Trump speaks on wind power, Wheeler and DOE’s ‘big project’ Kelsey Brugger, E&E News, August 14, 2019 Speaking to energy workers at Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex, Trump said that “the hearts of our workers, the American spirit is soaring — higher, stronger, freer and greater than ever before.” He further declared that the Obama administration “tried to … read more

Trump administration eases endangered species rules Ben Lefebvre, Politico, August 12, 2019 The Trump administration announced on Monday it would change how it implements the Endangered Species Act, weakening protections that environmentalists say violate the law and make it easier for oil companies, real estate interests and the agriculture industry to develop land inhabited by vulnerable wildlife. The revisions spearheaded … read more

Trump’s ANWR push: Will it really yield much oil? Heather Richards, E&E News, August 12, 2019 ANWR’s coastal plain also lies in a straight line between successful discoveries in Alaska and successful discoveries in Canada. In the mid-1980s, a group of companies paid for two-dimensional seismic data to map the region’s subsurface potential, revealing a complex spectrum of possible hydrocarbon locations, said … read more