From low gas prices to growth in renewable energy sources like wind and solar, energy featured prominently in President Obama’s sixth State of the Union address. From the way we produce energy to how we use it in our homes and businesses, the President laid out key ways that he plans to fight climate… Keep reading →
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By David Burton | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPThe ISIS Fight and the State of the Union Address
By James Jeffrey, David Pollock, Robert Satloff & Andrew TablerFour Washington Institute fellows discuss what the president’s address shows about his priorities in the Middle East, analyzing what he did and did not say and comparing his latest remarks to his past speeches. JAMES JEFFREY In his State of the Union speech, President Obama had the opportunity to educate the American people on the… Keep reading →
EPA Methane Rule Would Set Costly Bar for Oil and Gas Industry, Despite Current Reduction Efforts
By Enerknol ResearchThis Summer, the EPA will propose rules to more widely require REC technologies to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells 40-45 percent by 2025. EPA Regulations Could Add Costs to Constrained Industry On January 14, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) outlined measures to reduce methane emissions and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in… Keep reading →
Energy policy, a key part of President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address, played a muted role in the speech he delivered one year later. It was ironic, given the significant actions to reshape the U.S. energy profile and forestall climate change that the administration has taken and that continue to unfold. The… Keep reading →
The LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act would require DOE to make non-FTA LNG export decisions no later than 45 days after environmental review conclusion. On January 6, 2015, Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act to expedite the Department of Energy (DOE) decisions on liquefied… Keep reading →
Methane Mitigation Sector: EPA Actions Good for Industry, Will Curb Waste and Protect Communities
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange BlogA rising chorus of companies in the oil & gas services sector are adding their voices to the majority of Americans who think it’s a smart idea to limit vast waste of methane taking place every day in the nation’s the oil and gas operations. These companies in the methane mitigation industry are experts in… Keep reading →
Energy Quote of the Day: ‘We Don’t Think Additional Regulation is Needed at this Time’
By Jared AndersonThe Obama administration announced plans earlier this week to regulate methane emissions form oil & gas operations, which resulted in the usual chorus of applause and grumbles from environmentalists and industry. “This is the biggest opportunity to curb climate change pollution that they haven’t already seized,” David Doniger, director of the climate and clean air… Keep reading →
Senate Poised to Debate Keystone XL Pipeline, Other Key Energy Issues
By Joshua Andrews, Michael Bolton, Andrew Ehrlich, Andrew Wheeler | Faegre Baker DanielsIn the wake of the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of legislation to approve the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline, the Senate now stands poised to take up the measure beginning this week, opening the door to other key energy issues. Legislation similar to the House-passed measure was recently approved by the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee and has the necessary support to avoid a filibuster. The Keystone legislation has drawn a veto threat from the President; however, a number of Democrats are expected to support the measure, so a veto-proof majority is at least possible on the bill.
While Ankara’s decision for or against fighting ISIS will be a political one, the military’s lingering resentment toward the AKP, the PKK, and Arabs could be a formidable obstacle to Turkish intervention. In all the discussions about Turkey not being particularly supportive to the coalition fighting the “Islamic State”/ISIS, little has been said about the… Keep reading →