US DOE shouldn’t pick favoured technologies when unfreezing LPO loans -report
A free market think tank is urging the Trump administration to use the US DOE’s Loans Program Office (LPO) to help enable the president’s national energy agenda, although it warns against using the tool to advance politically favoured investments.
Read MoreGlobal nickel market crisis created obstacle for CDR deployment in mining -developer
Struggling nickel prices in recent years have posed challenges for carbon removal (CDR) project developers trying to break into the mining sector as global mining companies divest their interests in the metal, a CDR technology developer said Tuesday.
Read MoreTexas House passes bill proposing ban of carbon tax, clean fuel standard
A Texas bill aiming to ban the state from enacting a carbon tax and a clean fuel standard passed the Texas House Monday with the support of a handful of Democratic lawmakers.
Read MoreBRIEFING: US House Republicans seek to reign in proxy advisory firms and their ESG agendas
US House Republicans are looking to reign in the influence proxy advisory firms have over corporate governance by creating new restrictions and reporting standards over proxy voting, which the lawmakers say is being used to inject politicised agendas into the shareholding voting process.
Read MoreUS appeals court stays order blocking non-profit climate funding, sets date for arguments
A US appeals court has temporarily stayed a lower court’s order that would have awarded several climate non-profits access to grant funds that were allocated under the Biden administration but are now being withheld by the US EPA.
Read MoreUS business group urges Congress, SEC to push back against activist investors -report
A US business group has slammed proxy advisory firms that it said are hijacking shareholder votes to inject ESG agendas into the voting processes, and called on Congress and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to intervene.
Read MoreAppalachian hydrogen hub may be ‘coming apart’ amid US policy uncertainty -report
A hydrogen hub in the Appalachian region is undergoing turbulence as it faces uncertainty stemming from funding uncertainty and the 45V tax credit rules the US Treasury finalised last year, according to a recent report.
Read MoreSCOTUS favours fuel producers’ standing in case aiming to revoke California’s clean cars mandate -expert
Liquid fuel producers suing to rescind California’s clean cars mandate will likely be granted standing by a unanimous or near-unanimous US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling, but the case will then face a tough road winning on its merits, an environmental law specialist said Thursday.
Read MoreSCOTUS hears arguments in case aiming to revoke California’s clean cars rule
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that ultimately aims to overturn an EPA waiver to California that allows the state to create its own vehicle emissions standards, but first the court must decide if the plaintiffs – liquid fuels producers – have standing in the case.
Read MoreExperts question utility of ‘net zero’ concept, global temperature targets as climate metrics
Climate experts are increasingly growing wary of the usefulness of global temperature targets and the “net zero” concept, both as a goal and as a metric for measuring climate progress, several policy academics have said.
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