Day: February 25, 2026

AI Threat Signals Investors Should Shift Bets to Builders — Not Coders, UBS Wealth CIO Says

Energy News Beat As artificial intelligence reshapes the global economy, one of Wall Street’s most influential voices is sounding a clear alarm — and delivering a roadmap for where investors should place their capital next. Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi, Global Head of Equities and Chief Investment Officer for the Americas at UBS Wealth Management, says the AI […]

Trump Follows Up on State of the Union with Request to Meet Tech Companies on Power

Energy News Beat President Donald Trump is wasting no time turning his State of the Union promises into action. Just one day after highlighting the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” in his February 24, 2026 address to Congress, the White House has confirmed a March 4 summit at the White House where executives from Amazon, Google (Alphabet), […]

Net Zero Is Dead, but How Long Will Renewables Get Subsidies? Energy News Beat Exclusive Analysis

Energy News Beat Just yesterday, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Javier Blas dropped a bombshell: “Net Zero Is Dead. Long Live Renewable Energy.” In his February 24 piece, Blas chronicles the quiet burial of the 2050 net-zero fantasy at the latest IEA ministerial meeting in Paris. Mentions of “net zero” in official communiqués cratered from 13 in […]

Saudi Oil Exports Surge to Three-Year High during Iran Tensions

Energy News Beat Saudi Arabia is flooding global markets with crude at the fastest pace in nearly three years, shipping 7.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in the first 24 days of February 2026 — the highest level since April 2023. Tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show the surge represents a jump of more than […]

US Closes $26.5 Billion in Financing for Southern Co. Utilities

Energy News Beat In the largest energy financing deal in U.S. Department of Energy history, the Trump administration today closed a $26.54 billion loan package for two Southern Company subsidiaries — Georgia Power and Alabama Power — to supercharge grid reliability and meet surging electricity demand across the Southeast. The financing, issued through the DOE’s […]