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Visual Primer: Low-Carbon Fuel Policies Gain Momentum at Federal and State Levels

Recent developments in the low-carbon fuel sector reflect efforts to expand domestic biofuel production and advance market-based clean fuel programs designed to reduce transportation emissions.

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U.S. Energy Department Awards $36 Million for Bakken Oil Recovery Project in North Dakota

The U.S. Energy Department on May 8 selected the University of North Dakota’s Energy and Environmental Research Center for a $36 million federal award to advance enhanced oil recovery technologies in the Bakken shale formation, supporting efforts to expand domestic crude production and increase the use of captured carbon dioxide in energy operations. The initiative…...

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BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Dakotas Generates Over $44 Million

The Bureau of Land Management on April 28 completed an oil and gas lease sale covering 23 parcels across North Dakota and South Dakota, generating a record high of nearly $44.4 million in total receipts and leasing almost 9,000 acres. The lease sale was conducted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which resets the…...

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Trump Invokes Defense Production Act to Expand Energy Production, Infrastructure, Supply Chains

President Donald Trump on April 20 issued a series of presidential determinations under the Defense Production Act directing the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate domestic energy production, infrastructure, and supply chains, citing urgent national security risks tied to inadequate capacity and foreign dependence. The action follows Executive Order 14156, which declared a national energy…...