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The measure, sponsored by Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., passed 218-195. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Energy and Environment

House votes to kill Obama-era methane rules

September 13, 2017 6:33 pm

A major part of President Trump's infrastructure agenda suffered a setback when a federal appeals court ruled that regulators must examine the effects of climate change when they review proposed natural gas pipelines.

Energy and Environment

Trump’s pipeline agenda takes a hit with court ruling

Josh Siegel -

September 5, 2017 4:01 am

The Trump administration's big push to export more U.S. natural gas to Europe, Asia, and beyond may prove impervious in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey's wrath, as the country's leading exporter of the gaseous fossil fuel on the Gulf Coast was able to continue business as normal during the storm. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s natural gas vision may prove impervious to Harvey

John Siciliano -

September 2, 2017 4:01 am

Larger shipments of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, require specialized tankers, and importing countries need to have import terminals outfitted to handle the heavy ships' cargoes to turn large quantities of liquid natural gas back into a gaseous commodity. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Energy and Environment

Energy Department looks to bypass environmental reviews of some natural gas exports

John Siciliano -

September 1, 2017 6:50 pm

$The FERC electricity markets favor the least expensive forms of energy. That is the reason natural gas has come to dominate the electricity markets. The low cost of natural gas, spurred on by fracking and the shale boom, has increased economic pressure on coal and nuclear power plants. (AP Photo/John Seewer)$

Energy and Environment

Energy groups push FERC to make changes recommended in Perry’s grid study

John Siciliano -

August 28, 2017 4:01 am

LNG exports lower other countries' natural gas costs and increase natural gas and electricity costs for domestic consumers long-term. (AP Photo/Matt Houston)

Op-Eds

Modernize NAFTA, but don’t ruin its energy trade provisions

Jack Gerard -

August 24, 2017 4:01 am

$A much-anticipated Energy Department study of the electric grid released Wednesday night points to abundant natural gas from fracking as the leading cause for the decline in coal and nuclear power plants and calls on federal agencies to make changes that would stave off the loss of more coal-fired and nuclear power plants. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)$