The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been urged to uphold a Federal District Court in Montana’s ruling prohibiting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP12) program from issuing new permits for oil and natural gas pipelines.
Trump Calls for Reducing Regulations to Aide Economic Recovery
President Trump issued an Executive Order on May 19 to reduce regulatory requirements to support businesses in recovering from the economic downturn brought on by COVID-19. The Order states that:
Agencies should address this economic emergency by rescinding,
Comment Period Extended for Header Improvement Project
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has extended the comment period for the proposed Header Improvement Project (HIP), a proposal by Virginia Natural Gas for a pipeline expansion to serve a new power plant in Charles City, VA. The SCC held a May 12 webcasts hearing and has indicated an additional hearing will be scheduled,
The Future of LNG Exports Increasingly Looks Shaky
A recently released analysis of the future financial prospects for liquified natural gas (LNG) strongly suggests that markets are imploding. The LNG issue becomes relevant for those concerned about efforts to build new, unneeded natural gas pipelines because of excessive natural gas supplies and reduced domestic demand.
New Study: Solar and Wind Puts Existing Coal, Gas at Risk
Solar photovoltaic (PV) and onshore wind are now the cheapest sources of new energy generation sources for at least two-thirds of the global population., according to a new analysis by BloombergNEF (BNEF). The BNEF analysis “shows that the global benchmark levelized cost of electricity,
Planners Approve Laydown Yard
- -The News-Gazette – 5/20/20
Governor should think like a doctor about the pipelines
- – The Recorder – 5/21/20
It’s time to electrify Virginia
- – Virginia Mercury – 5/21/20
Coal plants disappear in Va. But CO2 is rising
With new energy regime only months away, regulators grapple with gas expansion proposal
- – Virginia Mercury – 25/19/20