energy

While Imperial County could be sitting on enough lithium to meet a third of the world’s demand, locals have never reaped the benefits of industrial development. Will this time be different?

The federal government will not issue new oil and gas or mining leases on federal lands within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, the U.S. Interior Department said.

Mining organizations and renewable trade groups say the long permitting timelines and litigation delays for mining projects are incompatible with the urgent demand for materials needed to decarbonize the economy.

Makenna Sellers writes, "We saw a myriad of policy attempts to make renewable energy less accessible and more expensive in Montana" at the Legislature.

The new NREL funds come from the Inflation Reduction Act, a climate change, health care and tax package Biden signed last year.

Newsom announced plans Friday to reform decades-old development processes in order to get green energy projects moving — and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs.

MTCARES writes, "Gas-fired electric plants are less competitive now than before the August 2022 federal Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA’s tax incentives will accelerate deployment of cleaner, cheaper electricity."

A judge told state attorneys and a group of young Montanans suing over the state's fossil fuel policies they should “prepare for trial,“ despite efforts by the state to get the case halted or dismissed.

Jeff Smith writes, "Now comes the King of Methane, NorthWestern Energy’s Sir John Hines, to tell us little people to avoid rhetorical arguments. We must burn coal! We must burn methane!"

A proposal to more strictly regulate Colorado utilities in the wake of last year’s widespread sticker shock caused by spiking natural gas prices is headed to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk.