Energy
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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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CA running 67% on ‘clean’ energy; prices double US average
“Gavin Newsom’s energy victory lap skips the key detail: Californians pay some of the highest electricity rates in America,” said the California Assembly Republican caucus in a statement. “He won’t even say 'affordability' because he can’t defend the cost.”
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'Big Beautiful Bill' expands oil and gas leasing, tax credits
Among its most significant energy-related provisions, the legislation mandates the resumption of quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales under the Mineral Leasing Act, effectively repealing restrictions introduced by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Musk’s Grok AI facility faces opposition as environmentalists target data centers’ emissions
Tech companies are looking to natural gas to power their data centers with natural gas. Opponents of Elon Musk's Memphis facility say its turbines are "silent strangulation" by air pollution. When a scientific analysis failed to find dangerous levels of pollutants, the opponents refused to accept the findings.
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Wisconsin nuclear power bills signed into law
The bills require a temporary board to plan and hold a Wisconsin Nuclear Power Summit and a nuclear siting study for identifying potential communities ideal for nuclear power generation, including both existing and new sites.
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Activists call for climate skepticism to be outlawed, and experts say it shows growing desperation
A U.N. report calls for climate skepticism to be criminalized, and other reports are pressuring social media companies to remove content questioning the "climate crisis" narrative. Climate skeptics, meanwhile, are asking for more opportunity to debate those with whom they disagree.
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Trucking industry says WA has ‘failed’ it regarding EV mandates
ACT is one of several environmental-based transportation goals pursued by the state that has faced setbacks.
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Oil and gas industry praises Trump permitting reform
The NEPA reforms include eliminating outdated agency procedures, many of which hadn’t been revised since the 1980s.
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Ford is 'committed' to completing EV battery plant in Michigan
This press conference came as concerns have been growing about the future of the multi-billion dollar plant after Ford leadership said it might be in jeopardy because of proposed cuts to electric vehicle tax credits.
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Climate change influencer once chums with Greta Thunberg now calls the movement a 'scam'
The penny drops: Lucy Biggers built a sizable following as a “sustainability influencer,” and like many young people she was wracked with guilt and anxiety over climate change. She now hopes to reach people with a message that fossil fuels are a net-positive.
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear Line 5 Michigan lawsuit
The transmission line owned by Enbridge goes 645 miles from Superior, Wis., through the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan to Sarnia, Ontario. It moves more than 500,000 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids daily.