Energy
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Texas lawmakers under fire for advancing transmission line plan using eminent domain
At issue is a proposal to build multiple 765kV ultra-high voltage transmission lines stretching from deep east Texas to far west Texas.
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Stockpiles shielded globe from energy shock, but as Iran war continues, reserves are running dry
The world's oil reserves proved robust enough to cushion global energy markets from price shocks stemming from the war in Iran. The specter of a prolonged conflict is rising, and those reserves are severely depleted. If the war drags on months, the avoided price shock may be on the horizon.
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Big tech, state lawmakers fight back against unexpected disinformation war on data centers
Facing NIMBY: Industry experts and lawmakers are pushing back against "disinformation" about data centers, arguing that they are vital for American jobs and technological leadership.
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Trump plans to build major Northeast pipeline. Will New York’s Democrat governor get on board?
President Trump met with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to discuss, among other things, the Constitution Pipeline, which Trump said he plans to build. Trump has some bargaining chips, including congestion pricing and a SALT tax deduction cap, to offer. If built, experts say the pipeline will not only lower costs, it could save lives.
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With gas tax revenues sliding, Illinois weighs road mileage tax
As it is, Illinois motorists now pay the second-highest motor fuel tax in the country at 66 cents per gallon.
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Trump extends deadline for New York City to end congestion pricing
Duffy announced on Thursday that the deadline to end the program, originally scheduled for Friday, has been extended by another month and strongly criticized the Democratic governor over her refusal to shut it down.
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Trump signs executive order to help create mineral supply chains
The executive order states that the U.S. possesses “vast mineral wealth,” but “overbearing federal regulation has eroded the nation’s mineral production.”
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Media frets about free speech in Greenpeace verdict, but ignored treatment of reporters at protest
While the media have become very concerned about free-speech rights in the wake of the ruling against Greenpeace, they showed little concern when the protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017 were restricting and harassing reporters who asked questions or took photos and videos the protesters didn’t like.
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Ohio’s new power policy takes step forward
If passed by the House of Representatives and signed by Gov. Mike DeWine, the bill would end the state’s legacy generation rider and nearly $450,000 in daily subsidies to Ohio Valley Electric Cooperative, the owner and operator of the coal plants.
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North Dakota jury finds Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages
While Greenpeace denied it played more than a peripheral role in the 2016 protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the pipeline owner claimed the group organized a campaign of misinformation and direct training to the protesters.
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‘An absolute mess’: Residents of Morton County reflect on pipeline protests years later
During the trial's closing arguments, lead counsel for Energy Transfer Trey Cox revisited unsavory scenes from the protests – protestors lobbing “human feces, water bottles full of urine, burning logs” and other items at law enforcement and security..."
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Groups at odds over proposed Ohio energy policy
Power The Future wants to keep taxpayer subsidies in Ohio’s energy plan, which has been riddled by scandal in recent years.
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New York headed for showdown on congestion pricing
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called congestion pricing a “slap in the face” to working-class Americans and small business owners and set a deadline of Friday to shut the program down.