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DAILY ENERGY NEWS  | 04/25/2025
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Streamlining the duplicitous, opaque permitting process for energy projects is long overdue.
 

CBS (4/25/25) reports: "The Trump administration said it will accelerate permit approvals for mining, drilling and fossil fuel production and transportation on public land, fast-tracking a review process that would normally take years. In announcing the emergency procedures Wednesday, the Department of the Interior, which oversees the management of federal lands and natural resources, said the permitting process will now take up to '28 days at most' — a drastic departure from the current one- to two-year timeline...The speedy permitting policy opens the door for the U.S. to expand oil and gas projects and for Mr. Trump to make good on his promise to 'Drill, baby, drill' — a common refrain on his campaign trail...The environmental review process has developed over time, he said, and goes back decades. The Endangered Species Act, one of three statues the DOI is targeting, was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1973. Section 7 of the Act requires consultation among agencies 'to ensure their activities are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence' of federally protected species, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service."

"The simple fact is that neither Democrats nor the Abundance movement can succeed unless they offer solutions for the great majority of Americans who live in suburbs, exurbs, and rural communities, don’t have fancy college degrees, and don’t work in or for the keyboard economy." 

 

– Jennifer Hernandez,
Breakthrough Institute

The era of consequence-free green terrorism is over.


North Dakota Monitor (4/23/25) reports: "A federal judge has ordered the United States government to pay North Dakota nearly $28 million dollars, finding that the executive branch 'abandoned the rule of law' in its response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests of 2016 and 2017. In the lawsuit, filed in 2019, North Dakota requested $38 million in damages from the United States government — the total sum it claims it paid for policing and cleaning up the demonstrations. In a long-awaited decision filed Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor sided with the state, finding the Corps at fault for negligence, public nuisance and civil trespass claims...Traynor wrote the Army Corps was legally required to enforce its property rights as soon as it became aware of the protests — either by requiring the demonstrators to obtain a permit to use its land or forcing the protesters to leave. Early on in the demonstrations, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe was in talks with the Army Corps about obtaining a special use permit, but those negotiations fell through, witnesses testified during the trial last year."

Not to be outdone by Governor Gavin, Colorado reaches new levels of idiocracy.
 

CBS (4/23/25) reports: "Some Colorado state lawmakers are so worried about our air quality that they want climate warning labels on gas pumps. A bill that passed the state House would require retailers to warn customers that burning fossil fuels 'releases air pollutants and greenhouse gases, known by the state of Colorado to be linked to significant health impacts and global heating.' Opponents say the label is unnecessary and will simply cost retailers, and in turn consumers, more money. The bill's sponsors, including state Rep. Junie Joseph, a Democrat from Boulder, say the climate labels, like nutrition labels, could help change behavior...If the bill passes, Colorado would become the first state in the country to require climate warning labels at gas pumps. Retailers who would fail to post the warnings would potentially be charged with a deceptive trade practice and face fines of up to $20,000. The bill still needs approval in the state Senate before heading to the governor's desk."

Oh, Senator Cassidy, how does it feel to be on the same side of an issue as Senator WhitesOnlyHouse?


E&E News (4/11/25) reports: "A top Democratic senator who has long pushed carbon tariffs said that a Republican pollution fee bill is a good starting point, though GOP sponsors say they plan to move ahead with their party-line proposal. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, said that a foreign pollution fee bill released this week by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was a 'good first step' toward his long-stated goal of implementing a carbon tariff. The Republican-led 'Foreign Pollution Fee Act,' S. 1325, a version of which Cassidy also pushed last Congress, would slap tarriffs on countries that generate high levels of manufacturing pollution for imports such as steel, aluminum and fertilizer. The bill was celebrated by a number of climate and manufacturing groups when it was released Tuesday. Whitehouse, meanwhile, has advocated for more universal carbon tariffs that would punish domestic polluters in addition to foreign importers. He framed Cassidy and Graham’s bill as a first draft in an ongoing negotiation process."

Energy Markets

 
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