Interior Secretary Deb HaalandDeb HaalandThe Hill’s Morning Report – Biden may find zero GOP support for jobs plan Haaland to create unit to investigate missing and murdered Native Americans Biden says Cabinet ‘looks like America’ at first meeting MORE said Friday that taxpayers deverve “a return on their investment” when […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA finalizes rule aimed at reducing smog pollution across state lines | 12 states challenge Trump-era hurdles for energy efficiency regulation | Career officials to resume processing drilling permits
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Career officials to resume processing drilling permits
Career staff will once again have the final say on whether to approve drilling permits on public lands and offshore, ending a two-month period during which the Biden administration has allowed senior officials to make those decisions. In an email Monday, an Interior spokesperson said a January order that required […]
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Bipartisan bill seeks to raise fees for public lands drilling
A new bipartisan bill is seeking to reform the royalties that oil and gas companies pay to the government to drill on public lands. Sens. Chuck GrassleyChuck GrassleyThe Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by the National Shooting Sports Foundation – CDC news on gatherings a step toward normality Blunt retirement […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA alleges political interference| Biden seeks delays on Arctic drilling | Biden names pick for deputy Energy chief
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Biden drilling ban forces Democratic-led New Mexico to reckon with oil dependence
By Nichola Groom, Valerie Volcovici and Jennifer Hiller (Reuters) – When Stan Rounds heard about U.S. President Joe Biden’s plans to suspend new drilling on federal lands to fight climate change, he worried about the education budget. Rounds heads a state association of school administrators. He knows that New Mexico […]
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Overnight Energy: Biden administration delays Trump rollback of migratory bird protections | Democrats seek to block further Arctic drilling | Democratic senator pushes for clean electricity standard
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GOP senator to introduce bill barring Biden from restricting drilling on federal lands
Sen. Cynthia LummisCynthia Marie LummisREAD: The Republicans who voted to challenge election results LIVE COVERAGE: Congress certifies Biden win after Pennsylvania, Arizona challenges fail Senate swears-in six new lawmakers as 117th Congress convenes MORE (R-Wyo.) is set to introduce a bill that would restrict the White House from unilaterally blocking […]
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New Trump rule expected to cut costs for public lands drilling
The Trump administration is finalizing a rule that will lessen the amount of money oil and gas companies that drill on public lands and in public waters pay to the federal government. The rule will make changes to the way that these royalties are calculated and, according to the administration, […]
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Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate
FILE – In this April 9, 2014, file photo, oil rigs stand in the Loco Hills field on U.S. Highway 82 in Eddy County near Artesia, N.M., one of the most active regions of the Permian Basin. In the closing months of the Trump administration energy companies stockpiled enough drilling […]
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The Energy 202: Trump administration opens millions more acres of Alaska to drilling
The last-minute move in the Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve is one of his administration’s biggest efforts to expand oil and gas drilling given the sheer size of the acreage involved. Casey Hammond, the Interior Department’s principal deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management, said the decision to build out […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden eyes new leadership at troubled public lands agency | House progressives tout their growing numbers in the chamber at climate rally | Trump administration pushes for rollback of Arctic offshore drilling regulations
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Green groups sue over Arctic drilling plans
A coalition of six environmental groups is suing the Trump administration for its plans to expand drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized the Willow Project last month, allowing ConocoPhillips to produce up to 590 million total barrels of oil over the next […]
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Trump Administration Takes Final Steps to Auction Drilling Rights in Arctic Wildlife Refuge
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is taking the final steps to secure oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, starting a leasing process to strike deals with drillers to operate in the pristine, 19-million-acre wilderness before Democratic President-elect Joe Biden can stop it. Mr. Biden has vowed to block plans for […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump takes major step toward Alaska wildlife refuge drilling opposed by Biden | Grijalva backs Haaland for Interior Secretary | Obama alumni considered top picks for Biden Energy secretary
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Drilling, climate stakes high in Tuesday’s presidential vote
The Trump administration is prepared to step up its efforts to change how science and climate benefits are calculated in rulemaking if the president is reelected. The EPA has proposed rules that would make these changes, which critics fear could undermine the ability of future administrations to take regulatory action. […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Democrats push expansion of offshore wind, block offshore drilling with ocean energy bill | Poll: Two-thirds of voters support Biden climate plan | Biden plan lags Green New Deal in fighting emissions from homes
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Democrats push expansion of offshore wind, block offshore drilling with ocean energy bill
A new bill from House Democrats turns to the oceans as a way to fight climate change, proposing to expand offshore wind while barring drilling along America’s coasts. The more than 300-page legislation is broadly billed as a “blue carbon” bill–a way to harvest clean energy while protecting fisheries and […]