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Emerging Technologies: Washington Update January 2019 #1
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The 116th Congress, with 100 new members of the US House of Representatives (63 Democrats), convenes on January 3
America’s New Energy Reality Shines In 2018
By Energy Tomorrow Blog
Thinking about the year in energy in 2018, a couple of recent news items focus attention on the sea change for our country launched by the U.S. natural gas and oil revolution: Net Oil and Refined Product Exporter The U.S. became a net oil and petroleum products exporter for the first time in 75 years… Keep reading →
Marcellus Shale Update: 2018, The Year In Review
By Daniel Markind | Flaster Greenberg PC
Pipeline companies are struggling to build out the national pipeline system but not being transparent about how they are doing it
Democratic Leader Requests Clean Energy Infrastructure Package In 2019
By Lynn L. Bergeson | Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) wrote a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that, in 2019, any infrastructure package to be considered include a focus on the clean energy economy to address climate change
Key Considerations For Government Contractors Facing A Government Shutdown
By Nichole Atallah & Jacqueline Unger | PilieroMazza PLLC
A government shutdown is looming once again
Cybersecurity 2019: The Year in Preview, Security Threats To The Energy Grid
By Carol Holahan | Foley Hoag LLP - Privacy & Data Security
2018 has been a year of unprecedented and escalating cyber-related threats generally, such has certainly been the case with respect to attacks on the nation’s domestic energy facilities
As Washington Prepares To Withdraw from Syria, Turkey Is Set To Invade
By Dana Stroul and Soner Cagaptay
The combination of premature steps would further damage U.S. credibility while giving Iranian proxies and Islamic State remnants free rein in east Syria. On December 19, multiple media sources reported that Washington is preparing for an imminent withdrawal of all U.S. forces in east Syria. The reports followed statements two days earlier by President Recep… Keep reading →
Currents: Energy Industry Insights December 2018 #2
By William Herlihy & Nicholas Preservati | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
According to EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, the purpose of this proposed rule is to restore balance between federal and state regulation of the nation’s waterways
On Cellulosic Ethanol, Hope Still Outpacing Reality
By Energy Tomorrow Blog
As debates continue over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and its ethanol mandates, let’s remember that when the RFS was enacted more than a decade ago it was supposed to jumpstart a commercially viable cellulosic ethanol industry – ethanol made from the leaves, stems and other fibrous parts of a plant. This has not happened. Far… Keep reading →
