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Biden Takes Sweeping Day One Action on Energy, Keystone XL
Soon after his inauguration, U.S. President Joe Biden signed executive actions that included formally revoking the permit needed to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline and rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Legislation , International , Health, Safety & Environment , Emissions
Biden Set to Rejoin Paris Climate Accord, Impose Curbs on US Oil Industry
The announcements will also include a sweeping order to review all of Trump's actions weakening climate change protections, the revocation of a vital permit for the Keystone XL and a moratorium on leasing activities in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, Biden aids say.
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API Chief Seeks Areas to Work with Biden Administration
In his State of American Energy speech, Mike Sommers also addressed climate change and diversity challenges.
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US Energy: ‘The More Ambitious Biden Tries to Be, the More Likely He Is to Fail’
Elected on a promise of a $2 trillion green energy plan, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s ambitions could be curtailed by political reality.
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Trump’s Late Oil and Gas Regulatory Flurry
In fourth-quarter 2020, the administration ramped up its efforts to put rules into effect before Inauguration Day and avoid a Biden regulatory freeze.
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Oil and Gas Outlook 2021: Healing, But Wary
The incoming Biden administration signals an acceleration in the energy transition, while fossil fuel producers count on a COVID-19 vaccine to help demand recover.
Legislation , Health, Safety & Environment , Emissions
How Does Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard Policy Work?
Canada published the draft Clean Fuel Standard this month, which is central to the ruling Liberal Party's commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Here’s how it will work.
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Oil Prices Climb on Hopes US Pandemic Stimulus will Spur Fuel Demand
WTI, crude futures in the U.S., settled 38 cents, or 0.8%, higher at $48/bbl on Dec. 29, while Brent crude futures settled up 23 cents, or 0.5%, at $51.09/bbl.
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US EPA Finalizing First-ever Airplane Emissions Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Dec. 28 said it was finalizing the first-ever proposed standards regulating greenhouse-gas emissions from airplanes.
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Oil Rises to Hit $52 after Trump Signs Coronavirus Aid Package
Oil remains vulnerable to any further setbacks in efforts to control the virus, said Stephen Innes, chief global market strategist at Axi, in a note.