Energy & Fuel

"Technology pioneered by the oil and gas industry is fueling a new type of carbon-free power plant."

"Hawaiian Electric Industries and other defendants in lawsuits over the Maui wildfires in Hawaii have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion in settlement amount, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter."

"A federal court in Alaska overturned on Tuesday night an oil and gas lease sale that had been mandated by the Biden administration's signature climate law as part of a political compromise, on grounds that the U.S. government violated the law when holding the sale."

"CenterPoint wants customers to pay to climate-proof the grid—all while pouring millions of customer dollars into climate delay."

"President Biden’s signature environmental actions could be reversed if the GOP takes control of the House, Senate and White House. The EPA and other agencies could see their budgets slashed."

"Federal officials are proposing a new set of protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. If approved, they could come atop the rules that Bureau of Land Management finalized this spring to limit oil and gas drilling on more than half of the giant petroleum reserve."

"Coastal residents are conflicted over the planned location of a facility that advocates say will help launch Maine's offshore wind industry."

"Though the regs are expected to halve air releases of toxic metals, the tribe has voiced concern about increased pollution to meet demand for electric vehicles."