West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice just pitched a coal boondoggle to President Donald Trump. And boy oh boy, it’s a doozy. Justice, who made news recently for announcing at a Trump rally that he was switching from the Democratic to the Republican party, is a billionaire climate denier who owns a host of companies, including… Keep reading →
Over the last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed two high-profile litigations concerning the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing coal-fired power plants.
During a conference call with reporters on new study detailing the positive impacts of energy infrastructure construction on the U.S. economy and America’s middle class, both Sean McGarvey, president of North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), and Jack Gerard, API president and CEO, acknowledged the role of safety in advancing pipelines and other needed energy projects.… Keep reading →
As has been widely discussed over the past decade, the U.S. transportation and energy infrastructures—from highways and bridges to airports, rail and ports to power generation and distribution—have seen a significant degradation and have significant cyber exposure.
August 15, 2017 was a busy day for the Trump Administration. While interacting with the press and other politicians regarding the protests and counter-protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the White House was also issuing an Executive Order with potentially far-reaching effects on flood management.
The Trump administration finally documented President Trump’s previously stated intention to withdraw United States support from the Paris climate change agreement in an official notice delivered to the United Nations.
A couple of new data points from the government show the importance of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to America’s trading posture and to its global energy security role, as a growing supplier of natural gas. First, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that the U.S. exported more natural gas than it imported in… Keep reading →
President Trump is spearheading a government-wide roll back of Obama Era climate initiatives.
During the first six months of the new Administration, President Trump has delivered much needed relief to the coal industry.
On July 20, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced a $2 million civil monetary penalty against Exxon Mobil Corp.
