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Environmentalists Are Wrong to Oppose the Senate’s Permitting Deal

America needs to build more to achieve its energy goals of lower costs, greater security, and more clean energy.

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Foreign Policy· Oct 14, 8:51 PMEnvironmentalists Are Wrong to Oppose the Senate’s Permitting Deal

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Healey demands immediate utility refunds for Mass. residentsThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled in March that the companies have made excessive profits for more than a decade.

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Trump waives Russia-related sanctions before they even kick in as Ukraine ties worsenBy James Legge, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has waived a further slate of sanctions related to Russian fossil fuel sales, days before they were to take effect under a bill he signed into law last month. The waiver announced in an executive order Friday comes as Trump increasingly feuds with Ukrainian President

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Oil Market Defies Trump as Brent Crude Nears $110 a BarrelWANA (Oct 17) – Global oil prices closed at $109.66 a barrel on Thursday, despite efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to curb prices and lower fuel costs

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Trump waives tariffs on largest buyers of Russian oilPresident Trump prevented some new sanctions on Russia and hefty tariffs on large-scale buyers of Russian oil from taking effect late Friday, as he seeks to ease prices by tapping Russian energy.

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Bo French, Jon Rosenthal battle over culture, job duties in bid to regulate the oil and gas industryControversial remarks by the GOP candidate cast a national spotlight on the typically quiet race for a spot on the Texas Railroad Commission.

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Trump Tried to Defund Them, But Green Banks Keep Financing Clean Energy ProjectsThis story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A community solar project built for New Orleans’ oldest historically Black Catholic order of nuns. An all-electric affordable housing complex in Salt Lake City. A program offering low-income Maryland households inexpensive loans for…

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