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Supreme Court clears way for Biden’s methane-control plan

Oct. 4, 2024
The Supreme Court on Oct. 4 declined to block the Biden administration’s methane rule, settling the legality of the regulations opposed by oil and gas companies.

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DOE: Pause on US LNG export permits remains despite New Fortress authorization

Sept. 5, 2024
The decision to authorize New Fortress Energy to export LNG does not mean the Biden administration’s LNG export pause is over, a DOE spokesperson told Oil & Gas Journal.
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NFE’s Fast LNG receives DOE authorization for LNG export to non-FTA countries

Sept. 3, 2024
New Fortress Energy Inc. received authorization from the US Department of Energy to export up to 1.4 million tpy of LNG to non-Free Trade Agreement countries from its FLNG 1 asset...
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Interior retains protections on Alaska public lands eyed during Trump administration

Aug. 28, 2024
The US Interior Department retained protections on 28 million acres of D-1 public lands in Alaska Aug. 27, reversing a Trump-era bid to allow oil and natural gas leasing on the...
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Federal court throws out parts of new pipeline safety rule because of faulty cost-benefit analyses

Aug. 23, 2024
A federal appeals court told the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to rewrite several sections of a major pipeline safety rule in effect since May 2023.
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Court orders federal agency to better protect Rice's whales from oil, gas drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Aug. 21, 2024
A court said the National Marine Fisheries Service’s biological opinion for oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico fails to protect an endangered species of whale and sturgeon...