U.S. Global Change Research Program - Fourth National Climate Assessment -
"Impacts, risks and adaptation in the United States Report-in-Brief"
Why this is important: The assessment posits the U.S. will lose 10 percent of...more
11/30/2018
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New York Sues Exxon Mobil, Saying It Deceived Shareholders on Climate Change -
"The litigation, which follows more than three years of investigation, represents the most significant legal effort yet to establish that a...more
11/2/2018
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The U.S. Supreme Court Slows Children's Climate Lawsuit - For Now -
"In the latest step of a fascinating bit of constitutional law called Atmospheric Trust Litigation, the Chief Justice halted the District Court trial...more
10/27/2018
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Undue Burden
Iran's Latest Terrorist Attack Matters More than OPEC's Latest Meeting, RBC's Croft Says -
"Oil market attention was focused on an OPEC meeting in Algeria this weekend, but it was Saturday's terrorist attack in an oil-rich...more
9/28/2018
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Activists Have a New Strategy to Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights -
"It already has worked in New York where construction on the Constitution Pipeline has stalled. Now activists are trying the strategy in...more
8/24/2018
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SEC Drops Probe of Exxon's Accounting Practices -
"The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its probe into whether ExxonMobil misled investors about its knowledge of climate change and the potential effects on...more
8/10/2018
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Russian Hackers Penetrated Networks of U.S. Electric Utilities -
"Russian hackers gained access to the networks of U.S. electric utilities last year, which could have allowed them to cause blackouts, according to federal...more
7/27/2018
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Appalachian Region Looks to Asia to Revive Economic Hopes -
"A Thai chemical company and, more recently, its new South Korean partner, are taking halting steps toward building a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant in...more
7/13/2018
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State Files Motion to Dismiss Federal Lawsuit by EQT -
"Lawyers representing the Secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the natural gas company EQT over a...more
6/11/2018
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Trump Administration
In an Internal Memo, the White House Considered Whether to Simply 'Ignore' Federal Climate Research -
"The document, drafted September 18 by Michael Catanzaro, President Trump's special assistant for domestic energy and...more
6/2/2018
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Study Finds No Evidence of Groundwater Contamination Attributable to Natural Gas Development -
"A multi-year study conducted by researchers at the University of Cincinnati, and partly funded by organizations opposed to...more
5/18/2018
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An Interview with Bill Raney, President of West Virginia Coal Association -
Nick Preservati, Co-Chair of Spilman's Energy Practice Group, recently sat down with Bill Raney, President of the West Virginia Coal Association...more
4/20/2018
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Pipeline CEOs Vow to Fight Back Against Environmental Activism and Sabotage -
"Executives from some of the biggest energy infrastructure companies in Canada and the United States say their industry had been surprised by...more
3/16/2018
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Trump Advisers Fervently Defend Tariffs (Unless They Change, That Is) -
"The White House continued to sow uncertainty about the stiff tariffs President Trump said he would impose on steel and aluminum imports as key...more
3/9/2018
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Anti-Secrecy Lawsuits Soaring Against Pruitt's EPA -
"The suits have come from open government groups, environmentalists and even conservative organizations that have run into a wall trying to pry information out of...more
3/3/2018
/ Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ,
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Dominion to Start Cove Point LNG Exports Early March -
"Dominion Energy said it expects to start exporting liquefied natural gas from its Cove Point terminal in Maryland, the second U.S. facility to produce LNG from shale...more
2/23/2018
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Oil World Turns Upside Down as U.S. Sells Oil in Middle East -
"Yet, in a trade that illustrates how the rise of the American shale industry is upending energy markets across the globe, the U.A.E. bought oil directly from...more
2/9/2018
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Trump Official Tells Coal Group He's 'an Advocate for the Coal Industry'
"'The good news is I'm with the federal government and I'm here to help,' Doug Matheney, a special adviser in the Energy Department's Office of...more
2/2/2018
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West Virginia Surface, Mineral Rights Owners Say Details Will be Key to Getting Co-Tenancy Bill Passed -
"Surface and mineral rights owners most affected by co-tenancy legislation say they're wary of jumping on the...more
1/26/2018
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Ohio Supreme Court Joins Texas and Oklahoma in Holding the State Does Not Recognize a Separate Implied Covenant to Explore Further -
"We conclude that Ohio does not recognize an 'implied covenant to explore further'...more
1/12/2018
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Trump Delivers a Mixed Message on His National Security Approach -
"In another shift from his predecessor, Mr. Trump's strategy does not recognize the changing climate as a threat to national security. The document instead...more
12/22/2017
/ Air Pollution ,
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Virginia Agency Takes Unexpected Step that Could Delay Gas Pipeline Project -
"The State Water Control Board approved permits for the $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which is backed by Dominion Energy, but took the...more
12/19/2017
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EPA to Restrict Scientific Advisers Who Get Agency Grants -
"Pruitt did not say how restrictive the policy would be. But it has the potential to greatly reduce the body of expert scientists who could serve on the boards...more
10/28/2017
/ China ,
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Department of Interior Rescinds OSM Enforcement Policies -
On October 12, 2017, the Department of the Interior ("DOI") withdrew two prior Office of Surface Mining ("OSM") policies affecting mining operations. DOI rescinded...more
10/19/2017
/ Clean Water Act ,
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An Obscure Statute Is Helping Trump Save U.S. Coal, Nuclear -
"Rick Perry is using an authority granted to him as U.S. energy secretary to call on the independent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to change its rules...more
10/6/2017
/ China ,
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