OIL AND GAS
Interior lease sales disappoint
Oil and gas companies collectively paid more than $20 million Tuesday and yesterday for the right to drill in Wyoming, a high point in an otherwise disappointing spate of sales by the Interior Department.
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Heather Richards, E&E News reporter
Oil and gas companies collectively paid more than $20 million Tuesday and yesterday for the right to drill in Wyoming, a high point in an otherwise disappointing spate of sales by the Interior Department.
A pollution-plagued oil refinery that shut down in 2012 is on the verge of reopening in the U.S. Virgin Islands, thanks to the aid of EPA chief Andrew Wheeler. Some EPA officials believe Wheeler's rubber-stamping campaign for the project could be a road map for rushing through other environmentally destructive schemes.
By Corbin Hiar in Greenwire
With an upcoming proposed rule on so-called 10-day notices, the Trump administration is doubling down on efforts to reduce the federal government's role in regulating coal mining.
By Dylan Brown in Greenwire
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A pollution-plagued oil refinery that shut down in 2012 is on the verge of reopening in the U.S. Virgin Islands, thanks to the aid of EPA chief Andrew Wheeler. Some EPA officials believe Wheeler's rubber-stamping campaign for the project could be a road map for rushing through other environmentally destructive schemes.
By Corbin Hiar in Greenwire
With an upcoming proposed rule on so-called 10-day notices, the Trump administration is doubling down on efforts to reduce the federal government's role in regulating coal mining.
By Dylan Brown in Greenwire