World energy demand is bound to be driven by population growth on the other side of the world from Washington, D.C., which seems narrowly focused on controlling energy consumption in the United States and Europe where, as data suggests, it’s already been falling.
Congressional partisanship would threaten any viable tax bill but the Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act has support on both sides of the aisle.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Feb. 11 the city is abandoning a plan to spend billions of dollars rebuilding three natural gas power plants along the coast.
It might be a ‘Green New Deal’ but it sure seems like a raw deal for both industry and consumers. Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s big idea is a big non-starter.
OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said the exporting group was not in the business of fixing oil prices when asked to comment on a U.S. House committee bill.
Legislation that would make it possible for the U.S. government to prosecute OPEC member countries for fixing oil prices is moving forward in Congress, despite opposition from international oil companies.
The U.S. could help Hungary diversify away from Russian energy by encouraging Exxon Mobil Corp. to proceed with long-stalled plans to develop the Domino-1 gas field in the Black Sea, Hungary’s foreign minister said Feb. 7.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Senator Ed Markey on Feb. 7 laid out the goals of a “Green New Deal” to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, setting a high bar for Democrats who plan to make climate change a central issue in the 2020 presidential race.
A new tax on extracting natural gas is being proposed by the governor of Pennsylvania, home to the Marcellus and Utica shale basins and the second biggest gas-producing state in the U.S.
A new pipeline will create a new export route for natural gas to European markets.
