OVERNIGHT ENERGY: State Dept. to unveil climate report, EPA vs. GOP on carbon regs, and more

An array of coal-state lawmakers will make the case against the agency. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), a senior Energy and Commerce Committee member, will host. Attendees include Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

It’s not a 100 percent GOP affair, though — Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) is also slated to appear.

AROUND THE WEB:

Shell is abandoning plans to try and commercially develop oil shale in Colorado (not to be confused with shale oil, the stuff behind the U.S. production boom). The Associated Press has more here.

{mosads}Bloomberg reports that it could take oil producers weeks to tally the damages from huge floods in Colorado that inundated oil fields. Click here for the story.

The Washington Post reports that scientists agree climate change is human-induced, but that their views of the severity of the threat aren’t similarly in lockstep.

The New York Times reports on evidence that algae-based biofuels are going mainstream.

“In a sign of the growing mainstream acceptance of products derived from algae, Unilever, the consumer products giant, has agreed to buy large amounts of oil from Solazyme, a start-up that bioengineers algae to produce oils, proteins and complex sugars,” the paper reports.

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More Senate Keystone backers oppose debt-ceiling link

The number of pro-Keystone XL Senate Democrats who oppose a
House GOP maneuver to approve the controversial oil pipeline in debt-ceiling legislation
is growing. Click here for more.

Sen. Boxer: Get rid of pay-and-the-pump gas tax

The chairwoman of the Senate committee that oversees infrastructure
projects said on Wednesday that the federal government should replace
its 18.4 cents per gallon tax on gasoline purchases with a fee that is
paid by oil wholesalers. Check out the whole story here.

Energy and Environment rules to watch

The Hill’s RegWatch blog has a nifty special report called “25 Regulations to Watch.” It
explains “the most closely watched, contentious and substantive” rules
in the federal pipeline and looks at what’s happening next. Check it out here.

Obama campaign manager to advise alt-fuels company

Jim Messina, who managed President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, has
joined the board of the alternative fuels company LanzaTech.

The
company has technology to make fuels and chemicals from waste gases
emitted by industrial plants and gases from municipal waste or other
sources. Check out the whole story here.

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