EPA added grain sorghum oil pathways to the list of approved renewable fuel production pathways under the Renewable Fuel Standard program.

FWS seeks comment on a summary report detailing analysis of the use of an updated collision risk model to predict the number of golden and bald eagles that may be killed at new wind facilities.

The President issued Executive Order No. 13834, Efficient Federal Operations, which directs each federal agency to reduce waste, cut costs, enhance the resilience of federal infrastructure and operations, and enable more effective accomplishment of its mission.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management adjusted the maximum civil penalty amount for oil and gas and sulfur operations in the outer continental shelf to account for inflation.

BLM proposed to revise a 2016 final rule—Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation—to reduce unnecessary compliance burdens; in addition to seeking coment on the proposal, BLM also seeks comment on ways that it can reduce the waste of natural gas by incentivizing the capture, reinjection, or beneficial use of the gas.

EPA announced the availability of its final report on Agency actions that potentially burden the safe, efficient development of domestic energy resources under Executive Order No. 13738, "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth."

FERC issued its report reviewing its actions pursuant to Executive Order No. 13783, "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth," which identifies nine agency actions that potentially materially burden the development or use of domestic energy resources as contemplated by the Executive Order.

DOE announced the availability of its report issued under Executive Order No. 13783, "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth," which provides the recommendations of DOE's Regulatory Reform Task Force to reduce regulatory burdens on domestic energy resources.

The president issued Proclamation 9653 on October 12, 2017, declaring October 2017 as National Energy Awareness Month, aiming to unleash the nation's energy potential and lower energy costs for hardworking Americans.

BLM proposed rescinding the final rule "Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands" because the agency believes it is unnecessarily duplicative of state and some tribal regulations and imposes burdensome reporting requirements and other unjustified costs on the oil and gas industry.