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DAILY ENERGY NEWS | 08/01/2025
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** Revealing that critics have a problem with President Trump following the law and not regulations compelling use of non-existent technology.
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New York Times ([link removed]) (7/29/25) reports: "In March, the Trump administration created a novel way for companies to potentially avoid complying with environmental rules: Simply send an email to the Environmental Protection Agency and request an exemption. In response, representatives of at least 15 coal-burning power plants, four steel mills, four chemical facilities and two mines wrote emails to the E.P.A. this spring, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.Under an obscure section of the Clean Air Act, the president can temporarily exempt industrial facilities from new rules if their continued operation is in the interest of national security and if the technology required to comply is not widely available. For example, days before leaving office, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued a memorandum that allowed medical sterilization facilities to seek exemptions from limits on ethylene oxide
emissions. Mr. Biden wrote that the move would prevent a 'serious disruption' to the supply of drugs and medical devices...The Institute for Energy Research, a free-market organization that supports fossil fuels, praised the president for issuing the exemptions while urging the E.P.A. to repeal the underlying rules. 'Given that the current regulations are unworkable and reliant on nonexistent technologies, the E.P.A. should move swiftly to revoke or revise them through proper administrative channels,' the organization wrote in a blog post on Monday ([link removed]) ."
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** "The bill for the cavalier dismissal of coal will eventually come due for the U.S. as a whole, but for the people in the coal industry, and for their families and communities, it is already here."
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– RealClearEnergy Editorial Board ([link removed])
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Acting against America's energy potential is acting against America's families.
** Fox News ([link removed])
(7/30/25) reports: "The top Republican in the California State Senate praised the Trump administration for stepping in to reboot the Golden State’s 'oil goldmine' off its coast, after a project notably opposed by Sen. Adam Schiff had been shut down since a major pipe failed in 2015. 'California is sitting on an oil gold mine, yet Democrat politicians continue to block responsible production here at home,' Sen. Brian Jones of San Diego told Fox News Digital. 'Instead, they choose to import oil from foreign nations with weak labor protections and poor environmental standards.' As Fox News Digital reported exclusively, the Interior Department shepherded the reopening of the Santa Ynez Unit of the Pacific oil-producing region in recent days, bringing an estimated 190 million barrels of recoverable oil potential online."
The Kiwis take a swing at Big Green, Inc.
** Reuters ([link removed])
(7/31/25) reports: "New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday passed legislation to reopen the country for offshore oil and gas exploration, lifting a ban imposed by former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The law will allow companies to apply as early as September for petroleum exploration permits beyond onshore Taranaki, an energy-rich region on the country's North Island...In 2018, the centre-left Labour government led by Ardern halted the granting of new offshore oil and gas exploration permits in a bid to tackle climate change and reduce New Zealand’s reliance on fossil fuels. Since winning power in late 2023, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s conservative government has passed numerous measures rolling back Labour’s progressive agenda, including repealing rebates for green cars and fast-tracking mining projects...Resources Minister Shane Jones, an advocate for the fossil fuel sector, said Ardern's ban had reduced new investment in the oil and gas sector and exacerbated domestic energy
shortages."
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Making Alaska Great Again.
** Anchorage Daily News ([link removed])
(7/31/25) reports: "An Alaska development agency is seeking bids from companies to prepare for seismic testing that could one day lead to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is looking for a company to provide permitting support for a multiyear program to collect three-dimensional seismic data in the refuge’s coastal plain, according to newly released bid materials. The agency owns seven, 10-year leases in the coastal plain, covering more than 350,000 acres. It purchased the leases during the first Trump administration in 2020, in hopes of partnering with oil exploration companies in the future. The agency had previously attempted to conduct seismic work in the refuge. But that effort didn’t materialize. The Biden administration canceled the agency’s leases in 2023, though a judge this spring ruled that the cancellation was illegal. The 19.6-million-acre area for decades has been a battleground for pro-development
advocates, including Alaska’s congressional delegation and North Slope leaders — who say an oil discovery will help the economy and national security."
Energy Markets
WTI Crude Oil: ↓ $69.04
Natural Gas: ↓ $3.09
Gasoline: ↑ $3.15
Diesel: ↓ $3.74
Heating Oil: ↓ $236.78
Brent Crude Oil: ↓ $71.93
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