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Energy and Climate Report
August 22, 2017 - Number 162
Biofuels
U.S. Propos
es on Biodiesel From Argentina and Indonesia
Biodiesel producers in Indonesia and Argentina are benefiting from government subsidies,
and their exports to the U.S. should be slapped with duties of as much as 68 percent,
according to the initial results of a Commerce Department probe.
Coal Mining
Colorado Governor Backs Arch Coa
ion Royalty Cut
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) is supporting a request that would save Arch Coal $12
million a year in federal royalties, a spokeswoman for the governor tells Bloomberg BNA.
Emissions Trading California Auction Raises $640 Million for Greenhouse Gas Fund California raised an estimated $640 million for its greenhouse gas fund by auctioning permits to curb carbon emissions--a result that analysts said shows restored confidence in the state's cap-and-trade program.
Energy Brazil's Utility Giant Soars as Government Plans Privatization Brazil's troubled state-run utility Eletrobras jumped the most in almost two decades on a government proposal to privatize the company amid the country's deep fiscal crisis.
Energy Energy Transfer Told to Revise Rover Gas Line Drill Plans Energy Transfer Partners must submit revised horizontal directional drilling plans for the Rover natural gas pipeline along with other information before FERC will allow the company to resume drilling in certain areas, the agency said in an Aug. 22 filing.
Energy White House Denies Murray Emergency Request, Despite Trump Backing The White House denied requests from Murray Energy Corp, to issue an emergency order to keep Murray's coal mines and FirstEnergy Corp, coal plants operating and the companies out of bankruptcy, despite President Donald Trump's promises to back the requests.
Mining
Supplying Lithi
:s Trickier as Electric Revolution Looms
Hidden within the salt flats high in the Andes mountains of South America are vast deposits
of the lithium that Elon Musk may need for his electric-car revolution. But extracting the
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mineral from brine ponds created by Orocobre Ltd. has proved more difficult than expected.
Motor Vehicles F ' zers U.K. Drivers Cash to Scrap Dirty Diesel Engines Ford Motor Co. became the latest automaker to offer cash to U.K. drivers if they scrap the most polluting vehicles on the roads, targeting about 15 million cars and vans across the country.
Oil & Gas Colorado Governor Orders Pipeline Rule Update After Fatal Accidents Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) Aug. 22 directed the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to upgrade its rules on inspection and pressure-testing of natural gas flow lines, one of a series of steps he has taken to improve safety following two deadly accidents. Hickenlooper announced in all seven steps the state will take involving the oil and gas industry. In April, two men were killed when a leaking flow line connected to a natural gas well owned by Anadarko Petroleum Co....
Oil & Gas Power Plant Emissions Should Be Part of Pipeline Review: Court Carbon emissions from gas-burning power plants should have been considered in federal regulators' review of a Florida natural gas pipeline, a federal appeals court ruled Aug. 22, siding with conservation groups.
Pipeline Safety Ener * f* nsfer Suit Claims Greenpeace Incites Eco-Terrorism Energy Transfer Partners LP accused Greenpeace International, Earth First! and other groups of inciting terrorist acts and vandalism to generate publicity and raise money for their causes while hampering the ability of the Dakota Access pipeline majority owner to raise money for projects.
Renewable Energy
Chinn
nd Utility Lifts Profit With Policy Help
China Longyuan Power Group Corp., the nation's biggest developer and operator of wind
farms, said government-led efforts to boost clean energy consumption supported higher first
half profit.
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