Energy
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Zelensky critical of Trump plan to buy Russia diesel oil, says amount won't lower global prices
Zelensky argues the amount being imported is too small to lower costs on the global market.
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Climate judicial training biasing judges in climate litigation cases, House Judiciary report finds
A House Judiciary Committee investigation into the Environmental Policy Institute’s Climate Judiciary Project confirms critics’ claims that the group’s judicial training provides activist-driven materials aimed at biasing judges overseeing climate litigation cases.
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Trump contemplating a ban on diesel exports, but experts warn relief would be temporary
As conflicts in Russia and the Middle East reduce global refinery output, the resulting high diesel prices are hitting Americans. Trump and lawmakers are looking for solutions, but experts say a ban on diesel exports would lower prices only temporarily and potentially bring long-term harms.
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Dissatisfaction with Biden’s climate policies may drive leftist voters to third-party candidates
Green Party candidate Jill Stein claims that climate change can cause the human race to go extinct, and she advocates for a Green New Deal, which has appeal among far-left voters who believe Biden didn't do enough to stop fossil fuel use.
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In wake of layoffs at EV manufacturer, Illinois Gov. Pritzker attends opening of EV academy
Rivian Automotive, with a plant in Normal, recently announced they were laying off 10% of their workforce. Rivian also plans to keep production this year flat compared to 2023.
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Report: US EV manufacturing faces 'extinction-level event'
The report says China uses Mexico's trade relationship with the United States to avoid high tariffs. The Institute for Energy Research says BYD will dodge a 27.5% tariff from China by building a factory in Mexico where tariffs are 2.5%.
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Arkansas' ESG committee could have decisions in coming months
Act 411 of 2023, passed by Arkansas lawmakers last year and signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, requires the state to set up a five-member oversight committee to evaluate companies' ESG policies
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Burgum: federal government should pay for 'disaster' at pipeline protest
More than 5,000 people camped near the pipeline site from August 2016 to March 2017. State officials arrested 761 people and 709 were out-of-state residents, according to Burgum's office.
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Court temporarily blocks Energy Department from collecting data on crypto miners’ energy use
Cryptocurrency miners have become a target in President Joe Biden’s goal of building an electricity grid that produces no carbon dioxide emissions by 2035, and the Energy Information Administration issued a mandatory survey on miners' electricity use.
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Expansion of E15 fuel seen as a win or Illinois corn farmers
Some oil refiners have argued that allowing E15 in just select states instead of nationwide could lead to fuel price spikes and supply issues.
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Coal plant retirements to slow in 2024 before increasing again in 2025
The largest of these retirements in 2024 are in Florida and Pennsylvania.
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Mercedes-Benz joins list of automakers pulling back on EV commitments as sales slump
The company now says it will “remain strategically focused and tactically flexible” in its transition to an all-electric production.
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Connecticut GOP unveils plan to reduce energy costs
The package of proposed policy changes, calls for setting limits on Power Purchase Agreements by utilities so that no contract can be for more than 100% over the wholesale electric market price while providing relief to ratepayers by tapping into $190 million in unspent pandemic-related federal funds to pay down rate increases.