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Wyoming rare earth mine continues to be blasted by critics, but Ramaco stands by its potential
As the U.S. seeks to secure a domestic supply of rare earth elements, one company in Wyoming hopes to become a key source of those critical minerals. The project has faced considerable criticism from experts, but the company disputes claims that the mine isn't economically viable.
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Analyisis: No carbon taxes 'worth the wait' for taxpayers
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, often called RGGI, began nearly two decades ago with a handful of mid-Atlantic and Northeast states that agreed to cap emissions from power generators. It’s grown to include 10 states, including most of Pennsylvania’s neighbors, and has collectively reduced harmful pollutants by half and at a rate faster than the rest of the country.
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Cold snap hits as winter heating costs rise
The National Energy Assistance Directors Association reports that residential electricity prices increased 10.5% between January and August.
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Report: Pennsylvania energy affordability lagging
The report says the average retail price is 11.86 cents per kilowatt-hour. Total retail sales in megawatt-hours are 145 million.
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Energy Department announces plan to accelerate AI by locating data centers on federal lands
The department identified 16 lands managed by the DOE, including national laboratories across the country, as potential sites for data centers and supporting energy infrastructure.
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LA goes dark amid 'rampant' copper theft, city offers solar streetlights
Critics say undaunted thieves will just steal the valuable solar panels. They also wonder why Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is focusing on making infrastructure harder to steal instead of addressing theft itself.
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Liberals pushed EVs in name of ‘climate crisis,’ but anti-Musk terror warms conservatives to Teslas
Now that progressives rage against Musk’s machines, the supposedly apocalyptic burning of fossil fuels has taken a back seat to their war on Trump’s policies, in the same way climate celebrity Greta Thunberg now dons keffiyehs and protests Israel.
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Jury deliberations set to begin in monumental oil and gas lawsuit
The lawsuit, pitting the parish against companies including Chevron USA, Inc., is the first of 42 similar cases filed since 2013 to reach trial, accusing the industry of violating state permitting laws and exacerbating wetlands loss.
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Analyst: Elon Musk’s Tesla ‘biggest beneficiary’ of WA EV mandates, policies
Despite ranking second in the nation behind California in terms of overall EV sales, the EVCC report notes that “EV sales were not as high as expected in 2024.
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Report: Progressive policies push Michigan energy prices higher
The American Legislative Exchange Council recently released its Energy Affordability 2025 report, which the group says exposes the high cost of government overreach as it relates to energy prices.
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Texas oil and gas industry continues to dominate job growth
The sector added 1,900 jobs in the upstream sector over the month in February, bringing the total upstream employment to 205,400 in Texas.
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Fossil fuels promote health and prosperity, experts say during Natural Resources Committee hearing
Flipping the narrative: Dr. Kevin Dayaratna, senior research fellow with the Heritage Foundation, argued that research shows that the correlation between higher energy consumption and quality of life are a "universal pattern."
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New gas-powered AI data center coming to Pennsylvania
Barring issues such as regulatory processes, labor availability and weather influences, they expect to begin construction this year and be producing power by 2027.