Energy
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Louisiana reviewing eight test wells for carbon capture
The state is reviewing 33 applications for Class VI wells, which are constructed for the injection and long-term storage of carbon dioxide underground.
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Funding for green groups soared after 2009 endangerment finding, nonprofit finds
Fed grants to organizations increased from $350 million in 2009 to nearly $1.4 billion in 2023, analysis finds.
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Federal government stands in the corner of Chevron in coastal lawsuits
The case is the first of 42 similar lawsuits seeking billions of dollars for decades of damage to Louisiana’s vanishing wetlands.
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Latest carbon auction raises $446M as Washington state experiences highest gas prices in nation
Since cap-and-trade program started in January 2023, Washington's carbon auctions have generated nearly $3.5 billion in revenue.
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Energy questions loom large on AI horizons
Before the summit was even underway, protestors gathered outside, carrying signs that said “Gas data centers mean we are fracked.”
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Chevron petitons Supreme Court to move suits to federal court
Oil giant says wave of coastal-erosion lawsuits brought by Louisiana parishes should be covered by federal-officer removal statute.
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Lawsuits increasing in energy, plastics, chemical manufacturing industries
Environmental justice groups have dragged parish commissions, global corporations and state agencies into court in Louisiana.
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New York business groups back Trump's gas pipeline expansion
Project aims to extend pipeline that runs from Pennsylvania to New Jersey into New York City and Long Island to help provide more energy for the region
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Wisconsin judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Bloomberg-funded assistant AGs with eco-agenda
The State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU provides “special assistant” staffers in state attorneys general offices. Since taxpayer funds pay the special assistant’s travel expenses, bar dues and court fees, the judge ruled that the plaintiffs have a legally protected interest in challenging the contract with NYU.
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Bans on gas stoves come back as Democratic cities and states continue war on gas appliances
The Biden administration tried and failed to enact a federal ban on gas stoves, and then denied the plans, convincing media "fact-checkers" to call it a "right-wing conspiracy." A federal court shot down Berkeley's ban on natural gas hookups, but undaunted, the movement to ban gas stoves lives on with "creative" laws that may avoid the legal pitfalls that killed Berkeley's law.
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Concerns about solar encroachment on farmland grows as USDA pulls subsidies for new projects
Food or Fuel? On-the-ground solar energy has some of the greatest land-use requirements of any energy source, and opposition to solar on agricultural land is growing. With subsidies being pulled, solar may see slowing growth in the coming years.
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Energy advocates ask AG Bondi to investigate agency they say is biasing judges in climate cases
According to letter to Bondi, emails show seminars were conducted by experts who were ideologically motivated in favor of the plaintiffs in these cases.
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Media touted paper that climate change will make world poorer, but kept silent as flaws are revealed
Multiple media outlets reported on a study concluding that climate change would reduce GDP by 19% over the next 24 years, compared to what it would have been without global warming. Now multiple analyses have found the influential study flawed, and most aren't reporting on the scandal.