Energy
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Wind and solar energy will no longer receive preferential treatment
As an example of higher electricity prices, Furchtgott-Roth says that in 2024, “the cost of electricity in California was 32 cents per kilowatt hour, but it was 11 cents an hour in Utah, which does not require renewables.”
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Wyoming rare earth mine touted as America’s first in decades isn’t economically viable, critics say
Ramaco Resources says its Brook Mine near Sheridan, Wyoming, will satisfy a large chunk of U.S. demand for rare earths, but experts say the mine's potential falls well beneath the hype and won’t likely ever turn a profit — much less produce any minerals.
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Biden drained the nation’s energy stockpiles, but ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ allocation won’t refill it
The Big Beautiful Bill allocated $171 million for petroleum acquisitions toward refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which will only buy a few million barrels. To replenish it to 2021 levels, the federal government will need approximately 236 million barrels.
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Feds reject Maine's offshore wind funding request
The federal agency awarded grants to 44 other projects that beat out Maine, including $472.3 million to neighboring Massachusetts to replace a drawbridge that serves the state's commuter rail system.
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Electric emergency vehicle fire burns down fire station, destroys millions of dollars in equipment
The fire station had been opened for a year.
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Harris wears the mask of an energy moderate, but critics say it’s just a ploy to attract votes
With Harris taking so many different positions on energy, it's hard to determine what an energy policy might look like under a Harris-Walz administration. Even supporter Bernie Sanders said she is "doing what she thinks is right in order to win the election."
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Hertz continues to suffer financially from bid to go electric, as J.P. Morgan downgrades stock
The bad news continues as the rental giant tries to untangle itself from its failed electric vehicle strategy.
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Kamala Harris faces backlash from Oil and Gas Association over perceived flip-flops on fracking
The vice president claimed in 2019 that she does support banning the process, but has reversed her stance since becoming a serious presidential contender this summer.
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Not just Big Oil - awards in climate lawsuits could make major industries targets, says legal expert
Former Interior Sec. Gale Norton said the ability for firms to enrich themselves opens up the potential for a broader range of lawsuits to be filed against any large emitters, including utility companies operating power plants, as well as steel, plastics, cement and ammonia producers.
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Lawmakers, trucking group signs onto lawsuit brief against EPA
The case, which includes multiple states and groups nationwide, argues that the EPA's regulations do not consider some of the downsides to an electric vehicle switch over time.
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Millions of Cubans face third day without power as Hurricane Oscar closes in
This was the third full collapse of the country’s energy grid since Friday. Recovery efforts will be complicated further by the arrival of Hurricane Oscar on Sunday.
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Illinois agricultural group joins lawsuit to stop electric semi truck mandate
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring electric models to account for 60% of new delivery trucks and 25% of long-haul tractors by 2032.
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Nuclear power sees renewed support, but will opponents succeed in turning public opinion again?
According to Ken Baum, senior investigative researcher for the Capital Research Center, the total annual revenue of the American anti-nuclear movement to be $2.5 billion, which was up from $2.3 billion the previous year.