DAVID BLACKMON: Burgum Says What’s Good For Offshore Oil Is Good For Offshore Wind
Interior Secretary Doug Burgham ordered Epiner to halt all work late Wednesday in New York off the Empire Wind Project. Equiner complied with the order early on Thursday morning. Report on Reuters. Burgham cited concerns raised by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) is housed at the Department of Commerce, but failed […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Reconciliation Permitting Reform Will Make America Go Big Again
Congressional Republicans I'm installing a push Includes reform language permissions in the final version of the budget adjustment bill currently under consideration. Reforming the bloated environmental review process within the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has gained top priority. Too long, there is a bloated review process for NEPA Constrained and critical infrastructure All Energy […]
DAVID BLACKMON: This Might Be The Biggest Stain On Biden Admin’s Legacy
Last week, news broke that the Biden Energy Agency (DOE), led by former secretary Jennifer Granholm, was extremely devoted to the Biden White House efforts to undermine the dynamic US LNG export industry, relying on covering research in the 2023 DOE, which found that export growth provided net profits to the environment and the economy. […]
DAVID BLACKMON: OPEC Delivers Masterful Rebuke To Global Energy Agency Head
Some readers remember the infamous May 2021 report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) entitled “Net Zero: Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector” by 2050. The report predicted a roadmap for converting the world's $300 trillion oil and call-based energy systems into things that run with unreliable, intermittent alternatives like the wind and the sun. […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Reality Finally Returns To Energy Industry
The annual first day of Saudi Arabia Aramco CEO Cerawek Global Energy Industry Gathering in Houston Amin Nasser declared The government's plan for granting failed, saying, “There's a chance Elvis could talk next, rather than the current plan is working!” He wasn't wrong, and Elvis was nowhere to be seen. (Related: Exclusive: “These are my […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Biden’s Dumb LNG Pause Has Rightfully Met Its End
Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgham held a joint appearance in South Louisiana on Thursday to promote the resumption of growth in the US liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. The event celebrated the kickoff of the planned $18 billion expansion of the existing Plaquemines Parrish LNG export facility. Venture Global. It also […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Trump Homes In On American Energy In Congressional Speech
Unlike his predecessor, President Donald Trump seems to have always had energy, and it seems to have influenced the lives of all Americans at the very top of his mind. After his trunk-standing acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last August, I was able to highlight more than 1,000 words inherent to the energy […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Will Lee Zeldin Be Able To Claw Back $20 Billion In EPA Gold Bars?
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said this week that he plans to work with the Department of Justice and the inspector's office to curb the $20 billion in intermittent energy subsidies. This was the EPA period, when one mid-level administrator was caught up in a hidden camera called the equivalent of a gold stick thrown by […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Trump’s Energy Secretary Wasting No Time In Declaring End To Biden’s War On Coal
It seems safe to predict that Chris Wright will become a consistent news maker during the country's era Chief Energy. Wright has never steered away from public controversy related to energy and climate policy, and the past week has brought a good example. Between Interview Together with Bloomberg on Wednesday, Wright spoke about the “all […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Lee Zeldin Should Actually Speed One Thing Up At EPA
Lee Zeldin took on the big task of reforming the EPA in his new role as administrator of that agency in the second President Donald Trump. Much of its role involves hampering the US oil and gas industry and delaying the EPA's efforts to withdraw many of the forced regulatory actions of the past four […]