The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending February 5th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US fell by 171 billion cubic feet to 2,518 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 9 billion cubic feet, or 0.4% below the 2,527 billion cubic feet that were in storage on February 5th of last year, and 152 billion cubic feet, or 6.4% above the five-year average of 2,366 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 5th of February in recent years..the 171 billion cubic feet that were drawn out of US natural gas storage this week was a bit less than the average forecast of a 175 billion cubic foot withdrawal from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts, but way more than the 121 billion cubic foot withdrawal from natural gas storage seen during the corresponding week of a year earlier, and also more than the average withdrawal of 125 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have ty
Montanans praise Bidenâs lifting of Trump restrictions on conservation fund
via Missoula Current
Montanaâs conservationists praised the Biden administrationâs move on Thursday to restore federal money for land and recreation conservation.
By: Laura Lundquist - Missoula Current
Posted at 4:40 PM, Feb 12, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-12 18:40:22-05
MISSOULA â Montanaâs conservationists praised the Biden administrationâs move on Thursday to restore federal money for land and recreation conservation.
The Department of the Interior announced Thursday morning it had revoked a Nov. 9 order from former Interior Secretary David Bernhardtâs that had put restrictions on the use of Land and Water Conservation Fund money to buy public land.
The Biden administration reversed a Trump-era rule that would have given state and local officials the authority to block conservation purchases made by the federal government.
FILE – This July 15, 2016, file photo, shows the “Moonhouse” in McLoyd Canyon which is part of Bears Ears National Monument, near Blanding, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
(CN) Of the many midnight regulations passed by the Trump administration on the way out the door, Secretarial Order 3388 may have had the shortest run.
Former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued the order less than a week after the election, when much of the national attention remained focused on former President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the results.
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EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE WEIGHS IN: The utility trade group Edison Electric Institute is skeptical about one of
President Biden’s defining pledges: making the power grid 100% carbon-free by 2035.
“The 2035 date would be an incredibly difficult situation to handle for most companies of the industry,”
Tom Kuhn, the president of the institute, said yesterday during the group’s annual state of the utility industry briefing to Wall Street.
Published: Monday, February 8, 2021
Northern pintail at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: USFWS Mountain-Prairie/Flickr
A northern pintail at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. The Fish and Wildlife Service is assessing the costs and benefits of proposed migratory bird regulations. USFWS Mountain-Prairie/Flickr
The Fish and Wildlife Service tomorrow will formally reopen public debate on migratory bird protections, signaling a likely move toward reversal of controversial Trump administration-imposed restrictions.
Citing multiple potential problems, the federal agency s new leadership is pushing off until at least March 8 the Trump-era Migratory Bird Treaty Act rule that restricted the law s coverage to intentional actions. The public has a strong interest in conserving the migratory bird resource and fulfilling shared objectives and obligations with a treaty partner, Canada, FWS stated today. These interests could be harmed by allowing this regulation to t