Category: Energy News Beat

DOE redefines foreign entity of concern – EV confusing regulations just got no help

Energy News Beat The Biden administration needs help understanding the meaning of “foreign entity of concern” (FEOC) as this term relates to investing billions of taxpayer dollars into bolstering the supply chains for materials critical to electric vehicles and renewable energy. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act allotted billions of dollars for establishing […]

New York’s Near Zombie Apocalypse

Energy News Beat Imagine if nearly half of New York City lost heat for months during the winter. That’s not the plot of a new survival drama. Such a catastrophe nearly occurred last Christmas, according to an alarming recent report by energy regulators that deserves more attention. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the […]

US commits to shutting down its coal plants during COP28 – US Consumers Thrown Out With The Bath Water

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: Make no mistakes; The Biden Administration has absolutely The Biden Administration is forging ahead with its green agenda by committing the United States to not building any new coal plants and phasing out existing plants. U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry announced at the annual United Nations climate change […]

Fifty oil and gas companies make pledges on methane and carbon dioxide

Energy News Beat Fifty oil and gas companies, representing more than 40 per cent of global oil production, made pledges on methane and carbon dioxide at the Cop28 climate conference on Saturday. The companies, of which 60 per cent are national oil companies, signed on the Oil and Gas Decarbonisation Charter, which calls for net […]

Gretchen Whitmer Signs One Of The Nation’s Most Extreme Green Energy Mandates

Energy News Beat Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Democrat-proposed energy bills, implementing some of the strictest energy mandates in the country. The plan requires utility providers to transition to completely carbon-free energy generation by 2040, with specific targets set for 2030 and 2035. Proponents claim the bills will create jobs and lower utility costs, but critics argue that […]

EPA’s Final Rule for Oil and Natural Gas Operations Will Sharply Reduce Methane and Other Harmful Pollution.

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: We will review these regulations and report on the first-, second-, and third-order magnitude impacts.  EPA has issued a final rule that will sharply reduce emissions of methane and other harmful air pollution from oil and natural gas operations — including, for the first time, from existing sources nationwide. […]

Wall Street Banker Pays $2 Million Sight Unseen For Coal Mine Then Discovers It’s Filled With $37 Billion Worth Of Rare Earth Elements

Energy News Beat Former Wall Street banker Randall Atkins got a lot more than he bargained for when he paid $2 million for a Wyoming coal mine without even seeing it in 2012. At the time, he planned to make money selling coal from his mine to other plants. That was before he conducted a […]

Efforts to Slow Climate Change Could Inadvertently Create Humanitarian Crises

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: Some may argue that the title of this article should read: “Efforts to Slow Climate Change Could Create Humanitarian Crises.” There is way too much talk from the WEF and Bill Gates-type folks wanting to intentionally reduce the global population through pandemics or controlling food. What was once a […]

UN delegates circulate petition to shut down US natural gas production as global climate summit kicks off

Energy News Beat   Watch the latest video at foxnews.com     FIRST ON FOX: Global delegates heading to the annual United Nations climate change summit are circulating a letter calling for the U.S. and other Western nations to immediately ban new natural gas infrastructure projects. According to the letter obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, Sen. Ed Markey, […]

The Critical Minerals to China, EU, and U.S. National Security

Energy News Beat Governments formulate lists of critical minerals according to their industrial requirements and strategic evaluations of supply risks. Over the last decade, minerals like nickel, copper, and lithium have been on these lists and deemed essential for clean technologies like EV batteries and solar and wind power. This graphic uses IRENA and the U.S. Department of […]