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Feb 22 2024
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N.D. customers to see Xcel natural gas rate increase
BISMARCK, N.D. (Prairie Public) – Xcel Energy natural gas customers in North Dakota will see their bills go up by an average of $5.73 per month, beginning in March. The North Dakota Public Service Commission granted Xcel an interim rate increase, while the PSC considers a full rate increase. The utility had filed for a 9.4 percent hike, or about $8.5 million. The interim increase would be $7.9
KFGOApr 03 2024
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Entire push to halt new natural gas exports traces back to 1 professor's shaky study
A questionable study by a Cornell University climate scientist gave climate activists and the media ammunition to wage a pressure campaign against the Biden administration to take action against liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Cornell’s Robert Howarth authored the October 2023 study, which purported to find that lifecycle emissions associated with LNG exports are far greater than those
WNDJan 26 2024
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Biden Delays New Natural Gas Export Terminals
The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The election year decision by President Joe Biden aligns with environmentalists who fear the huge increase in exports, in the form of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, is locking in potentially
Newsmax (News)Apr 06 2024
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Time to trade: House Freedom Caucus wants natural gas to flow in exchange for Key Bridge funding
The House Freedom Caucus listed a series of demands to earn its support for funding the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, mainly calling on the Biden administration to lift natural gas export bans. Their wishes came Friday, the same day President Biden said during a visit to Baltimore that the federal government should cover the entire cost of rebuilding the bridge,
Washington TimesApr 24 2024
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Building owners sue Colorado, Denver over new green-energy rules that would force move away from natural gas
New rules imposed by Denver and Colorado that require large buildings to reduce pollution will be too expensive and are at odds with federal regulations, groups representing owners and developers of office towers, hotels and apartment complexes allege in a lawsuit filed this week. The Colorado Apartment Association, the Apartment Association of Metro Denver, the Colorado Hotel and Lodging
The Denver PostApr 08 2024
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We Energies seeks PSC permission to build $1.2 billion natural gas power plant in Oak Creek
We Energies expects to have a new $1.2 billion natural-gas powered generating plant online in Oak Creek in about four years. The Milwaukee-based utility filed proposals with state regulators on Friday to build the 1,100-megawatt plant, a smaller natural-gas generating facility near its Paris solar farm and 33 miles of gas pipelines to supply the new installations and a previously proposed
Milwaukee Journal SentinelFeb 15 2024
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Los Angeles firefighters injured in compressed natural gas tank explosion
A compressed natural gas tank exploded in Los Angeles, injuring nine firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department. The incident occurred at a facility owned by Univision, a Spanish-language television network. The explosion occurred while the firefighters were responding to a call at the facility. The force of the blast caused debris to fly through the air, injuring the firefighters. The
Alaska CommonsJan 26 2024
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Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals.
The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The election year decision by President Joe Biden aligns with environmentalists who fear the huge increase in exports, in the form of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, is locking in potentially
MarketWatchJan 26 2024
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The big question behind Biden’s liquefied natural gas pause
Over the past decade, the United States has become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Since the fracking boom, gas companies have erected seven massive export terminals along the Gulf Coast, allowing them to sell fracked natural gas overseas for the first time. These terminals compress natural gas into a dense liquid so it can be loaded onto tanker ships and moved
GristJan 26 2024
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Manchin promises to investigate Biden natural gas export freeze
Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), one of the Biden administration’s most vocal intra-party critics on energy issues, vowed an investigation into the newly-announced pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals. In a statement Friday morning, the West Virginia Democrat implied the decision to implement the pause was based on political considerations rather than “
The Hill