US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has pledged to reset federal energy policy to favour fossil fuels, marking a major departure from the previous administration’s approach to climate change, AFP reported. Addressing industry leaders at the Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) conference, Energy Secretary Chris Wright criticised the Biden administration’s policies, calling them “irrational quasi-religious” restrictions that burdened US citizens. Wright highlighted the Trump administration’s swift action in reducing bureaucratic hurdles for oil projects and promoting liquefied natural gas exports. “The Trump administration will end the Biden administration’s irrational quasi-religious policies on climate…
Day: March 11, 2025
Govt rejects notion of ‘usurping’ Sindh’s water for Cholistan project
Amid escalating tensions between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) over the Cholistan canal project, the federal government has rejected notion of depriving Sindh of its water share. “Certain politicians, doing the fringe politics, are fanning the flames of controversy…it is not that someone was eyeing Sindh’s water or usurping it,” Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said while speaking on Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’. His remarks came hours after President Asif Ali Zardari kicked off the second parliamentary year…