Today, House Democrats voted to pass the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act. Introduced by Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), the bill would crack down on oil and gas companies that are price-gouging consumers.
Six months after two rulemaking petitions to raise oil and gas bonds were voted through by the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board, petitioners are still calling on the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to produce reports that evaluate the petitions and provide recommendations on whether the EQB should approve the actions requested.
El Departamento del Interior de la administración Biden anunció anoche que no va a celebrar tres ventas programadas de arrendamientos de perforaciones costeras en el Golfo de México y las costas de Alaska.
La Oficina Federal de Gestión de Terrenos Anunció que reanudará el arrendamiento para explotaciones de petróleo y gas en terrenos públicos, violando una promesa electoral de acabar con esta práctica e incumpliendo la promesa de reducir las emisiones de efecto invernadero.
El Presidente Biden anunció hoy esfuerzos para abordar la subida de los precios de los combustibles y escasez de la cadena de distribución tras la invasión rusa de Ucrania.
Today at the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board meeting, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) updated the public on the status of two rulemaking petitions to raise oil and gas bonds, stating that it would need more time to produce reports but that the Department is aiming to release the reports in late spring or early summer.
AWMS Water Solutions of Warren, a company that ran a fracking waste injection well, has requested the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission amend an order from the Department of Natural Resources’ Oil and Gas Resources Division (ODNR), and raise the threshold for earthquakes for an automatic shutdown, which would allow for more powerful earthquakes before it must shut down.
The Department of the Interior announced today that it would distribute $1.15 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for states, including Pennsylvania, that will clean up inactive oil and gas wells on federal land.
Washington, DC – Today, the American Petroleum Institute released its annual “State of American Energy” report. In the report, API calls for expanded oil and gas drilling and loosened regulations, claiming that these policy changes are necessary to ensure low prices and energy independence.
Yesterday, Sierra Club, Texas Campaign for the Environment, CHISPA Texas, Healthy Gulf, Earthjustice, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid and Indigenous Peoples of the Coast Bend, and several hundred individuals submitted comments to the US Army Corps of Engineers urging them to reject Phillips 66 and Trafigura’s 404 permit application for their Bluewater Oil Export Terminal project proposed for construction in the Coastal Bend region of Texas’ Gulf Coast.
La administración Biden publicó hoy una actualización del progreso del plan “America the Beautiful”, también conocido como 30x30, un marco para conservar al menos el 30% de los terrenos, vías acuáticas y áreas oceanográficas para 2030 y asegurarse de que todas las personas tengan acceso a la naturaleza.
Tras dos semanas de intensas negociaciones, la cumbre climática de las Naciones Unidas (COP26) finalizó en Glasgow durante el fin de semana. La reunión se celebró tras una serie de tormentas e inundaciones sin precedentes en Glasgow, un recordatorio de que la crisis climática afecta a todos los rincones del planeta.