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Northeast Natural Gas Bans Don’t Square With Energy Security or Emissions Reductions
On the cusp of winter, and after a summer of witnessing rolling electrical blackouts in California, natural gas bans are back on legislators’ plates. As E&E News reported, Brookline town legislators – a suburb to Boston, Massachusetts – voted last week to ask the state Legislature for the right to prohibit natural gas infrastructure within…
North Dakota Still Trying to Recover $38 Million in Expenses Incurred from DAPL Protests
The Bismarck Tribune recently reported the state of North Dakota is still seeking nearly $40 million in expenses it incurred policing the largescale protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline more than three years ago. Law enforcement from North Dakota and several additional states responded to the protests – making 761 arrests in a six-month span….
Violent Pipeline Protestors Threaten Public Safety and Must Be Held Accountable
Freedom of speech and the right to protest are cornerstones of American democracy. But pipeline protests in recent years have continued to escalate, and it is important to point out that the Constitution does not protect the ability to violently protest. Unfortunately, violence has become all too common at pipeline protests in recent years. For…
Former US EIA Administrator: Municipal Natural Gas Bans Will Hurt Consumers, Lead to Higher Energy Costs
Bloomberg Law recently featured a piece by Guy Caruso, former Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, discussing the negative impacts of municipal natural gas bans, noting that it could cost up to $96 billion to convert natural gas homes to electricity. Environmentalists are revving up the pressure on President Biden to induce zero-net emissions…
Biden Administration Suspends Rule to Ship LNG by Rail
Last week, the Biden administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) suspended a 2020 rule that authorized the transportation of liquified natural gas (LNG) by rail. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), along with the DOT, dealt a blow to the rail industry, especially companies who had proposed to move shale gas by using a…
The Biden Administration Takes One Step Towards Expanding Alaskan Energy
While this administration has made it significantly harder to produce energy here in the United States, this week it seems the federal government is taking a step to support our energy security. In an announcement yesterday, the Biden administration recently released a much-anticipated study that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope….