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Why Energy Bills Will Be Even Higher This Winter

Union of Concerned Scientists

To dig into how the country got here, it’s helpful to split up the contributing factors into the three main “gas value chain” categories: the production of gas via drilling (“upstream”), the transportation of gas via pipelines (“midstream”), and the facilities that receive the gas, such as gas-fired power plants (“downstream”).

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law Blog

Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC , 970 F.3d Maintaining that the plaintiff qualified as a seaman under controlling Fifth Circuit precedent but questioning that precedent in light of Supreme Court case law, the panel urged the Fifth Circuit to review the case en banc. Enterprise Offshore Drilling LLC, 2019 WL 2515307 (Jun.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law Blog

Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC , 970 F.3d Maintaining that the plaintiff qualified as a seaman under controlling Fifth Circuit precedent but questioning that precedent in light of Supreme Court case law, the panel urged the Fifth Circuit to review the case en banc. Enterprise Offshore Drilling LLC, 2019 WL 2515307 (Jun.

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DOJ Defeats Motion to Dismiss in Precedent-Setting Criminal Wage-Fixing Case

Arnold Porter

Mazzant III of the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Texas denied a motion to dismiss the government’s first ever criminal indictment for alleged wage-fixing. This Advisory is intended to be a general summary of the law and does not constitute legal advice. On November 29, 2021, Judge Amos L. 19, 2018).]]

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CEQ Recommends Carbon Capture Policy Fixes to Congress for the Path Ahead

Arnold Porter

Federal agencies could prepare programmatic environmental impact statements (EIS’s) for categories of CCS projects, for example, which would allow much shorter and faster environmental assessments on a project-specific basis. CEQ cited an example of a CO2 pipeline project that successfully took advantage of the FAST-41 process in 2019.

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

Before starting, here’s a little more background about the three cases: Texas v. Maybe we could start by having you say a bit about yourself and your role in the Texas case. In Texas v. Q: Let’s start with the Texas case then. Notably, the car industry itself is affirmatively supporting EPA in the case. Q: Hi, Sean.

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2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More

PA Environment Daily

Cameron County; -- West Texas Operating Co.: Residents have had to make their own arrangements for clean drinking water since that time because the affected areas are outside the 2,500 foot zone of presumption protected in state law. .: Phoenix Well Pad, Duncan Twp., Clinton County; -- M4 Energy LLC: Triana Young Well Pad, Hector Twp.,

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