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Unfair share: How oil and gas drillers avoid paying royalties

By ProPublica

Manipulation of costs and other data by oil companies is keeping billions of dollars in royalties out of the hands of private and government landholders, an investigation by ProPublica has found.

A wealth of business connections for Obama’s Energy pick

Beyond his job in academia, Ernest Moniz has also spent the last decade serving on a range of boards and advisory councils for energy industry heavyweights, including some that do business with the Department of Energy.

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Arizona coal communities could get federal aid for closure of Navajo mine, power plant

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Kansas denies request that would’ve cost Westar customers about $93 million

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Toyota is trying to figure out how to make a solar-powered car run forever

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Study: Santee Cooper should use more solar energy, save customers millions

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Vermont utility wants to make switch to solar simpler

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Midwest Energy News

September 13 2019

Indiana Republican helps lead Senate climate caucus

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: • Sacramento, California, prepares to test a hyperlocal EV charging program that will use a Chicago company’s blockchain software to track customer rewards. (Energy News Network) • Ford and General Motors ramp up development of electric versions of popular truck models to head off Tesla. (Reuters) CLIMATE: • Mayors and other local officials […]

Southeast Energy News

September 13 2019

Oil industry protesters partially shut down Houston shipping channel

OIL & GAS: Greenpeace protestors are arrested in Houston after rappelling from a busy bridge, blocking ships from reaching oil and gas refineries near Baytown, Texas. (Houston Chronicle) ALSO: • The owner of a West Virginia coal-fired power plant files an application to build an adjacent natural gas plant and solar installation. (WV Metro News) […]

Northeast Energy News

September 13 2019

Utility faces $1 million fine for lax maintenance

PIPELINES: On the eve of the first anniversary of a fatal gas line explosion, Massachusetts regulators send a letter to Columbia Gas saying the company faces a $1 million fine for improperly maintained abandoned lines. (Masslive.com) ALSO: • Following the explosion, Massachusetts passed a law making it one of only a few states to require […]

Western Energy News

September 13 2019

Lawsuit: Feds ignored climate in Utah lease sales

PUBLIC LANDS: A lawsuit filed by environmental groups claims federal officials violated the law by failing to analyze climate impacts before approving 130 oil and gas leases in Utah. (Associated Press) ALSO: • The U.S. House votes to reverse the 2017 law that allows oil and gas drilling in part of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife […]

U.S. Energy News

Ford, GM ramp up electric pickup development

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