Energy
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U.S. LNG exports up again in March on global panic buying
Cheniere Energy CEO said at the CERAWeek Conference in Houston on March 25 that his company is doing “whatever it can” to increase production.
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Taxpayer-funded science academy will keep controversial climate chapter in judicial training manual
The National Academies of Science, which received $200 million from federal agencies in 2024, refuses to remove a chapter about climate from a science manual provided to thousands of judges. Critics argue it is one-sided and biasing judges in climate lawsuits. A new study details the left-wing funding, and possible self-interest that the academies are promoting.
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Not just gasoline: Rising costs from Iran conflict will impact food, plastics and electronics
The Strait of Hormuz is an artery through which oil, natural gas, petrochemicals and nitrogen fertilizers flow. Just about every consumer product will be more expensive with increased costs of diesel, gasoline, fertilizers, plastics and helium, all of which require oil products. How high prices go and what the impact will be on the economy will depend on how long the conflict continues, and its eventual outcome.
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Legal experts warn repeal of climate rule will need good strategies to survive activist lawsuits
The Trump administration will likely repeal the so-called "endangerment finding," which has been the basis for a host of climate policies coming out of the EPA. Climate groups will surely attack the final rule in court. Legal experts say the administration needs to strategize if it's going to withstand the litigation.
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As rate hike awaits, Duke Energy reports $5B annual net income
Residential customers of Duke Energy Progress with same usage would go from $163.84 a month to $186.95, with a $6.59 bump coming a year later.
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Winter Olympic athletes fight against fossil fuel while using gear and travel reliant on petroleum
Do as I say, not as I do: A petition signed by thousands of people, including Olympic athletes, claims that fossil fuels are "killing winter sports" and demands that the International Olympic Committee study if sponsorships from petroleum companies are appropriate. Despite much winter gear and apparel being made from petroleum, and the fact that the athletes fly to events on gas-guzzling jets, those facts seem to be ignored.
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Virginia proposals could alter taxation of data centers
The proposals span multiple policy areas, including tax exemptions, utility cost recovery, water use disclosures, environmental monitoring, and land use authority.
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Chris Wright to brief senators on Venezuelan energy in wake of Maduro ouster
Last month, American special forces extracted Maduro from the country and brought him to New York to face trial on drug-trafficking charges.
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Illinois proposal makes businesses financially liable for climate change
Senate Bill 2981 would create the Illinois Climate Change Superfund, financed by payments from entities the state deems responsible for climate change.
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Out Cold: Vermont’s electric-powered buses prove unreliable for transportation this winter
“Taxpayers were sold an $8 million ‘solution’ that can’t operate in cold weather when the home for these buses is in New England," spokesman for energy workers group says.
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U.S. LNG exports hit new high as Turkey buys big
Turkey imported the most U.S. LNG of any country in November, with inbound shipments of American gas totaling 69.6 million cubic feet.
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Facing fires and toxins, citizens and firefighters in New York rally against battery facilities
A report prepared for the Hauppauge Fire Department in Long Island finds that a fire at a proposed facility in the area could spread a toxic cloud over a large area, even entering the ground water. Such an event would result in the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents, and is just one facility proposed in the state.
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Surge in gas-fired power for data centers, with Texas leading
Many of the developers of the largest projects want to install natural gas plants directly at the site of new data centers, which allows them to avoid the seven-year wait typically required to get a standard grid connection.