Tag: Biden energy policies

Environmental Concerns Surround Biden’s Hydrogen Energy Plan

A component of President Joe Biden’s green energy campaign has caught a snag from an unlikely place, environmentalist groups concerned that a series of new green energy plants will exacerbate a local water shortage and threaten the coastal ecosystem. The Texas port city of Corpus Christi is a potential candidate for up to $1 billion…


Biden’s Green Rules Mean Appliances Will Soon Cost More and Do Less, Experts Say

News Analysis A pledge by the Biden administration in December 2022 to take “more than 100 actions” to impose significantly tighter environmental standards on consumer goods is now becoming reality, and consumer groups are predicting a future in which Americans pay more for products that do less, while manufacturers warn of shortages and supply chain…


US Not Capitalizing on Status as World’s Only ‘Energy Superpower’, Says ‘Godfather of LNG’ Charif Souki

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine created a global energy crisis and an opportunity for the United States to assert itself as the world’s “energy superpower,” maintains Charif Souki, “the godfather of LNG” who a decade ago spearheaded the American drive to become the global leader in liquified natural gas production. “The fundamental thing that has happened,…


House GOP: Fix ‘Critical Mineral’ Shortage

The Biden administration’s “rush-to-green energy policies” designed to create a “net-zero carbon power sector” by 2035 are causing economic upheaval and making the United States reliant on imported minerals and products, including from China, several witnesses warned during nearly 10 hours of hearings before House committees Feb. 7-9 in Washington. While “promising utopia,” critics say…