Category: Energy News Beat

DOE Delays Three Biden-Era Appliance Rules As Republicans Push To Overturn Them

Energy News Beat DOE delays three Biden-era appliance rules, including energy standards for air conditioners and freezers, with the GOP using the CRA to cancel them. ​The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday it would delay the effective date of three Biden administration home appliance rules. “Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of Energy is […]

Global Investment Growth

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Who, How much, and what are coutries investing in the U.S. since President Trump took office? March 25, 2025 Clark Savage If you have any questions about how regulatory actions can kill an economy or investments, look at what is happening in the United States after President Trump took […]

Oil Prices Surge to Three-Week High on Supply Concerns

Energy News Beat Crude oil prices have risen to a three-week high due to a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. oil inventories reported by the American Petroleum Institute. President Trump’s threat of tariffs on countries importing Venezuelan crude has led to a slowdown in loadings at Venezuelan ports, further tightening the global supply. While sanctions are […]

MPC Container Ships offloads seven vessels

Energy News Beat ContainersEurope MarineTraffic / Sakis Antoniou Oslo-listed tonnage provider MPC Container Ships (MPCC) said in a stock exchange filing that it sold five vessels en bloc, involving three 1,300 teu vessels and two 2,000 teu vessels. According to Greek media reports, the five vessels were bought by Nikolas Pateras-owned Contships Logistics. The vessels in […]

Climate Crusade Crumbles As Public Skepticism Grows

Energy News Beat The climate movement is collapsing as policies unravel, public skepticism grows, and the ‘social cost of carbon’ is exposed as economic flim-flam. ​ Our friend Steven Hayward, late of the great Power Line blog, university professor and incisive thinker, wrote a compelling essay last week about “The Nadir of the Climate Change […]

DOT Greenlights Floating LNG Terminal Off Louisiana After 4 Years Of Biden Delays

Energy News Beat DOT’s Maritime Administration authorized a floating natural gas export terminal off Louisiana after being stonewalled by the Biden admin. ​ Maritime Administration (MARAD), a subagency of the U.S. Department of Transportation, issued a license Friday authorizing Delfin LNG to construct a floating liquefied natural gas export terminal approximately 50 miles off the […]

Venture Global LNG seeks Calcasieu Pass approval from FERC

Energy News Beat Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass requests authorization to place in-service the remainder of the facilities for the project, and the TransCameron pipeline project, according to a filing dated March 25. These include the power island, pre-treatment, LNG storage, boil-off gas (BOG), and marine facilities. “With this submittal, Calcasieu Pass believes it has filed […]

Crowley’s carrier delivers US LNG cargo to Puerto Rico

Energy News Beat “After 492 safe LNG unloadings over 25 years of operation, today EcoElectrica’s LNG import terminal has received and unloaded the American Energy, the first US LNG cargo imported to Puerto Rico,” EcoElectrica said in a social media post on Tuesday. “Currently, EcoElectrica’s LNG terminal handles about 30 percent of the fuel imported […]

U.S. Cybersecurity Weakness Benefits China

Energy News Beat The Trump administration’s group chat breach underscores that Beijing might have the edge in information warfare. ​ China Brief A weekly digest of the stories you should be following in China, plus exclusive analysis. Delivered Tuesday. Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use […]

America Is Listing in a Gathering Storm

Energy News Beat Alarms are clanging at the U.S. geographic military commands around the globe. ​Argument By James Kitfield, a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress. Geopolitical storm clouds are gathering at the far reaches of Pax Americana, and yet there is remarkably little sign that the U.S. […]