Today’s Key Takeaways: Interior Secretary defends Willow. Supremes leave climate change cases re: oil to the states.  Texas is looking to new natural gas plants for back-up power for their grid. Palmer project in Southeast, AK to spend $25.5 million in 2023.  NEWS OF THE DAY: Haaland defends Willow, says US won’t end oil drillingMatthew Daly, AP, April 21, 2023 … read more

MANCHIN BILL IS BACK: Sen. Joe Manchin‘s famed permitting reform bill is back — or it’s going to be. Manchin said this morning he intends to reintroduce the bill and to hold hearings in Energy and Natural Resources since Senate leadership isn’t interested in giving Republicans’ Lower Energy Cost Act a shot. “If we don’t get [permitting reform] done this year, we don’t get it done,” … read more

Research & Commentary: EPA Finds Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue to Decline Despite Soaring Oil and Gas ProductionTim Benson, The Heartland Institute, April 13, 2023 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2023 Draft Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI) was released in early March, revealing total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States were 2 percent below their 1990 levels in 2021, falling from … read more