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As gas prices increase this week, California lawmakers push for gas tax suspension
Senate Bill 1035, authored by state Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, is the latest bill to be introduced this year that aims to save the state’s drivers money at the pump by suspending the California gas tax for one year.
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Electricity consumer protection a work in progress for lawmakers
Sparking debate in Harrisburg are proposals that would place more guardrails around the competitive market, and one that would allow a return to utility-owned generation.
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Elon Musk says solar can power US but his data centers are turning to natural gas for power
Elon Musk vows that solar will dominate future energy generation, but his xAI data centers in Mississippi will be powered by 41 natural-gas turbines.
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Two dual-fuel plants in North Carolina are in American coal boost
Owned by Duke Energy Carolinas, the investment at Belews Creek Steam Station in the Stokes County community of Sauratown Township is part of a six-project package valued at $175 million.
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January consumer price index report shows falling gasoline and electricity costs
Besides a downward trend in inflation, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report also showed the overall index for energy fell 1.5% in January.
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Judge rules in favor of Enbridge's Line 5 reroute permits in Wisconsin
The Bad River Band committed to continue to fight the project, it said. The group is joined in the case by Clean Wisconsin, Earthjustice, Midwest Environmental Advocates, the Sierra Club, 350 Wisconsin and the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin.
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Trump admin’s support of coal has U.S. industry ‘excited’ about the future after years of doubt
In 2026, Trump called it "beautiful, clean coal." He has signed executive orders, authorized millions to support projects that extend the life of coal plants, and reversed decades of regulatory hostility. Industry experts say American coal is more optimistic than ever about its future.
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McCuskey praises federal rollback of Endangerment Finding
“This rule was the first salvo of a war against working class Americans. It adopted a radical agenda based on pseudoscience, and it raised the price of every single American product," West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey said.
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TVA to keep two coal-fired power plants operating indefinitely
TVA is the nation’s largest public utility with about 10 million customers.
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Biden-era EV boondoggle continues to plague automakers as they realign to customer demand
Energy expert Robert Bryce calculated that the world's largest automakers suffered losses on EVs since 2022 to be as high as $114 billion.
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Trump repeals ‘endangerment finding,’ which he called ‘legal foundation of green new scam’
Trump said the repeal of the regulation, which he called the “legal foundation of the green new scam,” is the largest act of deregulation in the country’s history.
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Trump signs executive order directing Department of War to use coal
The executive order is aimed at securing baseload power for the military and helping to make America energy dominant.
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Climate-advocacy materials removed from federal judicial manual, but issues remain, experts say
The Federal Judiciary Center removed a chapter on climate science from a manual given to thousands of judges, which a coalition of 22 attorney generals said was biasing judges in favor of plaintiffs suing oil companies for climate change. Despite the win, experts say biased material remains in other parts of the manual.