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BLM Opens Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to Oil and Gas Production
Opinion -The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has opened new areas in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to oil and gas production. -
States Sue FWS Over ESA Habitat Changes
Opinion -Eighteen states are suing the federal government to overturn a rule expanding the government’s “critical habitat” definition for endangered species to areas which do not contain, and are not currently suitable to contain those species. -
$10 Billion LNG Project in Texas Receives Feds’ Approval
Opinion -Construction can now begin on a massive $10 billion liquefied natural gas project in Jefferson County, Texas, after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted a permit to Golden Pass Products. -
Legislative Pulse: Fighting Rising Energy Costs in Ohio
Opinion -State Rep Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) chair of the House Public Utilities Committee says he's optimistic the Trump administration will bring common sense and true cost-benefit analysis back to environmental regulations. -
Federal Court Supports Takings Claims for Water Rights in ESA Case
Opinion -A federal judge ruled farmers in southern Oregon and northern California could be owed compensation for the federal government cutting off irrigation water to their farms in an attempt to protect endangered species. -
Michigan Issues Statewide Prohibition on Local Plastic Bag Bans
Opinion -The State of Michigan now has a law prohibiting local governments from banning, regulating, or imposing fees on the use of plastic bags and other containers. -
EPA Considers Telling Alaskans to Stop Using Wood-Burning Stoves for Heat
Opinion -The EPA may tell people in parts of Alaska to stop heating their homes with wood burning stoves because they are causing the region to violate the Clean Air Act. -
Interior Dept. Announces New Policy for Species Protection Agreements
Opinion -The Department of the Interior developed a new policy guidance on how federal authorities should work with private landowners to prevent the decline of wildlife populations absent adding species to the federal endangered or threatened species list. -
Ohio Gov. Kasich Vetoes Bill to Delay State’s Renewable Energy Mandate
Opinion -Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) vetoed a bill that would have made compliance with the state’s controversial renewable energy mandate optional for the next three years. -
Climate Change War Gets a New Heroine
Opinion -In her new novel Climatized, Sally Fernandez has discovered an effective way to communicate issues on the topic of global warming to a wider audience. -
North Georgia Emerges as Potential Natural Gas Play
Opinion -Despite current low oil and natural gas prices, production may soon begin in the mountains of northern Georgia, where unique geological features may allow production from shale without using hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking.” -
House Acts to Rein in Regulatory Agencies
Opinion -As one of the first official acts of the 115th Congress, the U.S. House of Representative voted in favor of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017, requiring congressional approval of all new major regulations. -
Study: Fracking Provides Big Benefits to Nearby Communities, Households
Opinion -A new study concludes communities near sites of hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” generally benefit from oil and gas production through the procedure. -
Saskatchewan Premier Rejects Carbon Tax
Opinion -At the federal-provincial summit meeting in December 2016, Manitoba and Saskatchewan rejected Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau's carbon pricing scheme. -
Utah Counties Sue Federal Government Over Coal Lease Moratorium
Opinion -Two Utah counties sued the federal government to overturn its coal mining lease moratorium on Federal lands. -
EPA Approves Arizona Copper Mine
Opinion -After gaining final approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Canadian-based Taseko will build and operate a small-scale test project copper mine near Florence, Arizona. -
Paper Predicts U.S. Oil Production Growth
Opinion -A new paper says U.S. oil and gas production may be on the verge of significantly expanding, after months of decline due to low oil prices. -
President Obama Declares Record 26th, 27th National Monuments
Opinion -In the waning days of his presidency, Barack Obama designated two new national monuments, preventing a variety of uses on 1.65 million acres of land in Nevada and Utah. -
President Obama Bans Offshore Drilling in North Atlantic and Arctic
Opinion -With only a month left in his term of office, President Barack Obama banned, possibly permanently, offshore oil and gas drilling in federal waters off the Atlantic coast and in the Arctic Ocean. -
Purdue Researchers Find GMO Ban Would Result in Higher Food Prices and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Opinion -According to Purdue University researchers a global GMO ban would result in higher carbon dioxide emissions and cost billions of dollar in lost welfare. -
GAO Testimony: Low Oil Prices Keeping U.S. from Meeting Federal Renewable Fuel Mandates
Opinion -Government officials admitted in Senate testimony U.S. ethanol producers have failed to meet federal renewable fuels mandates and biofuel production has failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. -
EPA’s about-face on fracking report: Science or politics?
Opinion -U.S. EPA has withdrawn earlier findings it could find no , "evidence that these mechanisms [fracking] have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.” -
USDA OKs Genetically-Engineered Spuds
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved two types of genetically engineered potatoes that resist the pathogens which caused the Irish potato famine. -
Renewable Energy Demand, Wind Turbines, Killing Bats
Opinion -Wind farms threaten biodiversity by killing thousands of bats each year despite efforts to reduce bat mortality.
