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E&E News
3 days ago
- Business
- E&E News
Interior using new expedited reviews for geothermal projects
The Interior Department announced Friday it will use a new streamlined environmental review process to evaluate three proposed geothermal power projects in Nevada. The environmental assessments for the three smaller-scale projects, all proposed by Ormat Nevada, will be completed within 14 days, Interior announced Friday. The three projects are the first geothermal energy projects to undergo the streamlined process for shortening National Environmental Policy Act reviews of simpler projects to 14 days and up to 28 days for more complex proposals. Interior outlined the changes last month, leading to an outcry from critics. Advertisement Friday's announcement is the latest effort by the Trump administration to target the NEPA process, which opponents have long argued is onerous and has slowed development of important projects. Republicans have focused on complicated environmental impact statements for bigger projects, which typically take about two years to complete.
E&E News
5 days ago
- Business
- E&E News
Tribe appeals ruling on Dakota Access pipeline
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is launching the latest round of its legal fight to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline for continuing to operate without a valid easement. On Tuesday, the tribe told a federal judge it was appealing his ruling that their lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was premature. The agency has been in the process of conducting a supplemental environmental review of the oil conduit, which passes beneath Lake Oahe in the Dakotas, after a federal appeals court tossed out the existing National Environmental Policy Act analysis as inadequate. Advertisement In the meantime, the Army Corps has allowed the pipeline to continue to carry oil beneath the lake, which is located close to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, provided pipeline operator Energy Transfer complies with set safety requirements.
The Verge
24-05-2025
- Business
- The Verge
Posted May 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM EDT
Trump moves to expedite approvals and truncate environmental review of new nuclear reactors. He signed a series of executive orders today meant to revive the nuclear energy industry in the US, which has struggled to compete with cheaper sources of electricity. The president could also hit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with layoffs as part of a broader reorganization of the agency.
The Verge
23-05-2025
- Business
- The Verge
May 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM EDT
Justine Calma Trump moves to expedite approvals and truncate environmental review of new nuclear reactors. He signed a series of executive orders today meant to revive the nuclear energy industry in the US, which has struggled to compete with cheaper sources of electricity. The president could also hit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with layoffs as part of a broader reorganization of the agency.
Reuters
09-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
US federal regulators recommend Venture Global's CP2 get greenlight to proceed
HOUSTON, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. federal regulators, in a final environmental report, recommend Venture Global LNG's CP 2 export project in Louisiana get the go-ahead, according to a document. Venture Global initially had approval to construct the 28 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) plant but was forced to conduct an additional environmental review of air quality impact, following a court ruling. The study is now complete and it has concluded that the project should be allowed to continue, the FERC document shows.
