On April 17, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ban by Berkeley, California, on using natural gas in new construction. The court decided that the 1975 federal Energy and Conservation Act Law (EPCA) preempts local regulation of natural gas, Jonathan Adler in the Volokh Conspiracy said. Adler quoted the leading judge’s opinion: “By…
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Are There Profits in Landfill Gas? One Big Waste Firm Says Yes
Waste Management, the nation’s largest waste hauler, has a big idea: Invest heavily in extracting natural gas from landfills. Natural gas has a lower “carbon footprint” than other fossil fuels, and Waste Management (WM) has a lot of landfills. Landfills emit methane, a greenhouse gas. But it can be captured and used or sold as…
Thursday Links
- Are they going to ban gas stoves? Yes, it seems so.
- No, maybe not!
- Banning fluorescent and incandescent lighting? Yes, it seems so.
- Could a free-market technique—satisfying customers—save curbside recycling?
- EV trash trucks stalled because U.K. city doesn’t have enough chargers.
- Is there a backlash against ESG (and what is ESG, anyway)?
- The Fed, thank goodness, is not going to be a “climate policymaker.” Really?
- Government to crack down on low-level lead fuel (it’s not low enough) in general aviation.
Three Western States Don’t Want More Natural Gas from Canada
Why? It would make it harder to meet their carbon-dioxide emission goals, say Oregon, California, and Washington officials. Alex Baumhardt writes in the Idaho Capital Sun that TC Energy, a Canadian company, asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in October 2021 if it could increase natural gas delivery by the Gas Transmission Northwest Express…
Now, What About Those 9,000 Unused Drilling Permits?
Yes, there are more than 9,000 federal permits for oil and gas that aren’t being used, as Joe Biden and his press secretary, Jen Psaki, have pointed out. Does that mean that high prices are the fault of oil companies unwilling to produce more? No. Here is recent commentary about those permits. The Wall Street…