Germany acts ahead of EU reform, cuts #gas storage target to 80%: EU institutions are rushing to amend the law, but Berlin isn’t waiting. https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/germany-acts-ahead-of-eu-reform-cuts-gas-storage-target-to-80/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
Woodside takes FID for Louisiana #LNG plant https://www.offshore-energy.biz/woodside-moves-to-become-global-lng-powerhouse-with-17-5b-fid-for-louisiana-plant/
Yet another #climate wrecking & #humanrights violations fueling fracked #gas export terminal - enabled by the deal GER (state-owned) Uniper stroke with Woodside https://www.uniper.energy/news/uniper-and-woodside-sign-lng-supply-agreements
@urgewald @ConstZerger @mango @Speckdaene @berlinerwassertisch @parents4future
https://www.europesays.com/2037479/ Canada’s Energy Players Boost Gas Business Amid Oil Price Rout #Canadá #Energy #gas #oil #OilPrices #OilSupply
https://www.europesays.com/2036769/ Colombian Oil, Gas Guild Urges Action to Curb E&P Decline, Address Gas Shortfall #Colombia #CrudeOil #CrudeOilPrice #gas #NaturalGas #OilPrice #petroleum #SouthAmerica
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Zelensky slams Putin’s 3-day truce proposal as ‘manipulation,’ reiterates calls for 30-day unconditional ceasefire — Russia’s military building up at Finland’s border — Drones reportedly strike Russian plant producing parts for missiles, radars — Over 95% of drones used at front line made in Ukraine … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/tuesday-april-29-2025/
Jera is considering participating in a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Alaska, as part of Japan’s efforts to negotiate a trade deal with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/28/companies/jera-alaska-lng-project/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jera #lng #alaska #gas #donaldtrump
#News: A Pro #Gas #LNG Group with exec. links to the Australian Liberal Party is being investigated by the ACCC for #greenwashing in the AU Federal Election. Transparency in political #lobbying is critical! #Astroturfing #Climate #Integrity #Environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/28/pro-gas-group-with-liberal-party-links-referred-accc-over-alleged-misleading-claims-ntwnfb
Punter’s Politics: The Great Aussie Gas Rip-Off — Qatar rakes in $76B, Australia gets just $2B for the same gas. We’re being scammed and nobody’s talking about it! #punterspolitics #gasripoff #auspol #gas #gascartel #fossilfuels
Whoa! "Bill 5 would keep #Ontario dependent on fracked #gas, repeal the #EndangeredSpecies Act and give the Premier Trump-like powers to immunize any person, business, or property he chooses from any (or every) provincial and municipal law."https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/170384/action/1
Oh. Too expensive, eh? Maybe all that money we're saving from #DOGE could go towards installing scrubbers or replacing them! (JK! #DOGESucks! #TaxTheRich!)
More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal #MercuryLimits
More stringent rules were scheduled to be enforced in 2027. Selected plants will now have two more years to comply.
By Dan Gearino
April 16, 2025
"Included in the #Trump administration’s order last week to boost the #coal industry was a two-year exemption to a rule that would have forced some of the nation’s most polluting power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other air toxics.
"The ramifications of this exemption are beginning to sink in for people across the country who saw the mercury rule, updated and enhanced last year by the Biden administration, as a crucial part of reducing the harm of these power plants.
"The Environmental Protection Agency [#EPA] published a list of 47 plant owners and more than 60 plants that now have additional time to meet mercury and air toxics standards (MATS) that were set to become more stringent in 2027.
"The actions are part of a broader agenda in which the Trump administration aims to use executive orders to cut environmental regulations and increase electricity generation, mainly from #FossilFuels.
" 'The Trump administration has created an illegal special exemption by which polluters can go to the president and request a ‘get out of jail free’ card when it comes to the Clean Air Act,' said Howard Learner, CEO and executive director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center, a Chicago-based advocacy group that works throughout the Midwest. 'That’s legally irresponsible; it’s bad policy, and it will really harm people as a result of more pollution.'
"The exempted plants are in 23 states and include some of the country’s leading #polluters, such as the #JamesHMillerPlant in #Alabama, owned by Southern Co., and the #LabadiePlant in #Missouri, owned by #AmerenCorp.
"Many of the plants are old, such as the #TennesseeValleyAuthority’s #ShawneePlant in #Kentucky, whose oldest generating unit began operating in 1953.
"A few are relatively new, such as the #DryForkStation in #Wyoming, which opened in 2011 and is owned by #BasinElectric Power Cooperative.
"The list consists mostly of #CoalPlants, but also includes a few properties that burn #gas or #petroleum."
Read more:
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16042025/power-plants-exempted-from-federal-mercury-limits/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/uocBf
#BadDOGE #AirIsLife #MercuryPoisoning
#ToxicAir #WaterIsLife #DirtyCoal #CoalMining #USPol #Pollution
Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250421162812.htm
https://www.europesays.com/uk/51455/ Trump officials pressure world’s top energy agency to drop climate mission – POLITICO #Carbon #ClimateChange #Data #Decarbonization #DonaldTrump #EdMiliband #emissions #Energy #EnergyInfrastructure #EnergyMarkets #EnergySecurity #EnergySupply #Environment #Exports #FatihBirol #FossilFuels #gas #NaturalGas #Oil #RenewableEnergy #Research #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates
U.S. President Donald Trump's energy security council hopes Japan and South Korea will announce commitments to the Alaska liquefied natural gas project at a summit in early June, a source has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/25/world/us-alaska-lng-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #usjapanrelations #southkorea #donaldtrump #gas #lng #energy #alaska
“They opened up Grand Staircase under the previous [#Trump] administration & the #coal market did not rush in, the #oil & #gas market did not rush in, nobody rushed in,” said Tracy Stone-Manning, who led #Interior’s Bureau of #Land Management under #Biden. “There are plenty of #minerals elsewhere. This is about an #ideological battle.”
Day 26 cont 
“Opposition Leader #PeterDutton’s “Australian #gas for Australians” scheme (‘cost impost as a “charge” or “incentive” for producers to flood the east coast market with cheaper gas ‘) risks violating the #Constitution and provoking an expensive #HighCourt battle with #FossilFuel giants as prominent legal experts warn the #CoalitionPolicy appears to be a discriminatory tax regime.”
#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #National / #Energy <https://archive.md/wxwWm> / <https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/looks-and-smells-like-a-tax-dutton-s-gas-plan-flagged-as-unconstitutional-20250416-p5ls5w.html> (paywall)
Believing the move will be a powerful bargaining chip in bilateral tariff negotiations, the Japanese government has begun full-scale discussions on expanding imports of liquefied natural gas from the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/23/japan-lng-imports-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #lng #gas #usjapanrelations #us #trade
#EPA administrator #LeeZeldin says Trump deregulatory actions won't have adverse effects on people and the environment
As part of President's pledge to unleash American energy, Zeldin announced EPA would reconsider rules across a number of sectors, including regulations on #powerplants, on #mercury and toxix airthat target #coal and on #wastewater for development of #oil and #gas. Trump admin touted the 31 deregulatory actions as the "most momentous day" in EPA history.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lee-zeldin-epa-administrator-trump-environmental-deregulations/
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