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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said on Oct 23 that it has added helium to its Critical Material List under the Energy Act of 2020, citing the gas's role in semiconductor manufacturing and other energy applications.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Oct 22 announced over $125 million for 63 tribe-led projects selected for award negotiations, a step the department said is not a commitment to issue an award or provide funding.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative to negotiate agreements with foreign trading partners on imports of wind turbines and their parts, citing a threat to national security.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has finalized a rule allowing applicants to use relevant analyses, test data and other information from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) or U.S. Department of War (DOW) reactor demonstration programs to support commercial reactor license applications, the agency said.
U.S. refineries ran at an average of more than 95% of capacity between May and September this year, the highest for those months since 1998, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, citing tight global product supplies.
The European Commission on Oct 9 recognised the critical raw material projects listed in an annex as Strategic Projects under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, in a decision aimed at securing the Union's supply of critical raw materials.
Britain's Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has agreed that the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) can grant consent for gas production at the licensed Jackdaw field, which the government said could supply gas from the end of this month.
India's Ministry of Mines notified the Mineral (Auction) Third Amendment Rules, 2026, on Oct 16, changing how bidders are qualified in auctions of minerals specified in Part D of the First Schedule to the Act.
A U.S. appeals court has upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's May 2025 decision approving Oklahoma's request to extend 26 state environmental regulatory programs to Indian country, denying a petition by the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct 16 signed an order implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, then waiving the sanctions, restrictions and duties it provides for, telling Congress the waiver serves U.S. national interests.
Brazil's National Environment Council (CONAMA) has issued Resolution No. 517, which sets national rules and criteria for the environmental licensing of aquaculture. The resolution, signed Oct 14, 2026 and published in the Diário Oficial da União on Oct 16, revokes CONAMA Resolution No. 413 of 2009.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $109 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to help design and build a large-scale reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant on Oahu, Hawaii.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has finalized regulations covering the incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walruses during oil and gas activities in Alaska's Beaufort Sea and North Slope. The regulations take effect on publication and run through Oct. 19, 2031.
The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a final rule that restores its 1981 framework for hunting, fishing, trapping and access in Alaska park areas, including allowing all user groups to hunt bears over bait in national preserves under state law.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Office of Energy Projects on Oct 15 granted Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC's request to place Plaquemines LNG Phase 1 facilities in service under Docket No. CP17-66-000.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Oct 15 accepted the 2027 business plans and budgets of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), its six Regional Entities and the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body (WIRAB), and authorized billing invoices to fund their 2027 operations.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a certificate to Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC to build and operate the Pulaski Project, a natural gas pipeline in Kentucky, but stayed the authority while landowners can seek rehearing.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order on Oct 15 saying that pipelines eligible for remedial charges under its oil pipeline index remedies order may collect interest on those amounts. It also denied a shipper group's request to stay that order pending judicial review.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday proposed rules that would allow certain activities at liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants to go ahead without case-specific authorization orders under sections 3 or 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Mexico's agriculture, environment and navy ministries published an agreement on Wednesday that sets new fishing rules for the northern Gulf of California, including a permanent gillnet ban area meant to protect the vaquita marina.
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) on Thursday approved a settlement making a $139 million cut to Northern Illinois Gas Company's (Nicor) rate request for natural gas delivery services, accepting an agreement reached by all parties in the case.
The New York State Public Service Commission authorized two utility thermal energy network pilot projects in Buffalo and Haverstraw to move forward with customer enrollment and construction, using thermal energy from wastewater and geothermal borefields to heat and cool connected buildings.
PJM, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) set records for peak hourly electricity load this summer, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Thursday, citing grid data reported to the agency.
The government declared severe drought in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex, and told water companies to step up drought planning to protect customer supplies before any disruption occurs.
A federal judge on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order that bars the Department of the Interior from further carrying out a plan to remove trees from the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a pre-publication draft of a Federal Register notice announcing its Emissions Value Request process, which fuel producers use to seek a provisional emissions rate under the 45Z clean fuel production tax credit.
Three conservation and public health groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Oct 14, asking a court to order the agency to set national Clean Water Act water quality criteria for the herbicide atrazine, a process it began in 1999.
Louisiana's Deepwater Horizon trustees have selected two coastal projects estimated to cost about $265.7 million to help restore wetlands, coastal and nearshore habitats injured by the oil spill, according to a notice published on Oct 14.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Wednesday published a direct final rule renewing the AP1000 reactor design certification and adding Revision 20 of its design control document, which the agency said reflects changes made at Vogtle Units 3 and 4.
Mexico's National Energy Commission published rules in the Official Gazette (DOF) that set maximum terms for hydrocarbon permits by activity, for applications filed under the abrogated Hydrocarbons Law that were not resolved before the new Hydrocarbons Sector Law took effect.
PJM Interconnection has extended a Maximum Generation Alert and a Load Management Alert, first issued for Oct. 13, through Oct. 14, and called on demand response for Oct. 13 to serve higher electricity demand from unusually warm fall weather, the grid operator said.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a final rule on Oct 13 requiring gear-specific markings on buoys and lines used with pot and bottom longline gear in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery, which it said is intended to help attribute marine animal entanglements to a specific fishery.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday announced a proposed notice of sale for a second Cook Inlet offshore oil and gas lease sale under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with bid opening currently scheduled for March 3, 2027.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday approved Colorado's application for primary enforcement responsibility over Class VI injection wells. The approval will allow a state commission to issue and enforce permits for geologic carbon sequestration.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a final rule on Oct 13 that rewrites how the public can object to proposed projects on national forests and grasslands. The rule shortens review periods and moves public notification to the web.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Oct 12 issued an emergency order directing PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) to dispatch specified units, and authorizing it to direct backup generation resources to operate as a last resort in the mid-Atlantic.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Oct. 9 accepted PJM Interconnection's proposed definition of Large Load and a Large Load Registry, effective Oct. 12, 2026, and rejected the grid operator's remaining tariff revisions, including a new curtailment service for new large loads.
Hurricane Isaias has shut in about 1.3 million barrels per day of crude oil production in the Gulf, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, as the storm heads toward landfall on the Gulf Coast.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced on Friday that it has made available the Proposed Notice of Sale for Gulf of America offshore oil and gas Lease Sale BBG4, with bid opening currently scheduled for March 10, 2027.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Friday issued for public comment a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on Fermi America's application to build and operate four AP1000 reactors at its Project Matador campus in Texas.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Oct 8 signed a provisional measure opening an extraordinary credit of 7.52 billion reais (about $1.5 billion) for the Ministry of Mines and Energy, to fund subsidies for producers and importers of fuel.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday accepted Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) executed interconnection agreement with North Plains Connector LLC and Basin Electric Power Cooperative. The agreement sets the terms for connecting North Plains' proposed high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission facilities to Basin Electric's transmission system.
Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) have prepared an environmental assessment of Rockies Express Pipeline LLC's proposed Critical Energy Reliability Link Project in Colorado. The assessment concludes that approval would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Oct 6 that homes heating mainly with heating oil will spend about 21% more this winter, while homes using natural gas and propane, about half of U.S. households, will spend less.
Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) awarded 49 exploration blocks and three areas with marginal accumulations on Oct 7 in the 6th Cycle of its Permanent Concession Offer (OPC), collecting the highest signature bonus since the Permanent Offer began, the agency said.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday asked for public comment on its intended approach for designating areas of the country under the 2024 annual fine particle (PM2.5) air quality standard, according to a notice in the Federal Register.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Tuesday it has issued calendar year 2027 allowances for hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) production and consumption, and has revoked or withheld allowances from specific entities under its administrative consequence rules.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has opened an investigation into PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.'s proposed tariff changes to establish the Reliability Backstop Procurement, to determine whether the changes are unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential, or otherwise unlawful.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule that raises catch limits for Gulf of America red grouper. The rule also ends a Feb 1 through March 31 recreational closure for shallow-water grouper in federal waters seaward of the 20-fathom boundary.
President Donald J. Trump on Oct 5 signed an order directing the Treasury Secretary to defer certain diesel fuel tax payments and provide penalty relief to the extent permitted by law, if the secretary determines the relief is authorized.