Energy
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Chevron denies conspiracy to increase Calif. gas prices
“Plaintiffs’ conspiracy theory also fails because it is nonsensical. If the goal was to conspiratorially increase prices, Defendants could have just raised their prices—there is no need for the convoluted, roundabout mechanism Plaintiffs invent here.”
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Consumers Energy rate hike approved, bills set to rise in May
The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a rate hike for Consumers Energy that will allow the utility to collect an additional $276.6 million in revenue from its electricity customers.
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Gas prices reach $4 a gallon for first time in US since August 2022 amid Iran war
Gas prices have increased more than a dollar per gallon over the last month
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A promise finally fulfilled; Ferguson signs bill exempting ag from CCA fuel taxes
The CCA includes a cap-and-trade system to generate revenue for green energy projects aimed at reducing emissions.
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Wyoming conservation group says feds improperly withholding records on eagle deaths from wind farms
The Interior Department withheld most of the records under an exemption that applies to "trade secrets and commercial or financial information." The Albany County Conservancy filed an appeal challenging the exemption.
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Ohio new energy policy signed into law
Senate President Rob McColley, R-Napolean, believes the plan puts the state at the forefront of energy production with strong natural gas supplies.
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PJM power surge inevitable, but not insurmountable
The primary drivers of the increase include: retirement of traditional generation units and the growing use of intermittent renewable energy resources; delays in PJM’s interconnection queue; supply chain and construction delays;
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Think tank: Trump's minerals order could benefit Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming
President Donald Trump in March signed Executive Order 14241, citing the economic and national security benefits of increasing domestic mining of critical minerals.
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Zeldin defends proposed cuts to EPA budget against bi-partisan objections during Senate hearing
The proposed cuts to EPA programs in Trump's "skinny budget" total over $4 billion. Sen. Lisa Mukowski, R-Alaska, called them "problematic," while Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said the EPA's funding freezes since Trump took office are illegal and unconstitutional.
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Carbon tax goes before skeptical high court in Pennsylvania
Supreme Court justices struggled with the assertion, wondering aloud how far federal air regulation would let states go – could emissions from cars and cows come under scrutiny next?
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Bad River Band testifies on Line 5 reroute concerns
Enbridge applied for permits and proposed to reroute the line in 2020 by replacing 20 miles of existing pipeline – including the 12 miles currently within the reservation – with a 41-mile-long stretch of pipe around the reservation in northern Wisconsin.
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Lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Suncor to continue in Colorado court
Boulder seeks damages from the companies “because they knowingly caused and contributed to the alteration of the climate by producing, promoting, refining, marketing and selling fossil fuels."
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Wright says DOE 'committed' to refilling U.S. oil reserves Biden depleted, but could take six years
Biden's legacy: Energy Secretary Chris Wright seeks to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which former President Joe Biden drained to its lowest level since the 1980's. House Republicans are proposing $1.54 billion for repairing the damage Biden's draw down caused and for oil buys to refill the stockpiles.