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Sky Quarry Receives Permission to Operate Fractionation Facility at Eagle Springs Refinery Site, Advancing Waste-to-Energy Vision

Achieves Operational Milestone in the Company’s Strategic Plan to Expand the Capabilities of its Foreland RefineryWOODS CROSS, Utah, Jan. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)...

U.S. Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland attends a hearing on Capitol Hill in 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
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US agency takes steps to protect Nevada mountains from energy development

Biden moves to shield 264,442 acres in Nevada's Ruby Mountains from oil, gas, and geothermal development for 20 years.

FILE PHOTO: Three polar bears are seen on the Beaufort Sea coast within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library on December 21, 2005. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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US to offer oil and gas leases in Alaska wildlife refuge on Jan. 9

Biden administration to auction 400,000 acres in Alaska's Arctic Refuge for drilling, sparking environmental and economic debates.

FILE - In this May 9, 2008, file photo, male sage grouses fight for the attention of females southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. (Jerret Raffety/The Rawlins Daily Times via AP)
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US to tighten restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development to protect sage grouse

Biden proposes tighter energy rules on 6,500 sq miles to protect sage grouse, drawing criticism from environmentalists, industry.

FILE - In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, Tiehm's buckwheat grows in the high desert in the Silver Peak Range of western Nevada about halfway between Reno and Las Vegas, June 1, 2019, where a lithium mine is planned. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP, File)
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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says

A new lithium mine planned for Nevada will destroy a plant habitat that the US has said is critical for survival, a lawsuit...

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Biden-Harris Administration Marks Major Milestones for Offshore Wind, Approves Tenth Project 

Interior Department has now approved more than 15 gigawatts of offshore wind energy Thursday, September 5, 2024 - WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration today...

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Biden-Harris Administration Approves Ninth Offshore Wind Project

Interior Department has now approved more than 13 gigawatts of offshore wind energy — enough to power nearly 5 million homes July 2...

The sun sets behind spinning land-based wind turbines in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec. 13, 2023. On April 24, 2024, eight Jersey Shore towns wrote to New Jersey utility regulators saying that a proposed wind farm off Long Beach Island will be costlier than expected. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Gusts of activity underway by friends, foes of offshore wind energy projects in NJ, NY

Shore towns spanning much of New Jersey's 127-mile coastline wrote to the state's Board of Public Utilities, saying the proposed Atlantic Shores wind...

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Offshore Wind’s Biggest Month Ever

Approval of multiple new projects, new multi-state leases and agreements, and the first commercial scale offshore wind project coming online, mark the success...

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Biden-Harris Administration Sets Offshore Energy Records with $4.37 Billion in Winning Bids for Wind Sale

New York Bight lease sale has potential to power nearly two million homes February 25, 2022 WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today...

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