Energy
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New Jersey, Pennsylvania retool power load forecasting oversight
Accurate forecasts matter as AI-powered data centers drive rapid demand growth. Underestimating demand can strain reliability, while overestimating it can lead to unnecessary spending that ultimately shows up in customers’ bills.
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North America's first lithium refinery built and completed in Texas
The facility is part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s goal for Texas to lead in reducing reliance on China for critical minerals and technology.
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Mitsubishi buys Louisiana, Texas shale gas assets for $7.5B
Daily gas production in the Haynesville region in early 2026 has averaged about 14.3 billion cubic feet, with Aethon accounting for 15%.
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Zeldin defends proposed cuts to EPA budget against bi-partisan objections during Senate hearing
The proposed cuts to EPA programs in Trump's "skinny budget" total over $4 billion. Sen. Lisa Mukowski, R-Alaska, called them "problematic," while Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said the EPA's funding freezes since Trump took office are illegal and unconstitutional.
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Carbon tax goes before skeptical high court in Pennsylvania
Supreme Court justices struggled with the assertion, wondering aloud how far federal air regulation would let states go – could emissions from cars and cows come under scrutiny next?
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Bad River Band testifies on Line 5 reroute concerns
Enbridge applied for permits and proposed to reroute the line in 2020 by replacing 20 miles of existing pipeline – including the 12 miles currently within the reservation – with a 41-mile-long stretch of pipe around the reservation in northern Wisconsin.
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Lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Suncor to continue in Colorado court
Boulder seeks damages from the companies “because they knowingly caused and contributed to the alteration of the climate by producing, promoting, refining, marketing and selling fossil fuels."
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Wright says DOE 'committed' to refilling U.S. oil reserves Biden depleted, but could take six years
Biden's legacy: Energy Secretary Chris Wright seeks to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which former President Joe Biden drained to its lowest level since the 1980's. House Republicans are proposing $1.54 billion for repairing the damage Biden's draw down caused and for oil buys to refill the stockpiles.
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Legislators kill two taxes on carbon capture
Under the bill, revenue from the tax would have been distributed to parishes where carbon is stored, based on the geographic footprint of each facility.
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Majority of voters believe a foreign government or terrorist will attack electricity grid: poll
According to the poll, 79% of voters think it is likely that a foreign government or terrorist attack could leave Americans without power. Nearly half think it would be months or weeks before power is restored.
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EPA targets climate-friendly start-stop technology: 'Everyone hates it'
The technology automatically turns off a car when it has stopped in order to save fuel and reduce emissions, and then starts back up again when the driver releases the brake or hits the accelerator.
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Egg prices trending up, gas prices still beating national average
On fuel supplying most of the state’s more than 8 million registered combustion engine vehicles, unleaded gasoline is $2.83 a gallon on average. In the City of Oaks, it’s $2.92. Nationally, the average is $3.13. For diesel, the state average is $3.37, Raleigh is $3.53, and national is $3.50.
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GOP zeroes in on Biden's clean energy giveaways as Trump urges passage of 'big beautiful' bill
Coalitions wrote competing letters to the Ways and Means Committee chair, with 21 Republicans wanting to keep the green energy subsidies in Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, and 38 Republicans seeking a full repeal. Meanwhile, Trump urges the GOP to find a consensus to pass "one, big beautiful" budget reconciliation bill.