Energy
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Maine legislature passes first statewide ban on new data centers
A recent study from the Institute for Energy Research (IER), however, has suggested that those concerns may be overblown, after it found no statistically significant correlation between data centers and rising costs.
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U.S. considers gas tax holiday as Canada moves ahead
In early March, Democrats in both the U.S. House and Senate proposed suspending the 18.4 cents-per-gallon federal gas tax through Oct. 1. Some states have also proposed suspending their state-level gas taxes.
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U.S. had the fewest coal-fired power plant retirements last year since 2010
Only four coal-fired generating units were retired in 2025, representing a 1.5% drop over the previous year.
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Biden’s war on fossil fuels hits Wyoming hard, but now the Cowboy State is fighting back
Since the federal government owns nearly half the state’s land, virtually all oil, gas and coal operations in the Cowboy State, energy production there is heavily impacted by every rule the Bureau of Land Management throws at fossil fuels.
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Seattle to spend $2.24 million to train equity hires for clean energy construction
As a condition of funding, receiving organizations will have to prioritize the placement of “priority hire” individuals into construction apprenticeship programs and clean energy jobs.
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Pro-energy group launches campaign warning Hill measure could lead to high consumer energy taxes
The PROVE IT Act directs the Department of Energy to study and report the average emissions intensity of two dozen energy products made in the U.S. and foreign countries.
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Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers responds to Biden’s 'dam breaching' agenda
The suit led to an agreement committing the Biden administration to restore the Basin’s salmon population but also advocated for the destruction of four Lower Snake River dams.
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Texas oil and natural gas industry continues to break records
The industry produced a record-high 5.7 million barrels per day (mb/d) of crude oil in Texas, a record 32.5 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) of natural gas marketed production and 3.5 mb/d of NGLs, according to estimates made by TXOGA’s Chief Economist Dean Foreman, Ph.D.
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Senate passes bipartisan bill to accelerate the construction and development of nuclear power plants
The bill now heads to President Joe Biden for his consideration.
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Biden-favored California EV startup Fisker files for bankruptcy
The company said “macroeconomic headwinds” prevented the company from operating efficiently, and selling its assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable option for the company to move forward.
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Biofuels industry bet on federal mandates to create demand, but now it now struggles to stay afloat
While new refineries haven’t come online since Jimmy Carter was president, some existing refineries have converted over to producing biofuels, which reduced the country’s petroleum refining capacity.
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Backers optimistic about energy choice initiative's chances of making the ballot
Passed by the Legislature this session, HB 1589 would ban natural gas, but only for future customers, and more specifically, only for future customers of Puget Sound Energy.
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Industry groups sue over Biden regulation requiring electric school buses, trucks
Critics argue the rules are so strict that the only option will be to go electric, part of a nationwide effort by the Biden administration to push Americans into electric vehicles.