Energy
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'Ghost transits' leaking oil from Strait of Hormuz may be preventing greater energy crisis: analysis
JPMorgan estimates that about 2.1 million barrels per day over the final two weeks of May made it onto the market as a result of these "clandestine flows."
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Supreme Court overturns ruling on Biden-era furnace rules in win for natural gas groups
The Biden administration efficiency rules would outlaw 55% of gas furnaces on the market, which would drive up home heating costs, according to natural gas industry groups.
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Key milestone reached in nuclear pilot program established by Trump executive order
The program was established by Trump's 2025 executive order directing the acceleration of America's advanced nuclear reactors.
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Several locations under consideration for shore-based nuclear power sites
Installations in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina are being considered for shore-based nuclear power sites.
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Stellantis, auto workers dispute over Illinois factory could expand nationwide
As part of a deal with the United Auto Workers, Stellantis agreed to invest nearly $5 billion in the area, retooling the auto plant and constructing a parts distribution center and an EV battery plant.
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Opposition to carbon pipelines grows after monitoring well leaked in Illinois
Such wells monitor the movement of CO2 within the injection well. These wells help ensure that the CO2 is spreading as expected and that there are no signs of leakage. In Decatur, a monitoring well leaked.
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DOE’s transmission planning study requires a grid expansion that could take more than 2,000 years
A 2020 DOE study estimates that there were 642,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines. To grow that by 3.5 times, as the DOE goals called for would require constructing 2,247,000 miles of transmission lines by 2050. That’s 86,423 miles every single year.
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Influential report predicts rapid renewable growth worldwide, but polls and data cast doubt
While more than half of renewables will be created in China, which is also rapidly increasing its coal capacity. Meanwhile, non-authoritarian nations might face considerable protests as a result of land use conflicts and energy costs that come with "green" energy.
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Some Upper Michigan residents to see 15% electric rate increase
A typical residential customer using 500 kilowatt-hours a month in the former WEPCO service territory will see an increase of $10.51 on their monthly electric bill, but the rate realignment charge will eventually decrease by 21 cents by 2033.
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Report: Despite dam failures, Wisconsin dams in good shape
Some dams are being removed, such as Milwaukee County’s Estabrook Dam and up to 23 dams being discussed for removal in Vernon County.
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Granholm: Clean energy must overcome 'climate change deniers'
Speaking during a 12-minute fireside chat at the Grace Hopper Conference, which bills itself as the world’s largest tech gathering for women and non-binary people, she worried that the major hurdles for clean energy are not permitting delays and technological limits, but climate change deniers.
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Energy nonprofit sues, accusing federal agencies of ‘infuriating’ effort to withhold information
The group has filed 14 lawsuits related to the Biden-Harris' administration's non-compliance with Freedom of Information requests, involving several different agencies related to climate and energy.
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Seattle leaders declare opposition to measure to nix Climate Commitment Act
If approved by voters next month, the initiative would end the state's cap-and-trade program. The revenue generated from carbon auction sales goes toward programs meant to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 95% by 2050.