"Senate Hope For Permit Deal Alive After DOA House Energy Bill"
"Senate Democrats are still holding out hope for a deal on permitting reform, but a House Republican energy bill is not going to do the trick."
Source: E&E News, 03/16/2023
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"Inside The Movement To Remake America’s City Streets"
"The automobile has been a fixture of urban life for more than a century. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. Congested streets turned into pedestrian safe havens. Now many want to make those changes permanent — but it won’t happen without a fight."
Source: Washington Post, 03/16/2023"Audubon Keeps Name Tied To Enslaver, Roils Staff"
"The National Audubon Society announced Wednesday that it’s keeping its name, following a lengthy internal debate and pressure from staff to sever ties to its namesake, bird artist and enslaver John James Audubon."
Source: E&E News, 03/16/2023"Haaland Reverses Trump-Era Izembek Road Decision"
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland late Tuesday revoked a Trump-era land swap that would have paved the way for a road to be built through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge."
Source: E&E News, 03/15/2023"Biden’s Green Allies Promise Lawsuit Over Alaska Oil Project"
"The approval Monday of ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve is teeing up a new high-profile legal brawl that will likely align the Biden administration and Republican lawmakers against environmentalists who have largely backed the president’s climate agenda."
Source: E&E News, 03/15/2023"House Republicans Unveil Energy, Permitting Package"
"House Republicans on Tuesday officially unveiled the text of their planned energy and permitting package set to hit the House floor by the end of this month."
Source: E&E News, 03/15/2023"Biden OKs Alaska Oil Project, Draws Ire Of Environmentalists"
"The Biden administration said Monday it is approving a huge oil-drilling project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation as flying in the face of his pledges to slow climate change."
Source: AP, 03/14/2023Biden Administration Expected to Move Ahead on Major Oil Project in Alaska
"In one of its most consequential climate decisions, the Biden administration is planning to greenlight an enormous $8 billion oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, according to two people familiar with the decision."
Source: Reuters, 03/13/2023Company Testing Air in East Palestine Homes Was Hired by Norfolk Southern
"Last month, Brenda Foster stood on the railroad tracks at the edge of her yard in East Palestine, Ohio, and watched a smoky inferno billow from the wreckage of a derailed train. The chemicals it was carrying — and the fire that consumed them — were so toxic that the entire area had to evacuate."
Source: ProPublica, 03/13/2023"In Rift With Biden, Manchin Vows To Block Oil, Gas Nominee"
"In a sign of a deepening rift among Democrats on energy issues, conservative Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not move forward on President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee oil and gas leasing at the Interior Department."
Source: AP, 03/13/2023Norfolk Southern CEO Says He’s Sorry For Train Derailment Impact On Ohio
"The chief executive of a railroad company that operated a train that derailed and caused a release of toxic chemicals in February told the Senate on Thursday that he is “deeply sorry” for the impact on East Palestine, Ohio, and he is personally committed to “make this right.”"
Source: Washington Post, 03/10/2023Senate Panel That Grilled Norfolk Southern CEO Is Awash In Company's Cash
"Norfolk Southern’s corporate PAC has donated more than $375,000 to members of the Senate committee that grilled the railroad’s chief executive on Thursday about the toxic derailment of one of the company’s trains in East Palestine, Ohio."
Source: HuffPost, 03/10/2023"House GOP Votes To Overturn Biden Rule On Water Protections"
"The House on Thursday voted to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, advancing long-held Republican arguments that the regulations are an environmental overreach and burden to business."
Source: AP, 03/10/2023"House Republicans Announce Major Energy Package As Top Priority Bill"
"House Republicans on Thursday announced that a major energy package that has been in the works for weeks will be known as H.R.1, signifying that it’s the party’s top priority for the congressional session."
Source: The Hill, 03/10/2023"Norfolk Southern CEO Bringing Apology, Aid To Senate Hearing"
"The chief executive of one of the nation’s largest railroads is coming to a Senate hearing with an apology and a commitment to send millions of dollars to the village on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border disrupted by a fiery derailment as senators investigate railway safety and the Biden administration’s response to the disaster."
Source: AP, 03/09/2023
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