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"Shell Wants Biden to Reverse Methane Emissions Rollback"

"Royal Dutch Shell Plc will push for the reversal of President Donald Trump’s rollback of methane emissions rules and the introduction of carbon pricing when Joe Biden moves into the White House next year.

“Some of the regulatory rollbacks that we’ve seen under the current administration haven’t actually benefited our industry,” Shell U.S. President Gretchen Watkins said Tuesday on a webcast hosted by the Greater Houston Partnership.

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/11/2020

"4th Circuit Freezes Key Mountain Valley Pipeline Approval"

"The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed yesterday to pause developers' use of a streamlined water permit for the Mountain Valley pipeline, dealing another setback for a multibillion-dollar project beset by years of delays and cost overruns."

Source: E&E News, 11/11/2020

Senate Would Boost Energy Spending, Level-Fund Environment Agencies

"Energy and environmental agencies avoided major cuts and most controversial policy riders in Senate spending bills released this morning. The Senate Appropriations Committee released its 12 annual government funding bills, without holding any markups, to serve as an opening bid in negotiations with the House."

Source: E&E News, 11/11/2020

Biden Transition Team For Environment Includes Former Obama Officials

"President-elect Joe Biden’s transition teams for the Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department will be run by several agency alumni who served under President Barack Obama and helped craft regulations like the Clean Power Plan and tougher fuel economy standards for vehicles."

Source: Reuters, 11/11/2020

"Ex-BLM Chief Helping Transition That Might Reverse HQ Move"

"President-elect Joe Biden's transition team is tapping a former Obama-era Bureau of Land Management director to help reset the bureau's priorities under the new administration."

Source: E&E News, 11/10/2020

"9 Things the Biden Administration Could Do Quickly on the Environment"

"President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. campaigned on the most ambitious climate platform of any presidential candidate in history, promising to spend $2 trillion over four years to draw down planet-warming fossil fuel emissions and convert much of the nation to clean energy. The possibility that the Senate could remain under the control of Republicans, who have generally opposed climate legislation, puts a damper on some of his biggest-ticket plans."

Source: NYTimes, 11/10/2020

"Regulations: White House Races To Wrap Up Rules Before Trump Exits"

"Now that President Trump has lost reelection, observers and advocates are bracing for agencies to finish a host of actions on energy and the environment."

Source: E&E News, 11/10/2020

"UK Energy Plant To Use Liquid Air"

"Work is beginning on what is thought to be the world's first major plant to store energy in the form of liquid air."

Source: BBC News, 11/09/2020

"Biden to Move Fast to Strike Down Trump’s Environmental Agenda"

"The EPA and Interior Department under President-elect Joe Biden will have a range of tools at their disposal to start undoing President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda on the environment, according to former agency officials, lawyers, and environmentalists."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/09/2020

"Trump Leaves Unfinished Business in Environmental Litigation"

"In four years, President Donald Trump and his appointees in the Environmental Protection Agency, Interior Department, and other agencies made dramatic regulatory changes that sparked an ongoing series of legal battles. Biden’s team is expected to reverse course on big-ticket items, stopping many of those lawsuits in their tracks."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/09/2020

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