Recently, Exxon Mobil gave a presentation where they admitted that they are yet again asking for huge taxpayer subsidies, as part of the Build Back Better Act, to continue extracting oil and gas for decades, despite the scientific consensus that we need to stop the expansion of fossil fuel development immediately to avert the worst of the climate crisis. During a presentation to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission in November, Exxon outlined their plans to lobby for greater taxpayer subsidies via tax credits for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) in the Build Back Better Act.
Despite CEO Larry Fink’s supposed commitment to climate leadership, BlackRock is leading a group of investors in a $15.5 billion deal with Saudi Aramco to support the fossil fuel giant’s massive planned expansion of gas pipelines.
Today, the Sierra Club released a report of independent modeling and analysis of decarbonization pathways for the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD). The report, titled Coal-Free at OPPD [LINK HERE] and co-authored by Rachel Wilson and Iain Addleton of Synapse Energy Economics (Synapse), focuses on near-term actions available to OPPD that will enable the power district’s long term decarbonization.
Today, in a victory for environmental justice, the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board voted 6-1 to deny the air quality permit for the proposed Lambert Compressor Station. Without this key permit, the Mountain Valley Pipeline and its Southgate extension are unlikely to ever be built.
Yesterday, the Virginia-based fossil fuel corporation Venture Global filed a formal application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for CP2 LNG, a fracked gas export terminal proposed for construction in Cameron, Louisiana, just south of Lake Charles. If built, CP2 LNG would be built directly next to Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG, which is already under construction.
Ahora que el Senado ha vuelto a sesionar y que la necesidad de las comunidades de invertir aumenta diariamente, es hora de que los senadores aprueben la Ley Para Reconstruir Mejor (Build Back Better, BBB).
WASHINGTON, DC -- With the Senate back in session and communities’ need for investments only growing stronger every day, it’s time for senators to pass the Build Back Better Act.
Pembina Announces It Has “Decided Not to Move Forward With the Project” and Asks the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to Cancel Its Permit
The Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) released its 2021 Fugitive Methane Emission Survey of the District of Columbia.