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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Planned restart of California oil production faces legal challenges
Litigations involve the environment, oversight approval involving Santa Barbara County, and accusations from the lieutenant governor and State Lands Commission she leads.
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Louisiana becoming a hotbed of critical materials production
The Trump administration and U.S. producers are racing to wean the country from dependence on imports from China.
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Supreme Court may consider oil companies’ petition in climate case, legal expert says
Last year, Sunoco, Exxon and other energy producers petitioned the country's highest court in a similar case filed by the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Wisconsin has an energy squeeze, cost issues as data center boom contin
Rates for American Transmission Co. have gone up 43% since 2019 while the consumer price index has increased 27%.
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In his first 200 days, Trump has overturned Biden climate agenda at breakneck speed, report shows
The American Energy Alliance began tracking all the actions the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans have taken to unleash American energy. In Trump's first 200 days, the list counts 200 actions.
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Jellyfish shut down French nuclear reactors
Three reactors automatically stopped working late Sunday, and a fourth shut down early Monday
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Data center growth tempered by water, power considerations
Nevada has had a 20-year Colorado River drought and a 150 foot drop in Lake Mead water levels
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South Carolina Judge tosses climate lawsuit, another in a string of losses for enviro-activists
In his ruling, state court Judge Roger M. Young pointed out that if the scores of climate lawsuits filed by states, counties and municipalities were allowed, a wide range of plaintiffs could bring suits for injuries after every weather event.
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Colorado to streamline clean energy projects before federal cuts
Because of the time-limited window for tax credits for clean energy projects, the letter commits the state to eliminating “administrative barriers and bottlenecks for renewable projects.”
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Experts say oil platforms can become marine habitats, but permit reform needed, documentary says
“Steel Sanctuary: The Rigs to Reef Story,” a new documentary on the Rigs to Reefs program, explains how the program works, what its benefits are, and how permit challenges remain one of the biggest impediments to turning decommissioned offshore oil platforms into marine wildlife sanctuaries.