Photo: freepik A plastic bag ban in an Ohio municipality is at the heart of a battle between city and state lawyers. According to local outlet WOUB Public Media, officials in Athens, Ohio, have mounted a contentious legal debate with the state over a plastic bag ban enacted by the city in 2023. Some area retailers…
photo: freepik (The Center Square) – Reversing from job losses in March, the Texas oil and natural gas industry posted job gains in April, according to the latest employment data. The industry contributed to the state’s job gains, which again led the U.S. in job creation and broke multiple employment records last month, The Center…
Photo: freepik Strathcona Resources (OTCPK:STHRF) said late Thursday it plans to launch a takeover bid for Canadian oil and gas producing peer MEG Energy (OTCPK:MEGEF) that values the company at ~C$5.9B (US$4.25B), in a deal that would create the country’s fifth-largest oil producer. Strathcona (OTCPK:STHRF) offered to buy all MEG Energy’s (OTCPK:MEGEF) issued and outstanding common stock…
Photo: freepik Infrastructure investment firm I Squared, Enbridge (ENB) and MPLX (MPLX) said late Tuesday they agreed to acquire equity interests in the Matterhorn Express Pipeline from Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) and private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners; deal terms were not disclosed but speculation had said a deal could value Matterhorn at more than $5B including debt.…
photo: freepik Diamondback Energy expects U.S. oil production to peak and then decline this year due to low prices. CEO Travis Stice warned that falling production threatens jobs, GDP growth, the nation’s trade balance and U.S. energy security U.S. onshore oil production has likely peaked and will start to decline due to the recent plunge…
Photo: Freepik Modvion is building on the success of its record-breaking wood-based wind turbine tower built in 2023 by raising the bar another 16 meters. The Sweden-based company has received design certification for its tallest engineered-wood tower to date, measuring 119 meters tall, according to IEEE Spectrum. It was designed to support a 6.4-megawatt turbine from Danish company Vestas, although…
photo: freepik A Devon council has been awarded more than £760,000 of funding to deliver energy efficiency improvements to some of its buildings. North Devon Council said £762,065 from the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme would be used to improve Ilfracombe’s Landmark Theatre and the Brynsworthy Environment Centre in Fremington. Improvements funded by the grant…
photo: freepik There’s a pincer movement on offshore energy installations around Scotland’s coast – on one side from the rapid development of drones, from the other, their growing use in hostilities. As Ukrainians know well, the threat comes from the air. But it can also be afloat, with underwater sabotage a major new theatre of…
photo: freepik A water firm is using technology worth £20m for the first time in the UK to pump ozone gas into a river to reduce pollutants. Severn Trent Water is using the process on waste water to clean up the River Teme in Ludlow, Shropshire. It aims to reduce bacteria, micro pollutants and medications…
