Day: February 6, 2025

The Chaos at USAID, Explained

Energy News Beat Experts warn that dissolving the agency would be a gift to U.S. adversaries. ​ Explainer The Chaos at USAID, Explained Experts warn that dissolving the agency would be a gift to U.S. adversaries. By John Haltiwanger, a reporter at Foreign Policy, and Christina Lu, an energy and environment reporter at Foreign Policy. […]

Trump Rips California’s ‘Train To Nowhere,’ Sparks Showdown With Newsom

Energy News Beat Trump Slams California’s High-Speed Rail As A Budget Disaster, Vows Investigation Into Massive Cost Overruns. ​ President Donald Trump ripped California’s high-speed rail project on Tuesday during impromptu remarks to journalists in the Oval Office, saying that he intended to order an investigation into the long-delayed train. [emphasis, links added] Trump made […]

Trump’s Interior Reopens 625M Acres For Oil, Gas Drilling, Slashes Biden’s Climate Policies

Energy News Beat Trump’s Interior plans to reopen oil and gas leasing on 625M acres, boosting energy, cutting regs, and expanding resource production. ​ The Trump administration is reopening oil and gas leasing across hundreds of millions of acres of federal lands and waters that the Biden administration locked up. [emphasis, links added] In a […]

Can Trump Power an AI Boom?

Energy News Beat DeepSeek has exposed just how uncertain future AI energy demand is. ​ Report Can Trump Power an AI Boom? DeepSeek has exposed just how uncertain future AI energy demand is. By Christina Lu, an energy and environment reporter at Foreign Policy. An Amazon Web Services data center is seen from above near […]

Trump Returns to ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran

Energy News Beat The U.S. president signed a memo directing agencies to enforce existing sanctions on the country, but his statements suggest he’s open to talks. ​ Analysis Trump Returns to ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran The U.S. president signed a memo directing agencies to enforce existing sanctions on the country, but his statements suggest he’s […]

How a budget bill could end the French left

Energy News Beat [[{“value”:” 06/02/2025 Podcast by Charles Cohen, Giada Santana, Martina Monti, Miriam Sáenz de Tejada For the first time in 60 years, France started the year without a budget bill after December’s vote triggered the collapse of Prime Minister Barnier’s three-month-old government.  But this week, new PM Michel Bayrou managed to push through […]

TotalEnergies CEO expects US financing for Mozambique LNG to be approved in weeks

Energy News Beat In May 2020, EXIM voted to amend the agency’s previously approved September 2019 direct loan supporting US exports for the development and construction of the LNG project located on the Afungi Peninsula in northern Mozambique. The action amended the original scope of EXIM’s financing of the project from exclusively the onshore portion […]

Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury

Energy News Beat The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing the agency of an “unlawful action” by giving private info to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency Lawyers with the US Justice Department have agreed to a proposed order that would temporarily restrict Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive […]

Peru LNG terminal sent three cargoes in January

Energy News Beat According to the shipment data by state-owned Perupetro, during January, the 4.4 mtpa LNG plant sent two shipments to Japan and one shipment to South Korea. The shipments loaded onboard the LNG carriers Maran Gas Olympias, LNG Ships Manhattan, and Kool Baltic equal about 226,965 tonnes, the data shows. These three LNG […]

Adnoc Gas says 2024 net income climbs to $5 billion

Energy News Beat UAE’s Adnoc Gas said on Thursday this is a record for the full year and its highest quarterly income of $1.38 billion since its IPO. The company attributed the “strong” performance to robust demand for domestic gas, which supported volume growth and improved pricing. Adnoc Gas said total sales volumes in FY […]