"How Utility Companies Use Charitable Giving To Influence Policy"
"The nation’s 10 largest utilities spent about $1 billion on charitable giving from 2013 to 2017, a move critics say is meant to shape policy decisions."
Source: HuffPost, 07/07/2020
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"House Rejects Trump Cuts, Proposes Boost For Environmental Agencies"
"The Democratic-led House Appropriations Committee on Monday proposed a funding bump for the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), soundly rejecting cuts proposed by President Trump."
Source: The Hill, 07/07/2020
"US Signs Order For First West Coast Gas-Export Terminal"
"The Trump administration on Monday formally authorized exports from a proposed Oregon natural-gas terminal, the first on the U.S. West Coast. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette signed the order for the proposed Jordan Cove liquid natural gas terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon."
Source: AP, 07/07/2020
"Pipelines: Supreme Court Restarts Key Army Corps Permit, But Not KXL"
"The Supreme Court today [Monday] allowed the Army Corps of Engineers to resume using its streamlined water-crossing permit for the construction of new oil and gas pipelines, but it excluded the Keystone XL oil pipeline."
Source: E&E News, 07/07/2020
"Oil And Gas: Judge Shuts Down Dakota Access Pipeline"
"A federal judge today [Monday] ordered operation of the Dakota Access pipeline to be halted and emptied of oil by Aug. 5 until developers conduct a more robust environmental analysis, which is expected to take more than a year."
Source: E&E News, 07/07/2020
"Britain, Birthplace Of Coal Industry, To Close Last Plant"
"Coal, which fueled the factories, steam engines and power plants that made Britain the center of the Industrial Revolution, has all but disappeared from the United Kingdom."
Source: E&E News, 07/06/2020
Legislators’ Pro-Pipeline Letters Ghostwritten By Fossil Fuel Company
"Letters by key legislators including North Dakota’s governor written by officials of MDU Resources, a subsidiary of WBI Energy".
Source: Guardian, 07/06/2020
"The Next Energy Battle: Renewables vs. Natural Gas"
"As coal declines and wind and solar energy rise, some are pushing to limit the use of natural gas, but utilities say they are not ready to do so."
Source: NYTimes, 07/06/2020
"Atlantic Coast Pipeline Canceled as Delays and Costs Mount"
"Two of the nation’s largest utility companies announced on Sunday that they had canceled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would have carried natural gas across the Appalachian Trail, as delays and rising costs threatened the viability of the project."
Source: NYTimes, 07/06/2020
BP, Shell Write-Off Billions in Assets, Citing Covid and Climate Change
"Two of the world's largest energy companies have sent their strongest signals yet that the coronavirus pandemic may accelerate a global transition away from oil, and that billions of dollars invested in fossil fuel assets could go to waste."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/03/2020
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