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Biden administration greenlights production of first nuclear warhead in 40 years

Senate testimony by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Jill Hruby revealed the Pentagon is building the first new nuclear warhead in 40 years.  The W93 warhead will be built without nuclear testing and will be used on submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Currently, the United States is adhering to a prohibition on […]

Biden administration reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela over election infractions

Biden administration officials announced Wednesday that they will reimpose punishing sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector, saying that the Maduro regime failed to uphold its commitments to hold free and fair elections. The Treasury Department had issued a six-month sanctions reprieve for Venezuela’s oil and gas sector last October. The authorization allowed the country’s […]

Biden administration finalizes long-delayed rule on silica dust exposure

The Department of Labor on Tuesday released a long-awaited rule specifying acceptable levels of exposure to silica dust, a compound linked to terminal breathing problems in miners. The final rule lowers the exposure limit to 50 micrograms per cubic foot of air for an eight-hour shift. It also requires metal and non-metal mine operators to […]

As energy prices soar, Biden administration jacks up costs to drill on public lands

Pipeline welder Lynn Bugsy Allen claims she’s barely surviving after Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline. The Biden administration on Friday finalized rules that would make it more expensive for oil and gas companies to drill on public lands, even as energy prices and inflation remain on the rise. The Department of the Interior announced […]

Biden administration raises costs of public lands drilling

{beacon} Interior increases drilling costs on public land The Department of the Interior finalized the new federal regulations on Friday. Increase fees for drilling on public lands. © AP Photo/David Zarbousk Several provisions of this rule were enacted into law by the Democratic Party. inflation control law. Such provisions are: increase the government’s share of […]