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Exxon quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas

February 6, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 5, 2025. By Tik Root & Joseph Winters Diane Wilson had heard rumours for months that Exxon might be coming to Point Comfort, Texas, which sits on the Gulf [Read more]

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Biden’s ‘Solar for All’ awards $7B to bring affordable energy to low-income families

April 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 23, 2024. By Syris Valentine Clean energy, like so many commodities in this country, is neither distributed evenly nor equally. Disadvantaged communities have far fewer solar panels arrayed across their [Read more]

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EPA’s push to clean up trucking goes way beyond 18-wheelers

April 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 1, 2024. By Jake Bittle In the 20 months since Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which offered billions in subsidies for clean energy projects and electric [Read more]

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‘We all just won’: U.S. to apply climate test to new LNG terminals

January 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 25, 2024. By Mitchell Beer The Biden administration is preparing to apply a climate test to a proposal for a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) [Read more]

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New Renewable Fuel Standard volume targets facilitate renewable natural gas production

December 14, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Dec. 11, 2023. By Jonathan Inbal, Stephen York On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule that established [Read more]

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An EPA rule dramatically reduced smog pollution — in states that haven’t sued to stop it

December 13, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Dec. 12, 2023. By Akielly Hu A federal air pollution rule successfully cut smog-forming emissions in 10 states by 18 per cent this past summer, according to data [Read more]

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In EPA’s new methane rule, an innovative way to stop ‘super emitters’

December 13, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Dec. 13, 2023. By Gabriela Aoun Angueira Scientists with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory were flying a plane equipped with a visible-infrared imaging spectrometer over an oil field in [Read more]

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New Renewable Fuel Standard volume targets facilitate renewable natural gas production

December 11, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Dec. 11, 2023. By Jonathan Inbal, Stephen York On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule that established [Read more]

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Is carbon capture viable? In a new rule, the EPA is asking power plants to prove it

May 16, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on May 12, 2023. By Joseph Winters For years, fossil fuel companies and utilities have touted carbon capture and storage, or CCS, as a way to cut climate pollution [Read more]

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Plastic-based biofuels can come with astronomical cancer risk

March 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist.org on Feb. 25, 2023 and was originally published by ProPublica.  By Sharon Lerner, ProPublica The Environmental Protection Agency recently gave a Chevron refinery the green light to create fuel from [Read more]

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19 states vow to stop Trump’s fuel efficiency standards rollback

August 2, 2018 Energi Staff

On Thursday, California along with 18 other US states said they would take the Trump administration to court over its proposal to weaken US fuel efficiency standards brought in by former President Barack Obama.  Union [Read more]

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EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns under weight of ethics scandals

July 6, 2018 Energi Staff

Under mounting pressure from ethics-related scandals, Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, submitted his letter of resignation to US President Donald Trump on Thursday.  Gage Skidmore photo. Scott Pruitt instrumental in lobbying President [Read more]

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Marathon Petroleum asks EPA for biofuel hardship waiver: Reuters

May 23, 2018 Energi Staff

After reporting a net income of $3.4 billion in 2017, Marathon Petroleum Corp has asked the EPA for a hardship waiver which would exempt one of its facilities from biofuels regulations.  Marathon Petroleum Corp.   Marathon [Read more]

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Emissions standards agreement with California sought by automakers

May 7, 2018 Energi Staff

Major automakers in the United States say they are looking to reach agreement with California on fuel emissions standards and efficiency rules.  They also support increases in mileage standards through 2025.   Trump administration proposes freezing [Read more]

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17 states challenge EPA vehicle emissions rules, fuel efficiency guidelines

May 1, 2018 Energi Staff

California, along with 16 other states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in federal appeals court which challenges the proposed EPA vehicle emissions rules and fuel efficiency regulations, calling the changes by the Trump administration “not [Read more]

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California AG prepared to sue EPA over vehicle efficiency standards

March 29, 2018 Energi Staff

California is set to defend Obama-era vehicle efficiency standards which called for doubling of the average fleet-wide fuel efficiency to about 50 mpg by 2025.  VideoBlocks photo. EPA is expected to declare that Obama-era vehicle [Read more]

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US fuel economy for new cars, trucks hits record 24.7 mpg: EPA

January 11, 2018 Energi Staff

US fuel economy expected to be higher for 2017 models US fuel economy for 2016 car and truck models hit a record high of 24.7 miles per gallon (mpg), according to a report released by [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

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Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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