The Federal Trade Commission has uncovered efforts by former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources Scott Sheffield to collude with OPEC in order to increase the price of oil through agreed up cuts in production. The conduct was discovered as part of an investigation into the $64 billion acquisition of Pioneer by Exxon Mobil, which FTC says it will not reject as long as Sheffield is not named to the board.
PENNSYLVANIA -- Today, Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman jointly announced that the US Air Force and National Guard Bureau canceled their plans to create the Duke Low Military Operations Area (MOA), where pilots were expected to train with fighter jets as low as 100 feet above the ground, up to two hours daily, for as many as 170 days per year, including nights and weekends. The Duke MOA was slated to take place over a large portion of the Pennsylvania Wilds, well known for areas such as the Cherry Springs State Park, an internationally recognized Dark Sky Park, and the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. The Wilds are widely used by residents from across the region for hiking and recreation and are home to the largest elk herd in the northeast United States.
Washington, DC – Today, the Treasury Department released final rules ensuring more Americans have access to clean vehicles by addressing mineral and manufacturing requirements for the electric vehicle incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3 billion in funding to help states and territories identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the White House announced the expansion of two national monuments in California.
Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced that the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) will use its shareholder power to vote against Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, for a seat on the board of BlackRock, and is urging other shareholders to do so as well.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Stabenow and House Agriculture Committee Republicans introduced their competing frameworks for the latest Farm Bill, the comprehensive legislative package that will set agricultural, food, and nutrition policy for the next five years.
Detroit, MI – Yesterday, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), a planning agency increasingly tasked with implementing many sustainability and climate change efforts, alleged that additional pollution reductions are not needed to address the Detroit ozone problem in an amicus brief filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Introduced today in the US House of Representatives, Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Rep. Garret Graves’ (R-LA) bipartisan bill aims to improve the transparency and reporting mechanisms within the advanced energy technology sector, developing a cleaner and more accountable critical mineral supply chain.
Today, the US Department of Energy finalized a strong energy efficiency standard for water heaters that will benefit consumers and our climate. Phasing out energy-wasting water heaters will lead to lower residential energy bills and help shift the market away from inefficient technologies -- reducing water and energy bills by $7.6 billion per year and easing the strain on the grid, according to the DOE.