Energy
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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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California losing another refinery, impacting AZ and NV; fuel shortages possible
Because California is an “energy island,” meeting demand for California and the parts of Nevada and Arizona that rely on its refineries will require costly imports of volatile fuel by emissions-heavy tanker ships.
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Permian Basin producers continue to break production, methane reduction records
The Permian Basin accounts for nearly 40% of all oil production and nearly 15% of natural gas production in the U.S.
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Keystone pipeline resumes transporting oil after rupture in North Dakota
According to the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association, total liquid pipeline incidents are down 23% over the past five years, even though pipeline mileage and barrels delivered have increased by approximately 5%.
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China again weaponizes control over rare earths to advance interests, as U.S. looks to break free
China regularly leverages its control over the rare earth market to shut down competition or advance its interests in disputes with the U.S. Each action increases the interest in developing domestic sources of the vital minerals.
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Trump expands Gulf of America oil and natural gas production
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered officials to hold the offshore lease sales in the Gulf of America starting in June.
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Construction begins on massive New York offshore wind project, as opponents look to Trump for help
Construction began without fanfare on a massive New York offshore wind project that will consist of nearly 150 turbines spanning 80,000 acres of ocean, each standing more than 1,000 feet tall. Opponents hope the Trump administration will take a closer look at this and other projects under construction.
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Trump targets Washington’s climate laws in recent executive order
The targets of Trump' executive order includes Washington's CCA that requires emitters to either reduce their carbon footprint or purchase “allowances” via a cap-and-trade program.
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Utility bill assistance program hit by federal staff cuts
The Energy Association of Pennsylvania said 435,000 residents used the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
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Trump targets California cap-and-trade, emissions programs
The order specifically cites California’s cap-and-trade program, under which the state auctions the right to produce greenhouse gas emissions, as an example of a targeted program.
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Reversing Biden policies, Trump 'unleashing' energy potential in Alaska
This includes reinstating a program to make the entire 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) available for oil and natural gas leasing.