Young Americans Are Driving Dramatically Less – Will It Continue?
This post was written by James Coan, Research Associate at the Baker Institute Energy Forum. Americans under 40 are driving dramatically less, according to data from the National Household Travel Survey. The question is: Is car culture in America waning generationally or is this a temporary phenomenon linked to the recession? The recession hit younger [...] More »
EPA to reduce new power plants’ carbon pollution
The Obama administration will press ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, ignoring protests from Republicans who have said the regulation will raise electricity prices and kill off coal, a dominant U.S. energy source. More »
Doctors oppose Utah oil refinery expansions
A group of Utah doctors is leading a campaign against expansion plans at three of five Utah oil refineries, saying the air in the Salt Lake basin is dirty enough and often fails to meet standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More »
EPA says Mont. plants need $90M in upgrades
A proposed cleanup of Montana air pollution would force three industrial plants to spend $90 million on measures to improve visibility in some of the nation’s prized public lands, including Yellowstone and Theodore Roosevelt National Parks. More »
Rep. Lee Terry: The Nebraska man with the Keystone XL plan
Perhaps nobody in the U.S. House of Representatives has been more outspoken in his support of the Keystone XL pipeline than Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb. In an interview with Fuel Fix, Terry took time to discuss his ongoing plans for legislation to approve the pipeline, as well as his thoughts on Obama’s defense of the decision to reject the permit. More »
GOP’s claims about Obama puzzle environmentalists
Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline as a gift to environmentalists. Newt Gingrich calls Obama “President Algae” for supporting research on biofuels. And Rick Santorum says Obama’s environmental views constitute a “phony theology” that prioritizes the earth over people. More »
EPA low-sulfur rule could hike cost of making fuel, industry says
Looming Environmental Protection Agency rules to cut sulfur content of gasoline by two-thirds could add 6 to 9 cents per gallon to the cost of manufacturing fuel in most markets, the American Petroleum Institute said. More »
Valero says EPA rules a threat
Stringent environmental regulations that might get even tougher could prevent San Antonio’s homegrown Valero Energy Corp. from expanding in this country, one of its top executives said Wednesday. More »
Obama seeks to speed up southern Keystone XL’s construction
President Obama will say Thursday he is directing agencies to do what they can to speed up approval of any federal permits needed to construct the southern leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to the Gulf Coast. More »
Exxon Valdez to be junked years after giant oil leak
Now called the Oriental Nicety, the vessel was sold for about $16 million. More »
Feds: Fracking rules in April; no decision on onshore royalties
The Interior Department has not made any final decision on raising the royalty rate for oil-and-gas production on federal lands, Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey said Tuesday. Abbey also said his agency hoped to unveil its impending rules for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands in April. More »
Judge calls for ‘minimum of sealed records’ in BP Atlantis case
While the ongoing settlement issues involving BP and business owners hurt by the Deepwater Horizon spill still dominate the news, a judge in another BP legal battle has thwarted the company’s attempt to keep much of the evidence in that case hidden. U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes in Houston told both parties in a case [...] More »
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