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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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TVA eyes building solar energy farm in north Alabama

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Water scarcity accelerates plans to close New Mexico coal plant by a decade

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Midwest Energy News

January 17 2020

Wisconsin regulators approve plans for $700 million natural gas plant

NATURAL GAS: Wisconsin regulators approve plans for a $700 million natural gas plant despite concerns from clean energy advocates and a state agency. (Wisconsin State Journal) ALSO: Minnesota regulators say Xcel Energy can purchase a $650 million gas plant through a subsidiary that won’t put ratepayers at risk. (Star Tribune) ***SPONSORED LINK: The 4th Annual […]

Southeast Energy News

January 17 2020

Dominion to roll out electric school buses in Virginia this year

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Dominion Energy prepares for its first phase of a large electric school bus initiative in Virginia, with plans to deploy 50 electric buses to 16 municipalities by the end of 2020. (WHSV) SOLAR: • The Tennessee Valley Authority considers building a large solar farm on 3,000 acres of land it owns in northern […]

Northeast Energy News

January 17 2020

Philadelphia refinery neighborhoods exposed to toxic chemicals

OIL & GAS: Philadelphia residents living near a now-closed oil refinery were exposed to benzene 21 times the federal limit during and after its operations, in what one scientist calls “a classic environmental justice issue.” (E&E News / NBC / Investigative Reporting Workshop) ALSO: A closed meeting today could determine the site’s fate as owners […]

Western Energy News

January 17 2020

Judge rules Oregon clean energy ballot initiatives can proceed

CLIMATE: A county judge in Oregon rejects a former Republican secretary of state’s rationale for blocking two clean energy ballot measures environmentalists want to bring before voters in November. (Associated Press) ALSO: • A new report indicates that California will have to nearly double its current rate of emissions reductions to achieve its goal of […]

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U.S. renewable investments surged in 2019 to record $55 billion

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