Energy Tag

California’s Senate Targets Oil Companies, Proposing Law Allowing Wildfire Victims to Sue

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 01, 2025 33 Comments

Meanwhile the state is now dealing with the massive environmental contamination around the Moss Landing Lithium Battery Plant, which is part of its "clean energy" vision....

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Wind Energy Grift is Collapsing Under Weight of Trump’s Executive Order

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 31, 2025 6 Comments

Wind energy projects have been halted and key players are pulling out of arrangements that are unpopular with the locals....

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Sweden Captures Ship Suspected of ‘Sabotage’ in Undersea Fiber Optic Cable Rupture

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 27, 2025 16 Comments

Today's incident is not an auspicious start to NATO's "Baltic Sentry" naval protection program, which officially began in early January. ...

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Trump’s “Unleashing American Energy” Declaration Ends Biden’s War on Appliances

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 23, 2025 39 Comments

Trump's order demands that real science be utilized rulemaking, as well as forces agencies to evaluate the likely consequences of their regulations on this nation. ...

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Trump Nominee Hearings: Sean Duffy, Chris Wright, John Ratcliffe

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 15, 2025 5 Comments

Positions: Transportation, Energy, and CIA....

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Biden’s Energy Agenda Boils Over: Natural Gas Heaters Banned

Posted by Ben Smith on January 06, 2025 92 Comments

The ban, issued by the Department of Energy, targets water heaters that fail to meet stringent new efficiency standards, effectively sidelining many natural gas models widely used in American homes....

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Trump Plans to ‘Unban’ Biden’s ‘Ridiculous’ Decision to Block Oil Drilling Along Coastlines

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 06, 2025 25 Comments

Biden banned offshore drilling along the East and West coasts, totaling 625 million acres....

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NATO Increasing Baltic Sea Patrols After Possible Sabotage of Undersea Cables Between Estonia and Finland

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 29, 2024 12 Comments

Meanwhile, China blocks the investigation of bulker suspected in November's communication cable damage incident in the Baltic Sea involving one of its ships....

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Coal Use Hits Record High in 2024 Thanks to India and China

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 19, 2024 9 Comments

As media pushes fear about record "hot" temperatures, a review of the science shows our main focus should be energy security....

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Dept. of Energy’s Inspector General Wants Biden Admin to Halt its Green Energy Giveaway

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 18, 2024 13 Comments

Inspector General, Teri Donaldson warns of conflicts of interest, risk to taxpayer, and potential for awards to go to foreign entities....

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Offshore Wind is Bad News for New York and New Jersey

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 16, 2024 2 Comments

"may have several negative impacts on the local environment and economy"...

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Automakers Urge Trump to Keep Biden’s Market-Distorting, EV-Pushing Policies

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 25, 2024 60 Comments

The car-makers may have some short-term pain, there will be long term gain. EV's have been an anchor dragging down the profitability of the automotive companies....

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Trump Plans To Revive Keystone XL Pipeline Project on Day One

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 24, 2024 19 Comments

The project had been cancelled by Biden shortly after his 2021 inauguration....

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12-Day Wind Drought Has German Utility Executives on Edge

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 23, 2024 32 Comments

In the race to achieve Energiewende ("energy transition"), Germans forgot about dunkelflaute (wind drought/dark calm). ...

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Trump Picks North Dakota Gov. Burgum as Interior Secretary, Chairman of New National Energy Council

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 15, 2024 10 Comments

The National Energy Council includes "all Departments and Agencies involved in the permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL forms of American Energy."...

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After Trump Win, Toyota Executive Criticizes “De Facto” U.S. EV Mandate

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 11, 2024 26 Comments

Trump plans to begin by rescinding California's authority to dictate emission levels, which Biden reinstated after Trump's first term. Trump is also going to explore tariffs to help the US automotive industry....

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Endangered Bees Threaten to End Mark Zuckerberg’s Nuclear-Powered AI Plans

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 10, 2024 18 Comments

Meanwhile, The government seems to have no issue allowing massive offshore wind farms be constructed, despite objections by citizens and reasonable concerns about the impact on whales and marine lifeforms....

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Trump Victory Deals Blow to Offshore Wind Energy Agenda

Posted by Jody Stone on November 09, 2024 23 Comments

With Trump's promise last May to end offshore wind construction on day one, his victory has the already troubled industry on edge. “We are going to make sure that that ends on day one,” Trump told supporters at his Wildwood, New Jersey rally in May. “I’m going to write it out in an executive order. It’s going to end on day one.”

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