Jesse Jenkins of the Energy Collective ponders the question. He reports as follows:
This is a tale of two regulatory schemes.
First, there is the federal way, and I’m not making this up: In my last post we learned that if the BLM, when preparing its PRMP/FEIS (which in some incomprehensible way is different from a PRMP/EIS, but which nevertheless includes an RFD) which is issued by an
In an opinion with as many acronyms as the Dallas Cowboys have draft-pick detractors, a California federal court in 
Center For Biological Diversity v. Bureau of Land Management, held that the BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act in its assessment of oil and gas leases on federal lands in California. A “FONSI” –
This post is not from a global warming denier. But I do appreciate even-handed assessments of the situation. Here are two reports that fit the bill.
In the London Telegraph, Geoffrey Lean says that recent research suggests climate change might not be as catastrophic as the gloomiest forecasts. But he warns that it will
It’s Mardi Gras. If you see my college-student daughter chasing beads, dubloons and coconuts, tell her to get back to the library where she said she was going.
In Walton vs. Burns, another legacy pollution case, a Louisiana court of appeal ruled, among other things, that a surface owner has the right to
“It is better to stop a bad law than pass a good one.” Calvin Coolidge.
Is anybody in Washington listening to Silent Cal?
What can the energy industry (oil and gas in particular) expect from the Administration in its second term? Let’s gaze into the crystal ball:
Carbon Tax
. . . and I’m here to enforce the law and protect your natural resources . . . as long as it doesn’t interfere with my other agenda.
My October 10 post focused on criminal prosecutions and convictions of oil and gas operators in several states for violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It
For the purposes of this conversation let’s agree that global warming exists, and let’s not argue about whether it is, as those who use big words say, “anthropomorphic” “anthropogenic” or, as you and I might say, “man made”.
Bjorn Lomborg doesn’t focus so much on the causes of rising sea levels; he proposes alternative ways
It is better to stop a bad law than pass a good one. Calvin Coolidge.
Is Washington listening to Silent Cal?
This post is about what the energy industry- oil and gas in particular – might expect from the Administration in its second term. Disclaimer: I dont sponsor any of these predictions. The authors know