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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Federal courts have ruled against Trump's blocking offshore wind farms in four of five cases
Vineyard Wind off the coast of Nantucket is the latest project to be given the green light to proceed with construction while its lawsuit against the Trump administration continues. Three other projects were previously granted preliminary injunctions against the government, and one is still awaiting ruling.
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High-level officials in Biden administration went to work for grant recipients, watchdog finds
The Revolving Door of D.C.: Federal agencies under Biden doled out $600 million to a variety of climate-focused NGOs following Biden's disastrous debate with Trump in 2024. Some individuals who held leadership positions at these agencies later went on to work for the same recipients of the grant money.
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Due to flawed ‘peak oil’ forecasts, underinvestment may lead to world supply problems, experts say
The controversial but influential forecasts of the International Energy Agency contributed to a major decline in investment in oil and gas exploration, as fears of "stranded assets" mounted. Now, as oil and gas appears likely to be the dominant energy source for decades to come, a report by the National Center for Energy Analytics warns the world could face future shortages.
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Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ turns 20, and critics say biggest disaster is its failed predictions
Twenty years ago "An Inconvenient Truth" received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival. Though it was full of predictions that never came to pass, it was a key catalyst of the climate activist movement.
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Power load growth forecast drops slightly
The 2026 Long-Term Forecast is lower than 2025 in the near term through 2032, due to updated forecasting processes, including electric vehicle and economic forecasts, and improved vetting of requested adjustments for data centers and other large power generators.
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With U.S. leading oil and gas production, environmental outcomes better for world energy: study
Of the world's top three producers, the U.S. has an Environmental Performance Index more than 9 points higher than the global average, and way ahead of of the next largest producers -- Saudi Arabia and Russia -- who are below the global average, an analysis by the Institute for Energy Research shows.
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Winter weather to disrupt U.S. gas production, increase prices
“This deep freeze is hurting production, especially for natural gas,” Price Futures Group analyst Phil Flynn wrote in his daily market commentary.
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Natural gas prices soar as major storm with ice, sub-freezing temps crosses US, impacting 230M
The increases will impact approximately 61 million homes that use natural gas for heat and cooking.
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Court blames climate celebrity Michael Mann for ‘bad faith litigation tactics’ in defamation suit
Dr. Michael Mann was once riding high on a $1 million defamation ruling against bloggers who criticized his "hockey stick" graph, purporting to show a drastic rise in temperatures in the last century. Now he's been ordered to pay them tens of thousands of dollars for having acted in "bad faith" during the trial.
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Biden-Harris administration predicted LNG exports would drive up prices, but data shows otherwise
Former President Joe Biden paused liquified natural gas exports while the Energy Department completed a study to see if increased exports were in the public interest. The study, released over a year ago, predicted exports would drive up domestic prices. The exact opposite has happened.