Energy News Beat A federal judge upheld the Biden administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ 600-million-barrel Willow oil development in Alaska, a blow to environmentalists who argued it would imperil wildlife and exacerbate climate change. The ruling by Alaska-based US District Judge Sharon Gleason means ConocoPhillips can continue developing the $7.5 billion project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that promises […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: The European Big Oil companies seem to have returned to their core business even after their 90-degree turn away from “Renewable.” France’s TotalEnergies is looking to expand in the US Gas plants have become more valuable in the Texas market TotalEnergies SE is nearing a deal to buy a fleet […]
Energy News Beat Oil and gas are “not the problem” for the climate, but the carbon emissions arising from them are, the UK’s net zero minister has told MPs. In words that suggested the UK could place yet more emphasis on technologies to capture and store carbon, Graham Stuart said fossil fuel production was not […]
Energy News Beat The nation’s electric grid experts and operators now work in a constant state of emergency. There’s little if any respite in the change of seasons. Fears of soaring electricity demand overwhelming power supplies during searing summer heat are now matched by an equally unnerving fear millions will be left shivering in darkness […]
Energy News Beat VIDALIA, Ga.—Electric cars. The solar build-out. Washington’s rural-broadband initiative. Utilities bracing the grid for stronger storms. They all depend on the same thing: big trees. The utility-pole business is booming, thanks to a flood of public and private infrastructure spending. So the hunt is on for the tallest, straightest, knot-free conifers, which […]
Energy News Beat The time is not yet ripe for peace talks, but “fair and good negotiations” may be possible in the future, the French president says The Ukraine conflict could reach a turning point by the end of this year, French President Emmanuel Macron has predicted, several months into Kiev’s counteroffensive, which has so […]
Energy News Beat It’s no secret that fossil fuels are still going strong, as we discussed last month. But a new United Nations-backed report paints an alarming picture of how dramatically coal, oil and gas production is expected to grow in the coming years. If current projections hold, the United States will drill for more oil and gas […]
Energy News Beat International credit rating agency Moody’s has changed its outlook on the US from “stable” to “negative,” citing massive fiscal deficits and a notable decline in debt affordability as major reasons for the move on Friday. The downgrade follows a similar announcement by fellow credit rating agency Fitch, which raised concerns over the […]
Energy News Beat Daily Standup Weekly Top Stories Daily Caller: Do Big Wind Project Cancellations Signal Peak Subsidy Has Been Reached? Will the IEA even admit the issue? November 5, 2023 Allen Santos ENB Pub Note: David Blackmon’s article from the Daily Caller is excellent, and we highly recommend that you follow the Daily Caller and […]
Energy News Beat The incompetence of current Washington threatens WWIII, the 45th US president has argued The real threat to the world is not global warming but “nuclear warming” from a possible atomic war, former US President Donald Trump has said in an interview. He pointed to the Biden White House as the reason “everything […]
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