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Energy Companies Expect More Friends in Washington as Republicans Take Over House
Home Republicans, who gained a slim majority within the midterm elections, are anticipated to assist measures geared toward boosting home oil-and-gas manufacturing, which they’ve framed as a matter of nationwide safety following provide strains triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Democrats nonetheless management the Senate, and Republicans aren’t anticipated to cross sweeping power laws. However they may make President Biden’s rollout of green-energy insurance policies tougher, together with through the use of committee chairs to topic federal businesses to scrutiny on power coverage.
Oil-and-gas firms is also getting a hotter reception from Democrats, some within the power {industry} imagine, given that prime gasoline costs reduce throughout social gathering strains and a transition away from fossil fuels continues to be years away.
“Can we begin to transfer to a extra balanced dialog about how we’re using fossil fuels, how we’re using renewables?” asks Jason Churchill, chief government of PetroLegacy Vitality, a small impartial oil-and-gas producer primarily based in Texas. “Make it a dialog and fewer of a combat between the 2 agendas.”
Democrats stated they might proceed to push for power transition measures that decrease the nation’s emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases. Rep.
Kathy Castor
(D., Fla.), who leads the Home Choose Committee on the Local weather Disaster, accused Republicans of ignoring local weather points as they ascend to energy.
“Their inaction and lockstep alliance with polluters are exacting a toll on on a regular basis Individuals, farmers, and communities alike, making it more durable to afford fundamentals like water, electrical energy and power,” she stated in a current assertion.
Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor accused Home Republicans of ignoring local weather points.
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Dirk Shadd/Zuma Press
The Biden administration’s rollout of green-energy packages might gradual as Republicans take over committee chairmanships and step up scrutiny of packages together with loans to solar-component producers and heat-pump rebates.
Republicans are prone to problem federal businesses they suppose have overstepped their rule-making authority, and create committees to search for waste, fraud or abuse in clean-energy packages, stated Joseph Brazauskas, a specialist in congressional oversight processes at regulation agency Bracewell LLP. One large goal is prone to be the Vitality Division’s Mortgage Packages Workplace, which funds clean-energy expertise tasks, he stated.
“It slows down the policy-making,” Mr. Brazauskas stated of congressional oversight. “It’s form of like strolling within the mud.”
That might drain assets from the Environmental Safety Company and different businesses that would use the time as a substitute to hone the main points of recent clean-energy packages, stated Lisa Jacobson, president of the Enterprise Council for Sustainable Vitality, a clean-energy commerce group.
“There’s a priority that it’s going to simply create uncertainty available in the market,” she stated. “It’s a fragile time.”
Some within the power {industry} imagine these fears are overblown, noting that Republicans don’t have the clout to unwind the tax incentives and different clean-energy packages the Biden administration has enshrined in regulation, together with the Inflation Discount Act and the bipartisan Infrastructure Funding and Jobs Act.
What’s extra, among the states that stand to reap essentially the most financial advantages from wind, photo voltaic and electric-vehicle improvement are Republican-leaning, which means politicians on the bottom will need these tasks to maneuver ahead, clean-energy executives say.
A employee on the Hanwha Q Cells photo voltaic cell and module manufacturing facility in Dalton, Ga.
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Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg Information
“Plenty of these investments are going to be made in crimson [Republican] states, and quite a lot of good-paying jobs are going to be created,” stated Reagan Farr, chief government of Nashville, Tenn.-based photo voltaic developer Silicon Ranch. He stated that certainly one of his firm’s ribbon-cutting ceremonies in Georgia this 12 months introduced out state and native authorities officers of all stripes.
Many oil-and-gas firms again clean-energy applied sciences, resembling hydrogen manufacturing or the seize and storage of carbon dioxide, which are also getting tax incentives from a $370 billion climate-policy invoice that handed with out one Republican vote earlier this 12 months.
“There are quite a lot of firms that can have the ability to profit from the provisions that have been in these legal guidelines,” stated
Martin Durbin,
senior vice chairman for coverage on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a broad enterprise foyer. “There can be a priority if [there was an attempt] to haul all of it again.”
Rep.
Bruce Westerman
(R., Ark.), who’s positioned to steer the Home’s Pure Sources Committee, intends to make use of his place to stress the U.S. Inside Division to make it simpler for power producers to tug oil and pure gasoline from federal lands.
Whereas within the minority, Mr. Westerman and his colleagues have tried to research Inside’s main program, which controls the tempo of firms’ oil and gasoline tract leasing on federal land and offshore territory. Their requests have both been blocked by Democrats or ignored by Biden officers.
“We have to be power impartial,” Mr. Westerman stated on a current name with reporters. “We imagine America is blessed with assets, and we have to make the most of these assets, each oil and gasoline and coal.”
Mr. Biden has leased fewer acres for oil-and-gas drilling offshore and on federal land within the first 19 months of his administration than any of his predecessors throughout a comparable time-frame courting again to the top of World Warfare II, in response to a current Wall Road Journal evaluation.
Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman is poised to steer the Home’s Pure Sources Committee.
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Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photographs
Some oil-and-gas {industry} supporters say the stress from Republicans within the Home might assist safe a daily schedule of gross sales of oil-and-gas drilling leases on federal land and the seabed.
With out such a schedule, many oil producers received’t need to undergo the time and expense to place collectively a bid package deal, stated Daniel Naatz, chief working officer for the Unbiased Petroleum Affiliation of America, a commerce group for smaller oil builders.
“The method has now gone catawampus,” stated Mr. Naatz. “If there’s no assure or certainty—not that you simply’re going to search out oil and pure gasoline, however that the regulators are going to work with you—that throws an enormous quantity of uncertainty for our members to function below.”
On the legislative entrance, Republican management of the Home might propel bipartisan negotiations on altering the legal guidelines that govern the U.S. allowing course of for main power infrastructure tasks, an initiative being led by Sen.
Joe Manchin
(D., W.Va.) and embraced by fossil-fuel and clean-energy firms alike.
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Republicans say that might pace up new oil-and-gas manufacturing and ultimately carry down power costs for shoppers. Mr. Westerman stated he can see his Republican colleagues supporting the trouble.
Some Democrats could also be prepared to clear hurdles to constructing electrical energy strains that join cities to photo voltaic or wind developments, even when it means compromising by additionally permitting natural-gas pipeline improvement that’s opposed by environmentalists and a few progressive Democrats.
“I can see the place either side can envision a deal that every can stay with to get what they need,” stated Stephen Brown, a former oil-refining lobbyist who now runs the consulting agency RBJ Methods LLC.
Many fossil-fuel firms say they need permitting-reform laws to transcend Mr. Manchin’s proposal in curbing environmental and different rules that they are saying bathroom down progress.
The American Petroleum Institute, an oil-industry commerce group, has a listing of coverage suggestions that embrace steps resembling placing a two-year restrict on environmental evaluations they are saying have taken greater than 4 years on common, and lowering the quantity of paperwork required.
Past allowing, payments put forth by Republicans through the subsequent two years might serve extra as messaging payments geared toward energizing voters throughout a presidential marketing campaign season than laws that has an opportunity of passing into regulation.
Write to Phred Dvorak at phred.dvorak@wsj.com and Katy Stech Ferek at katy.stech@wsj.com
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“Sunset Road:” New rom-com feature focuses the lens on Washington’s Red Mountain wine country – Northwest Public Broadcasting
Sunset Road is the name of a slice of pavement that cuts up the flank of Red Mountain, in southeast Washington wine country. It’s also where a new queer rom-com, also called “Sunset Road,” was shot.
In the first scene, Etta Campbell, played by the film’s director, Janet Krupin, is found on the roadside talking to a friend working in New York.
Sam Work Bestie: “Remind me where are you now?”
Etta Campbell: “Washington.”
Sam Work Bestie: “D.C.?”
Etta Campbell: “State.”
Sam Work Bestie: “Oh, Seattle?”
Etta Campbell: “Nope. Three and half hours southeast. It’s Washington wine country I guess?”
This queer rom-com is available on Amazon Prime Video. (Courtesy: Janet Krupin)
The film is based on the plot of “Romeo and Juliet.”
Instead of the Capulets and Montagues, the warring families are upset with wine and what to top it with – corks or screw tops. They have it out at a popular Richland restaurant, called Fiction.
Papa Campbell: “Maybe one of you could tell me why you prefer screw tops over natural cork? I’ve always wondered what in the world you’d …”
Oryn Montgomery: “How about them Mariners?”
Mama Montgomery: “Screwtops are wonderful; they’re the wave of the future.”
Spoiler alert: No one dies in this rom-com.
Director Krupin was raised in the Tri-Cities, and moved to New York City.
She was on Broadway, and side-hustled hosting gigs.
“Like, I was loving it,” Krupin said. “Doing the acting thing.”
But, then came the pandemic.
“I think it was Friday the 13th, I will never forget it,” Krupin said. “They shut down Broadway and then they shut down the restaurants, and those were my two forms of income.”
She moved back home to the Tri-Cities. She worked at Hightower Cellars during the pandemic.
And her comedy was born.
Krupin plays the Juliet-inspired character who falls in love with the warring family’s daughter. Under the string lights of her real-life parents’ house, the pair sip a rosé called “Any Other Name.”
Oryn Montgomery: “Great body.”
Etta Campbell: “Why, thank you.”
Oryn Montgomery: “[laugh] The wine.”
Etta Campbell: “Well, maybe you can tell me what a wine having body even means?”
Oryn Montgomery: “Body is how heavy or thin it feels in the mouth. Uh, this has a silky but substantial mouth feel.”
This “queer romp” is set amid conservative agriculture, east of the Cascades.
Traci Gillig is an assistant professor at Washington State University. She studies gender, health and media. (Courtesy: Traci Gillig)
Traci Gillig is an assistant professor at Washington State University. She studies gender and media. She said this film doesn’t spotlight hardships for queer people – a rarity.
“And I think also that a lot of what was seen in the past was sort of struggles,” Gillig said, “not that we need necessarily more media representations of those, that sort of space people are living in now.”
The film cast many local actors and business people. Kelly Hightower co-owns a winery featured in the film. She said unlike the warring families in the new film, they use both cork and screw tops.
“When I first saw the movie it made me laugh out loud … It was just so funny,” Hightower said. “I mean actual quotes that actually happened here at the winery.”
Tim and Kelly Hightower sit with Janet Krupin at Hightower Cellars on Red Mountain, which was featured in “Sunset Road.” (Credit: Anna King / NWPB)
The music from the film is recorded by Krupin’s sister, Halley Greg. “Sunset Road” is now on Amazon Prime Video.
* Kyle Norris contributed to this report.
The Cougars suffered just their second loss of the year last weekend against New Mexico and, by many accounts, it was a shocker. Ranked well within the Top 25 and playing a team with a losing record, albeit on the road, WSU was expected to win. Now at 8-2 Jake Dickert’s squad is tasked with bouncing back and they might have the perfect opportunity to do just that against an Oregon State unit that has been in a tailspin as of late.
Here’s what Washington State needs to do on Saturday to avoid a second straight defeat and get back on the right track.
Move Past Last Week
First and foremost, the Cougs need to forget the loss last weekend. The New Mexico debacle is over and done with, and it ought to be treated as such. Dwelling on the misfortunes that plagued them a week ago will only spell bad news against an Oregon State squad that is desperately looking to salvage whatever it can from a season. If WSU comes into this one and lets that loss give them a disadvantage in any aspect, that might be all OSU needs to get a leg up. Essentially, they can’t let the Lobos beat them twice.
In order to mentally rebound from the toll of their second loss the best thing for WSU might be to get back to the basics in all phases of the game. The offense needs to rediscover and reaffirm what has made it so competitive all year. The defense has to wash their collective minds of the poor showing in Albuquerque. If Dickert can get the team back to what they were before last week… and there’s no reason to believer he can’t… they’ll be just fine.
Tackle, Tackle, Tackle
It’s no secret that one of the main issues last weekend for the Cougars was an inability to bring ball carriers down. Some of that can be blamed on the dynamic play of Deveon Dampier but a lot of it can be attributed to not wrapping up and failing to be sound in their tackles across the board. A repeat of that showing against Beavers playmakers such as Anthony Hankerson or Trent Walker could again yield some ugly results.
Fortunately for Washington State, they have the right guys to fix those errors. Senior linebacker Kyle Thornton is one of the best out there when it comes to making stops. He has 53 tackles this season (36 solo) and has been the enforcer for the team in the middle of the field for several seasons. Redshirt Sophomore “Buddah” Al-Qudah is also excellent in this department with a team-leading 58 stops. If these two can do what they are best at and get everyone else to follow suit, the Cougs will find a lot more success this Saturday.
Keep the Chains Moving
A surefire way to keep OSU on its toes is to keep its defense tired and to do that, Washington State needs some long, sustained drives. Moving the sticks, especially on third down, will help that happen. The Beavers allow their opponents to convert 45% of the third downs they attempt and, while that rate is somewhat high, the Cougars should aim for much more than that. Getting the Oregon State defense fatigued will go a long way.
John Mateer and company need to make sure, when they do get into third down scenarios, that they are manageable. Positive pushes on early downs is a must. Whether it be Mateer running himself, completing short and high-percentage throws to his pass catchers or strong rushes from running back Wayshawn Parker, the offense needs to stay on schedule. Little things like this will make all the difference against a foe that is struggling.
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The 2024 NWSL Final is as big as it gets.
Battling for the playoff title are the top two teams during the regular season, both of which survived the early stages of knockout-round postseason play.
The Orlando Pride, winners of the NWSL Shield for the best regular-season record, are the No. 1 seed that will take on the No. 2 Washington Spirit.
Orlando is led by the Brazilian icon Marta, while Washington is pioneered by rising U.S. women’s national team forward Trinity Rodman.
Here’s how and where to watch the 2024 final:
When is the 2024 NWSL Final?
The 2024 final between Orlando and Washington is slated for Saturday, Nov. 23.
What time is the 2024 NWSL Final?
Kickoff time is slated for 8 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. PT.
Where is the 2024 NWSL Final?
CPKC Stadium, home of NWSL side Kansas City Current in Missouri, is the neutral venue for the game.
How, where to watch the 2024 NWSL Final on TV
The Orlando-Washington NWSL final will be broadcast by CBS.
How, where to watch the 2024 NWSL Final online
The Orlando-Washington NWSL final will be available to stream on Paramount+.
How many NWSL championships do the Orlando Pride have?
The Orlando Pride has not yet won an NWSL championship through the playoffs.
How many NWSL championships do the Washington Spirit have?
The Washington Spirit have won one NWSL title, which transpired in 2021. It finished as runner-ups in 2016.
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