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May 4, 2022

Biden Administration Begrudgingly Resumes Oil and Gas Leases

Last month, the Biden Administration announced it would open 144,000 acres of federally-owned lands for new oil and gas leases. Opening these lands to support America’s energy needs is a good thing, but it shouldn’t have taken the Biden Administration so long to see the wisdom of opening new lease […]
April 15, 2022

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Prompts Nuclear Renaissance in UK

Several European countries have found themselves strapped for energy supplies in recent months. The fallout from the Covid 19 pandemic and Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine has caused prices to skyrocket and sparked fears of shortages. Even the world’s most sophisticated and developed countries have not been immune to this […]
April 8, 2022

Biden Administration Takes Action To Secure Critical Rare Earth Minerals

We’ve written many times about the need for the U.S. to secure a reliable supply of rare earth minerals. Unfortunately, shortages and supply chain issues have plagued the industry and ultimately contributed to the slow growth of electric vehicle (E.V.) adoption. Fortunately, the Biden Administration is invoking a Cold War-era […]
March 25, 2022

U.S. Leads the World in LNG Exports

We’ve written many times about the bright future for U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) exports. Two years ago, we noted how the U.S. was on track to become the world’s largest LNG exporter by 2023. However, we’ve reached that milestone a year early as Europe’s energy crisis has increased demand […]
March 18, 2022

Energy Secretary asks U.S. drillers to ramp up supply

Gas prices have been steadily rising for months now, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused them to skyrocket even more. This unprovoked aggression prompted the Biden Administration to ban imports of Russian oil and liquefied natural gas while acknowledging that consumers will see even more pain at the pump. President […]
March 11, 2022

Germany Keeps Making the Same Mistakes

It seems like we’ve written volumes about Germany’s short-sighted energy transition goals encapsulated in its Energiewende. The Energiewende is the ongoing transition by Germany to a low carbon, environmentally sound, reliable, and affordable energy supply. But unfortunately, this aggressive carbon reduction initiative has only raised costs for consumers and put […]
March 2, 2022

Russia Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Risk of Cyberattacks

In May of last year, a significant ransomware attack shut down the Colonial Pipeline for five days. This critical pipeline provides 45% of fuel for the East Coast. And the sudden shutdown left thousands of service stations without gas, pushing prices to the highest levels in six years. The Colonial […]
February 23, 2022

Transmission battle takes place in New York over whether hydropower is really “green”

A strange battle pitting environmental groups against clean energy advocates is taking place in New York – a state with one of the most aggressive carbon reduction initiatives in the U.S. The issue? Whether the proposed 339 transmission line and the hydropower it will carry from Quebec to New York […]
February 18, 2022

Fusion Experiment Creates Star Power

For five seconds back in December, scientists in the U.K. created a literal star on Earth. While five seconds seems like a woefully short amount of time, the experiment was groundbreaking for the field of nuclear fusion and the future of clean energy. Scientists have been on a quest to […]
February 11, 2022

Lithium Drilling Begins in California

We’ve written many times about the importance of securing a domestic supply of lithium. This so-called “white gold” is an essential component in electric vehicle batteries and electronics and will play a significant role in our clean energy transition. Presently, most of the world’s lithium comes from South America or […]
February 8, 2022

Federal Judge Punts On Oil & Gas Leases

In the latest round of energy-related political football, a federal judge has put the brakes on plans to lease millions of acres of energy-rich parcels below the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.  As we wrote last year, the Biden Administration previously hit pause on a significant offering of oil […]
February 3, 2022

Energy Fairness Podcast #2: Goldendale Pumped Hydropower Energy Storage Project

For Energy Fairness’ 2nd podcast, Executive Director Paul Griffin has an in-depth conversation with Erik Steimle (Rye Development) about the potential of the Goldendale Pumped Hydropower Energy Storage Project in Washington State.
July 11, 2012

Power Bills to Rise?

A recent poll of 500 utility executives yielded some interesting predictions about the future of the U.S. power industry. One answer, in particular, should surprise no one who has followed EPA regulatory activity in recent years: power rates are going up. In the survey, conducted by the well-known firm Black […]
June 26, 2012

PACE in National Journal: Time for Wisdom to Prevail

This week, the National Journal asked its group of energy and environment experts whether the EPA should defend, delay, or abolish its current suite of new Clean Air rules. As a response, PACE Executive Director Lance Brown offered the following piece. [View the response online here] EPA’s clean-air rules will […]
June 21, 2012

Senate Utility MACT Repeal Measure Fails

A repeal measure of Utility MACT put forth by Senator James Inhofe (OK) failed yesterday in the U.S. Senate by a margin of 53-46. The disapproval resolution, SJR 37, would have sent the regulation, deemed to be the most expensive in EPA’s history, back to the agency for a rewrite. […]
June 14, 2012

High Power Prices Plague Europe

In a lot of ways, the United States can learn much from Europe. Let’s hope energy policy is not on the syllabus. Recent weeks have seen a rash of reports chronicling rising power prices in Europe. In Germany, electricity costs are expected to rise by 70% by the year 2025. […]
June 12, 2012

PACE to Co-Sponsor E3 Summit

PACE is proud to announce that it will serve as a co-sponsor of the E3 Summit, a public event that will focus on Education, Energy, and the Economy, three of the most important issues facing America today. The E3 Summit will be held just outside of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, […]
May 31, 2012

New Energy Sources Don’t Compute

On April 19th of this year, Facebook launched its second American data center, choosing Forest City, North Carolina, as the site of its 300,000 square-foot server warehouse. The center is critical to creating the ‘cloud’ that powers connectivity and convenience for users around the globe, facilitating leisure and commerce and […]