, federal oil, gas lease sales total $39 million in 5 western states
In Trump’s first month in office, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management began leasing federal land in five western states.
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Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Land Management backs out after memo critical of Jan. 6 leaked
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, made the announcement Thursday during what was to be a hearing to consider Sgamma and two other nominees.
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Trump announces plan to roll back to 2020 automobile 'environmental standards'
Trump said his administration would "probably go back to a 2020 standard."
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Trump wants to unleash American mining, but opening new mines is a long-term goal, experts say
Even once you get past the permitting and legal blockades from environmentalists, bringing a mine to production can take 10 years or longer.
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Media blaming climate change for early cherry blossom blooms ignores cause of heat, experts say
It's becoming a tradition every spring for the legacy media to blame climate change for cherry blossoms blooming earlier than average, but experts say this ignores the "Urban Heat Island" effect.
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SEC announces it will stop defending controversial climate disclosure rule
The rule faced a barrage of lawsuits from interest groups, trade associations and 43 states, and the SEC announced in April it would not implement the rule while the legal challenges played out.
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WA gas tax hike looks increasingly likely as part of transportation budget
The Senate plan calls for a 6 cents per gallon. That hike would bring the total state tax to 55.4 cents per gallon, before being tied to inflation. Beginning the following year, the state tax would then rise by 2% annually to account for inflation.
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Just Stop Oil’s ceasing its violent protests part of cultural shift; the ‘Trump effect’ critics say
Critics of climate activism say it’s part of a shift in the national dialogue on climate and energy. Fewer people are still willing to look the other way when climate activists’ behavior turns to vandalism, anarchy in the streets.
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Voters prioritize energy independence over climate change: Poll
According to the poll, 84% of Republicans favor prioritizing American energy independence over the fight for climate change and 31% of Democrats.
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Climate group behind attacks on Stonehenge and paintings announces it will stop ‘hi vis’ protests
In the announcement, the group boasted of having stopped consumers from accessing over 4.4 billion barrels of oil by ensuring oil companies won’t be able to produce them.
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Solar developers battle rural opposition in Ohio where state law protects local permitting agency
According to the Renewable Rejection Database, nearly 25% of the renewable projects rejected in the U.S. since 2013 have been in Ohio. “It's about money. None of these projects have anything to do with climate change. It's all about money,” says one expert.
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Higher electric bills coming for consumers after rate hike approved
Michigan already ranks one of the most-expensive states in the nation for electricity costs, coming in with the 13th-highest retail price for electricity in the country.