President-elect Donald Trump is putting Doug Burgum at the center of his incoming administration’s energy initiatives, naming his nominee to head the Interior Department to a czar role that will coordinate a push across the federal government to rev up energy production. In his new position, Burgum will lead a new National Energy Council, which...
The Department of the Interior has set the stage for a controversial land trade that would allow a road to be built through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. In a draft environmental impact statement released on Thursday, the department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended a multi-part swap of land between the federal government and a for-profit...
In October, The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) published a report, Diversifying State Trust Land Revenue Through Conservation Uses, which examines the growing shift toward conservation-oriented management of state trust lands in the American West. These 40 million acres, granted to the states by the federal government to generate revenue for public schools and...
Exxon Mobil Chair and CEO Darren Woods urged the incoming Trump administration to avoid making turbulent climate policy swings — and he pushed the president-elect to reject carbon border taxes favored by some GOP lawmakers. In an interview with POLITICO, Woods signaled that one of the most powerful players in the energy industry might serve...
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dropped a bombshell this week that could reshape how federal agencies implement environmental laws. In Marin Audubon Society v. FAA, the court ruled that the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks authority to issue binding regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). While some are celebrating this as a...
You may have heard the term “Luddite,” but never heard of Ned Ludd. To be fair to them, he might not have existed at all. But the movement named for him certainly did! In the early 1800’s, Luddites fought to stop the expansion of technology in Great Britain. At that time, high technology meant knitting...
President-elect Trump has made it clear that reducing the national debt will be a top priority for his administration. Adding to this focus, Elon Musk has thrown his weight behind the proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a bold initiative aimed at scrutinizing government spending and revenues. The offshore sector, encompassing oil, gas, wind, and...
Tiffany & Co. wants to impact the environment positively, and its marine conservation initiative is the latest example.
Myra P. Saefong of MarketWatch reports on gas demand from Hurricane Milton in Florida. Hurricane Milton is one of the Atlantic Basin’s strongest storms on record and the frenzy of evacuations in Florida, where it’s expected to make landfall Wednesday evening, has led to shortages at nearly 16% of the gasoline stations in Florida, according...
Amanda Chu and Andrew Jack of the Financial Times report that Princeton is reversing its ban on fossil fuel-funded research. Princeton University has reversed a policy that had sharply constrained the funding of academic research by fossil fuel companies, after pressure from faculty members and concerns that the rules risked hindering work on environmental challenges....
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