Recent estimates from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) show that emissions of air pollutants that harm human health in the Houston region are falling dramatically.  More »

Republicans will try again to pass a bill by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., to let the Keystone XL pipeline to cross the U.S.-Canadian border. In making the announcement, Republicans cited Kinder Morgan Energy Partners’ plan to expand a pipeline in Canada to the Pacific coast.  More »

This post was written by Kathleen Barker, intern at the Baker Institute Energy Forum The days of free parking may be numbered. In a world where rapid urbanization and climate change are raising awareness of the high costs of traffic congestion, Citibank and IBM announced this week that they are joining forces to provide financing [...]  More »

President Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged Monday to further boost cooperation between their nations on energy matters ranging from oil and gas development to renewable power.  More »

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 »

Republicans plan on advancing a pair of bills that would require studies of certain oil and gasoline regulations and make increased oil and gas leasing a condition of using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Democrats, meanwhile, called for boosting funding for regulators to implement rules that target what they call excessive speculation in oil markets.  More »

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 »

President Obama on Thursday unveiled a new process for speeding up the approval of infrastructure projects, especially the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline’s southern leg. But Republicans dismissed Obama’s trip to Cushing as a political ploy meant to take credit for the only part of the pipeline he has no control over.  More »

House Republicans plan to try to rework and revive stalled legislation that would link expanded oil and gas production with highway and road projects, a top GOP lawmaker said.  More »

Crews are working to remove a 94-foot ship carrying diesel ran aground late Friday on the Galveston North jetty, KTRK reported. The incident did not damage the fuel tanks of the offshore supply vessel, M/V Ashton T, and efforts are underway to remove it without causing a spill. From the story: The Ashton T was [...]  More »

The Senate approved a transportation bill on Wednesday that contained a bipartisan measure to direct certain civil penalties assessed against companies involved in the 2010 oil spill to the Gulf Coast for restoration purposes.  More »

The Senate for the second time in as many weeks turned back a Republican-led effort to add provisions approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline to an unrelated transportation bill.  More »