Energy
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USPS electric fleet push sparks cost, security and job concerns
The $3 billion the USPS received from the Inflation Reduction Act covers only a third of the more than $9 billion needed, a gap Heritage Foundation analyst Diana Furchtgott-Roth says will likely push USPS back to Congress for more funding.
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Judge rules against Trump's freeze on wind energy
Proponents have long considered wind energy to be a clean, renewable energy source that produce electricity without burning fossil fuels. But opponents warn against turbines' impact on wildlife and land. They also question wind power's reliability and affordability.
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Supreme Court may soon decide whether to take up oil companies' petition in Boulder climate lawsuit
Energy companies are hoping the Supreme Court will settle the dispute over what laws apply to climate litigation. While the high court declined last year to take up a case filed by Honolulu, legal experts say it might consider another petition in the Boulder, Colorado, lawsuit.
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Environmentalist, residents push back against solar farms in Louisiana
The primary issue at hand was land. Where should land be devoted to solar power, and more specifically, what type of land.
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Florida regulators approve base rate hike for Duke Energy customers
In its original petition, Duke proposed a $820 million increase over three years beginning January 1, 2024. This raised concern from customers and advocate groups, who argued that the company was already earning profits above the national average.
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Put up, or shut up: Congresswoman challenges anti-fossil fuel Colorado city to go oil free
Boulder, Colorado, with a population of 105,485 in the 2022 census, vows to go 100% renewable in six years, but a Boulder City Council member called Hageman's proposal "ridiculous."
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Tennessee Valley Authority receives pushback on 5.25% Oct. 1 rate increase
The Tennessee Valley Authority is the largest public power corporation in the country, generating 90% of Tennessee’s electric generating capacity and three-fifth of its power plants.
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For the third time, an offshore wind blade by same manufacturer fails
GE Vernova manufactured the blade that broke off a turbine in the Vineyard Wind project in July, scattering foam, fiberglass and epoxy across the beaches of Nantucket
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Louisiana parish officials seek greater carbon capture tax revenue
The captured CO2 is compressed and transported by pipeline, ship, rail or truck to be used in a range of applications, or injected into deep geological formations such as depleted oil and gas reservoirs or salt domes.
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‘Energy Bad Boys’ analysts are exposing the impacts of green energy on reliability, affordability
What good is "green energy" if you can't access it? The analysis Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling conducted found that the EPA used assumptions that Orr and Rolling found to be “shockingly unrealistic” and “irresponsible.”
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Coal companies Arch Resources and Consol Energy to merge into one company based in Penn.
Arch Resources and Consol Energy will become Core Natural Resources, in a deal expected to generate up to $140 million in savings and efficiencies for the two coal companies.
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Ford delays electric truck production launch at Tennessee's Blue Oval City
“Retiming the launch allows the company to utilize lower-cost battery technology and take advantage of other cost breakthroughs while the market continues to develop,” Ford said.
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Texas oil and natural gas production reached new record highs in July
Texas now accounts for 42.8% of all U.S. crude oil production and 28.3% of all U.S. natural gas marketed production year-to-date through July 2024, according to TXOGA estimates.