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Derek Chollet, a senior State Department policy adviser, is in Kyiv this week along with a German counterpart to inform Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the agreement’s details. Mr. Chollet is scheduled for a similar trip to Poland, which has vehemently opposed the pipeline. Word of the deal has rankled Ukrainian officials, who view the existing pipeline network in their country as a rare point of leverage against Russia in the two countries’ seven-year-old conflict. Last week, Mr. Putin delivered another in a series of polemics challenging Ukrainian sovereignty. Rendering the existing pipeline superfluous could offer Russia a freer military hand on Ukrainian territory, Ukraine advocates fear. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that Mr. Biden told Ms. Merkel last week “that we have ongoing concerns about how the project threatens European energy security, undermines Ukraine’s security and the security of our…allies and partners.” Ms. Psaki said Mr. Biden directed staffers to work jointly with German counterparts to complete an agreement. An announcement of the deal was delayed to avoid eclipsing Ms. Merkel’s farewell visit to the White House, according to officials close to the negotiations. Ms. Merkel has made the completion of the pipeline, which could occur later this year, a signal achievement marking the close of her political career, people familiar with her thinking said. —Catherine Lucey and William Mauldin in Washington contributed to this article.

U.S.-German Deal on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Expected Soon

July 20, 2021 Stu Turley

The U.S. and Germany have reached an agreement allowing the completion of a controversial Russian natural-gas pipeline, according to officials from Berlin and Washington, who expect to announce the deal as soon as Wednesday, bringing an […]

Democrats reach budget deal that could pave way for aggressive US climate action

July 19, 2021 Stu Turley

Key U.S. Senate Democrats agreed to a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that party leaders said will support President Joe Biden’s efforts to address climate change. The budget deal, reached late July 13, would expand Medicare […]

Biden Tax Increases Show Higher Energy Costs Are A Goal, Not A Glitch

July 11, 2021 Stu Turley

Writing back in January about President Joe Biden’s order to kill the Keystone XL Pipeline, I warned that that action was just an opening volley in a war on the domestic oil and gas business […]

Expanding Wind Power While Killing Fewer Migratory Birds Is Biden’s Quandary

June 6, 2021 Tracey Woods

President Biden has taken steps to restore criminal penalties for the accidental killing of migratory birds, a move that if adopted as expected later this year would add pressure to wind power developers who are […]

Biden Administration to Suspend Oil Leases in Arctic Refuge

June 1, 2021 Tracey Woods

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is putting a hold on oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, the latest move in its effort to stop a first-ever oil-drilling program in the pristine […]

Biden-Harris Administration Advances Offshore Wind in the Pacific

May 25, 2021 Stu Turley

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl, and California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced an agreement to advance areas for offshore […]

Biden tax plan hurts competitiveness of U.S. multinational firms – and consumers and the poor will pay the price

May 21, 2021 Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Publishers Note (ENB): While this article from Daniel Mitchel, Chairman of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, does not specifically talk about the energy market, the article covers U.S. tax policies impacting […]

We Called It – Biden under fire from Congress for waiving sanctions on Russian gas pipeline company

May 20, 2021 Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Publishers Note (ENB): We have been following the Nord Stream 2 pipeline political problems for well over a year. This Monday on the Energy News Beat Podcast we covered the political items […]

The U.S. Will Need a Lot of Land for a Zero-Carbon Economy – Wildlife will be impacted

May 1, 2021 Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Publishers Note: (ENB): While being good stewards of the earth’s resources is a great thing. We need to look at the cost of kWh and the kWh per Acer numbers. People on […]

The State Of The (Infrastructure) Union – An Engaging $2 Trillion Vision

April 28, 2021 Stu Turley

Ahead of President Biden’s State of the Union Message, I began to think about his job, and the real work of our infrastructure build. There is a narrow path to success. That path can be described in terms of […]