Energy Tag

California Losing Important Valero Oil Refinery, Exclusive Supplier of Travis AFB

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 30, 2025 62 Comments

Valero to shut Benicia refinery, which generates about 12% of the fuel in California . The reason: A toxic regulatory environment and high costs....

Spanish Grid Operator Warned of Nation’s Heavy Reliance on Renewable Energy in February

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 30, 2025 19 Comments

February report warned grid a risk of "disconnections due to the high penetration of renewables without the technical capacities necessary for an adequate response in the face of disturbances"....

Energy Sec. Wright Slams Biden for Draining Strategic Petroleum Reserve So Fast

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 29, 2025 22 Comments

Wright is overseeing the SPR refill-and-repair. Meanwhile, the Dept. of Interior gives the thumbs-up to 100,000 barrels of oil per day production in the Gulf of America....

Spain Suffers Massive Blackout Days After Bragging About Hitting 100% Renewable Energy

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 29, 2025 42 Comments

Historic power outage impacted over 60 million people and is being blamed on a phenomenon called "induced atmospheric vibration."...

Trump Cabinet Focused on Powering and Promoting US Artificial Intelligence Capabilities

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 26, 2025 12 Comments

The Secretaries of Agriculture, Energy, the Interior and the EPA administrator stress how they are focused on supporting the development of the energy needed to develop AI, which will keep the US ahead in the AI Race....

Trump Admin Pulls the Plug on Construction of New York’s Offshore Wind Projects

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 17, 2025 25 Comments

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum: “Further review of information that suggests the Biden administration rushed through its approval without sufficient analysis.”...

Maryland Delays Implementing Senseless, California-Style EV Mandate

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 10, 2025 19 Comments

Governor Wes Moore blames President Trump; however, American interest in EVs is running out of gas....

Trump’s Executive Order Unleashes ‘America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry’

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 09, 2025 15 Comments

"We will not only match China, we will be cheaper than China by a lot, and more energy will mean lower inflation. It'll mean more jobs."...

London’s Heathrow Airport Closes after Massive Fire at Electrical Substation

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 22, 2025 13 Comments

Travel chaos caused by Heathrow closure will last into next week and cost hundreds of millions in losses. Meanwhile, British Counter Terrorism Command is now leading the investigation into fire's origins....

Fishing Industry Hopes to Take Vineyard Wind to the Supreme Court

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 20, 2025 10 Comments

The Vineyard Wind project is also under review by President Donad Trump's Interior Secretary Doug Burgum....

North Dakota Jury Orders Greenpeace to Pay Pipeline Company More Than $660 Million

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 20, 2025 22 Comments

"Midwestern Burning Man" was no peaceful protest, but a transition state to the domestic-terror style 'advocacy' eco-extremists are now targeting Tesla with. ...