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Bipartisan federal legislation introduced in June proposes sharing a portion of any revenues generated by offshore wind industrial facilities erected in federal waters with coastal states impacted by the projects.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service announced they are rescinding or revising a number of regulatory reforms the agencies made under the Trump administration to the 1973 Endangered Species Act.

Despite having a working voluntary conservation plan in place, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), under President Joe Biden, has proposed adding the lesser prairie chicken to endangered species list.

Underscoring its commitment to renewable energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the administration of President Joe Biden fast-tracked the approval of a giant solar power project on federal land in the southern California desert on May 3.

Residents in rural states and in more densely populated coastal states are increasingly adopting regulations to block large-scale industrial renewable energy projects, within or near their jurisdictions, says a recent study by the Center of the American Experiment.

The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission has adopted new regulations requiring oil companies, natural gas processors, and pipeline operators, to reduce flaring and venting of methane gas to just 2 percent of production by 2026.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's energy policies are costing the state dollars and jobs, and contributing to environmental harm. They are also contributing to Newsom's unpopularity, which could cost him his job in the forthcoming recall election.

Despite a state mandate requiring 100 percent of Hawai’i’s electricity come from renewables by 2045, many Hawai’ian environmental activists are fighting proposed onshore and offshore industrial wind projects.

Senate Bill 1278, sponsored by state Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-Fort Worth), would require Texas wind and solar companies to pay the costs for backup or supplemental power needed whenever they cannot deliver electricity reliably to the grid.

Federal district judge Robert Pitman, who serves on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, dismissed a lawsuit filed by the City of Austin and other parties seeking to rescind permits issued to, and thus stop the operation of, Kinder Morgan Inc.’s $2.15 billion, 430-mile Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP).