In this Sept. 2, 2015 file photo rigs are seen in Tamar natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. (AP Photo/Marc Israel Sellem)
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Violence rattles Middle East gas hub
The war between Israel and Hamas is threatening a key regional hub for natural gas.
Israel’s Tamar rig supplies natural gas to Israel and Egypt but shut down after Hamas attacked the country. ButIsrael is expected to be able to get its power supply from other sources.
The shutdown of the Israeli gas rig may reverberate beyond Israel.
“The most direct current implication is for Egypt,” Brenda Shaffer, an energy policy specialist at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, told The Hill.
Amit Mor, an energy consultant and lecturer at Israel’s Reichman University, told The Hill that in the past several months, Egypt’s liquified natural gas exports have “decreased because of the shortage of gas in the domestic market.”
The sudden loss of a critical gas supply from Tamar could increase existing strain on Egypt’s gas supplies and further jeopardize its export capabilities, including to Europe, he added.
Read more from our colleague Sharon Udasin at TheHill.com.
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Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford called on the United Auto Workers (UAW) union to end the strike against Ford and the other Detroit automakers, arguing their competitors like Toyota, Honda and Tesla “are loving this strike.”
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing to examine the implications of a recent Supreme Court decision for wetlands and streams.
The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing titled “Examining the Biden Administrations Unprecedented Obstruction of the BOEM Offshore Leasing Program.”
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is slated to hold a hearing onEPA chemical regulations.
What We’re Reading
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How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations (NPR)
A Severe DroughtPushes an Imperiled Amazon to the Brink (The New York Times)
The next front in the climate fight: U.S. exports of natural gas (The Washington Post)
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) blasted Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in an impassioned speech nominating Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for Speaker on the House floor Tuesday. Read more
The Justice Department on Monday appealed the sentences of five members of the Proud Boys, including its former leader, Enrique Tarrio, aiming to get stiffer penalties for those convicted for their role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Read more
