Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) will lead the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee next year. He’ll take over for the panel’s current top Republican, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), who will become the upper chamber’s No. 2 Republican next year. Current Chairman Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) is retiring. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) will take over as ranking member. Read more in The Hill here.
Longtime Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) is vowing to prioritize permitting reform and domestic energy production as he vies to be chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the most coveted energy leadership positions in the House. Latta, the most senior Republican on the committee, is going up against Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) to lead the influential committee, which will only gain...
A new study on DTBird, an advanced detection and deterrent system, reveals significant potential for reducing eagle collisions at wind farms. Conducted from 2017 to 2024, the research spanned two locations: the Manzana Wind Power Project in California and Goodnoe Hills Wind Farm in Washington. DTBird’s automated system uses cameras to detect birds and deploys...
President Biden made a historic visit to the Amazon rainforest Sunday to view the Amazon River and the ongoing effects of climate change. With his visit Sunday, Biden became the first sitting American president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest. After an aerial tour to view the ecosystems and deforestation, Biden said he was proud...
The conversations surrounding the controversial restarting of the Palisades Nuclear power plant have started back up. Wednesday night, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission hosted a public meeting regarding the restart at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor. Many members of the public came out for the third time in recent months, some in support the Palisades....
A supplier of fuel for nuclear power plants announced a $60 million expansion in Tennessee on Wednesday, promising to resume and grow its manufacturing of high-tech centrifuges there to enrich uranium at its facility in Ohio. The expansion by Centrus Energy at its massive facility in Oak Ridge comes as the U.S. ramps up its...
Donald Trump is looking to revive the Keystone XL oil pipeline on his first day back in the White House, according to three people familiar with the president-elect’s plan, even though no companies are trying to build it anymore. Trump believes declaring the 1,200-mile Canada-to-Nebraska crude project back on the table would drive the pro-oil...
Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and nominee for Secretary of Energy, wrote this foreword for C3 Solutions 2023 "Free Economies are Clean Economies" report, which was published on December 8th, 2023.
Reducing global carbon dioxide emissions is an essential part of fighting climate change. However, not every industry can easily decarbonize, so carbon capture is essential.
Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order establishing the first program of its kind in the nation to give critical projects a leg up during the permitting processes. The governor calls the initiative a “game changer” for economic development in the Keystone State. “We need to move quickly to get big projects built and to...
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