Williams Cancels Constitution Pipeline Project Citing Diminished Returns

Williams Cancels Constitution Pipeline Project Citing Diminished Returns

EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, Natural Gas

Williams Companies Inc. announced on Feb. 24 that it has halted investment in the proposed Constitution natural gas pipeline, which has been delayed for years due to regulatory setbacks and opposition from environmental groups. The project, designed to connect Pennsylvania and New York, won the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval in December 2014, but has…

Trump Administration Set to Resume Federal Coal Leasing With Favorable Environmental Review

Trump Administration Set to Resume Federal Coal Leasing With Favorable Environmental Review

coal, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Pulse

The Bureau of Land Management on Feb. 26 concluded that lifting an Obama-era moratorium on federal coal leasing will not have significant impact on cumulative greenhouse gas emissions compared to waiting for the pause to expire. The move responds to a court decision issued last April, finding that former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s order, which…