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January 27, 2021

energy

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US plans oil, gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

December 4, 2020 Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to hold an oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge next month. Left-leaning groups criticized Thursday’s announcement as rushed and based […]

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Members of oil cartel to meet as coronavirus rattles demand

November 30, 2020 Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Leaders of the OPEC cartel are meeting virtually to decide how much oil their members should produce as lockdowns related to the coronavirus continue to stifle demand for crude. They’re expected to […]

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Army Corps of Engineers grants final federal Line 3 permit

November 24, 2020 Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday approved the final federal permit for Enbridge Energy’s planned Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota, bringing the project a step closer to […]

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US nuclear lab partnering with utility to produce hydrogen

November 14, 2020 Keith Ridler, Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded just under $14 million for an attempt to build a hydrogen-energy production facility at a nuclear power plant in Minnesota with the help of a […]

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Trump administration finalizes coal plant pollution rollback

September 1, 2020 Matthew Brown and Travis Loller, Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration on Monday finalized its weakening of an Obama-era rule aimed at reducing polluted wastewater from coal-burning power plants that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers The change will […]

Business

$1B in revenue expected from New Mexico’s state trust lands

August 21, 2020 Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico is on track to have another banner year as a result of oil and gas drilling and other activities on state trust lands, officials with the State Land Office said […]

Business

Grid operator: 3.3 million California homes could lose power

August 17, 2020 Janie Har and Adam Beam, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Up to 3.3 million homes in California may lose power Monday as part of rolling blackouts to ease pressure on the state’s electric grid as a dayslong heat wave engulfing the West […]

News

TVA rescinds decision to outsource technology jobs

August 6, 2020 Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Just days after President Donald Trump fired the chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority and criticized the agency for hiring foreign workers, the federally owned energy corporation announced it was rescinding a […]

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Germany is first major economy to phase out coal and nuclear

July 9, 2020 Frank Jordans, Associated Press

BERLIN — German lawmakers have finalized the country’s long-awaited phase-out of coal as an energy source, backing a plan that environmental groups say isn’t ambitious enough and free marketeers criticize as a waste of taxpayers’ […]

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Puerto Rico power company gives T&D reins to private firms

June 27, 2020 Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico officials said Monday that a consortium of Canadian and U.S. firms will take over the transmission and distribution system of the island’s public power company in a long-awaited […]

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