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February 21, 2018

Carbon capture project advances with federal funding

The Bismarck Tribune – The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $6 million to researchers for early design work on a system to capture carbon dioxide from an existing North Dakota coal-fired power plant.

February 21, 2018

BP sees self-driving electric vehicles crimping oil demand by 2040

Reuters – The emergence of self-driving electric cars and travel sharing are set to dent oil consumption by 2040, oil and gas giant BP said, forecasting a peak in demand for the first time.

February 20, 2018

Resilience, pipelines & PURPA: FERC regulators preview major issues at NARUC

Utility Dive – This year's winter meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) gave state regulators the uncommon opportunity to hear from all five regulators on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the space of just a few days.

February 17, 2018

Trump Budget Backs Nuclear, Coal; Cuts Funding for Renewables

Power – The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 budget request released February 12 asks for more money to support fossil fuel-based power systems, but seeks funding below current levels for other energy initiatives, including renewable energy and energy efficiency.

February 16, 2018

Energy – SciPol Weekly, February 10 – February 16

In this week's Energy SciPol Weekly, the EU wants compensation for US solar panel tariffs; largest US wind project receives a setback; and cryptocurrency may create energy shortage in Iceland.

February 16, 2018

New Study Finds Cutting Oil Subsidies Will Not Stop Climate Change

Scientific American – New research suggests that removing fossil fuel subsidies might not have the global effect that some climate advocates were hoping for.

February 16, 2018

New Global Offshore Wind Capacity In 2017 Hits 3.3 Gigawatts

CleanTechnica – Navigant Research has published new figures which show a total of 3.3 gigawatts (GW) of new offshore wind energy capacity was installed in 2017, bringing the cumulative capacity up to almost 17 GW, with another 7.9 GW in the pipeline.

First Look: Bureau of Land Management's Order to Expedite Oil and Gas Leases

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Overturns a number of Obama administration environmental regulations concerning oil and gas extraction on Bureau of Land Management lands.

Updated last February 15, 2018

February 13, 2018

Trump Administration Targets Obama-Era Effort to Limit Methane

The New York Times – The Trump administration moved to repeal one of the last unchallenged climate-change regulations rushed into place in the waning days of the Obama presidency — a rule restricting the release of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere.

EPA Effort to Repeal Clean Power Plan

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Original Development Brief – Proposes to repeal the Obama-era Clean Power Plan over concerns about US Environmental Protection Agency jurisdiction, regulatory overreach, and harm to the coal industry.

Updated last February 12, 2018

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Carbon capture project advances with federal funding

BP sees self-driving electric vehicles crimping oil demand by 2040

Resilience, pipelines & PURPA: FERC regulators preview major issues at NARUC

Trump Budget Backs Nuclear, Coal; Cuts Funding for Renewables

Energy – SciPol Weekly, February 10 – February 16

New Study Finds Cutting Oil Subsidies Will Not Stop Climate Change

New Global Offshore Wind Capacity In 2017 Hits 3.3 Gigawatts

First Look: Bureau of Land Management's Order to Expedite Oil and Gas Leases

Trump Administration Targets Obama-Era Effort to Limit Methane

EPA Effort to Repeal Clean Power Plan

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