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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $350 Million in Grants to States to Cut Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Sector

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $350 Million in Grants to States to Cut Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Sector

Administration Announces Availability of $350 Million in Grants to States to Cut Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Sector Investment funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to help tackle the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and cut dangerous air pollution. Financial and technical assistance ... Continue reading

Center for Energy Workforce Development Launches Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0

Center for Energy Workforce Development Launches Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0

Reimagined curriculum now available for the 2023-2024 school year WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2023 -- The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) announced the launch of its new Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0 program (EIF 2.0), a 120-hour curriculum that educates high school and technical school students about energy ... Continue reading

Your Federal Taxes Going To Support Tesla And Electric Car Builders

Your Federal Taxes Going To Support Tesla And Electric Car Builders

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 16 Reuters reported that Texas on Wednesday approved its plan to require companies to include Tesla's (TSLA.O) technology in electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to be eligible for federal funds, despite calls for more time to re-engineer and test the connectors. The decision by Texas - the bigges ... Continue reading

August 2023 | LNG Monthly Report

August 2023 | LNG Monthly Report

Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management the most recent report of data on vessel-borne LNG imports, exports of domestically-produced LNG, and re-exports of foreign-sourced LNG. This report includes data from February 2016 to June 2023. ... Continue reading

Truthful Information From IIHS: Safer Cars and Trucks: A guide for new and used vehicle buyers

Truthful Information From IIHS: Safer Cars and Trucks: A guide for new and used vehicle buyers

IIHS: Whether you are in the market for a new or used vehicle, here are key things to consider: Size and weight Smaller, lighter vehicles generally offer less protection than larger, heavier ones. There is less structure to absorb crash energy. ... Continue reading

SoCalGas Turning Agricultural Waste into Fuel

SoCalGas Turning Agricultural Waste into Fuel

The pilot project is expected to produce up to 4.5 billion cubic feet of RNG annually from orchard waste, along with almond, pistachio and walnut shells ... Continue reading

This Week in Energy News: 12 Stories You Need to See

This Week in Energy News: 12 Stories You Need to See

A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire, including plans for a renewable natural gas project in California and updates in EV charging. NEW YORK, Aug. ... Continue reading

Small-Scale LNG Market worth $92.8 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

Small-Scale LNG Market worth $92.8 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

CHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2023 -- The report "Small-Scale LNG Market by Type (Liquefaction, Regasification), Application (Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Industrial & Power, Marine Transport), Mode of supply (Trucks, Trans-shipment & Bunkering) Region (North America, Europe, APAC, MEA) - Global Forecast to 2028", is projected to grow from ... Continue reading

Republican Congress Leads Bill to Protect Automobile Choice

Republican Congress Leads Bill to Protect Automobile Choice

July 6, 2023 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05) and Andrew Clyde (GA-09) led 18 colleagues in introducing the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales (CARS) Act of 2023. This critical legislation would prohibit the Biden administration from implementing aggressive emission standards for l ... Continue reading

True American Patriots and Heroes Go to Bat for Alternative Fuels - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

True American Patriots and Heroes Go to Bat for Alternative Fuels - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

United States Energy Security Council fields heavy hitters to say it's time to end our reliance on oil SEE ALSO: The Auto Channel Fights for the Truth about Ethanol Versus Gasoline ... Continue reading

Published Twenty Years Ago Today: Survey Says Fuel Efficiency a Key Factor in Car Shopping - Is This Just PC Drivel?

Published Twenty Years Ago Today: Survey Says Fuel Efficiency a Key Factor in Car Shopping - Is This Just PC Drivel?

Do you think that fuel economy is a factor in determining which car to buy? We at TACH believe that it could be a tie breaker and that everything is equal. Lets see this SUV gets 6 mpg and this one 8 mpg, although I really like the other I can get 2 extra MPG with this baby...dream on folks...if MPG really mattered we ... Continue reading

Fuel Cell Generator Market worth $2.1 billion by 2030 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

Fuel Cell Generator Market worth $2.1 billion by 2030 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

CHICAGO, June 26, 2023 -- Fuel Cell Generator Market is projected to reach USD 2.1 billion in 2030 from USD 0.4 billion in 2023 at a CAGR of 25.4% according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets™. The chemical energy of a fuel is converted directly into electricity by a fuel cell generator, which is an electrical powe ... Continue reading

This Week in Energy News: 10 Stories You Need to See

This Week in Energy News: 10 Stories You Need to See

A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire, including the latest on EV charging, green hydrogen, grid reliability, and more. ... Continue reading

Toyota Unveils New Technology That Will Change the Future of Cars

Toyota Unveils New Technology That Will Change the Future of Cars

Toyota City, Japan, June 13, 2023―Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) recently held a technical briefing session, ... Continue reading

U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory-led Teams to Accelerate Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies

U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory-led Teams to Accelerate Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies

The lab call sought proposals for collaborative projects with industry, academia, and other carbon dioxide removal experts to advance measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) best practices and capabilities. ... Continue reading

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