Tag: energy

The Biden administration announced new environmental protections covering more than a million acres in Alaska in a last-minute effort to protect the affected areas from President-elect Donald Trump's "drill, baby, ...

Secretary of the Treasury nominee Scott Bessent told Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden that America is not engaged in a clean energy "arms race" with China during his Thursday confirmation ...

The Biden administration's green loan office is shelling out nearly $23 billion to utility companies for green energy development and other projects in its final days.

Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will hammer home the importance of protecting the environment without excessive regulation in his Thursday confirmation hearing.

Power outages amid the ongoing wildfires in California have stoked fears among electric vehicle (EV) owners that they could be unable to power their cars in an evacuation scenario.

California regulators withdrew a proposal to mandate the sale of zero-emissions trucks over the next 20 years on Tuesday evening.

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for energy secretary, will lay out his three immediate goals during the Wednesday morning hearing that kicks off his confirmation process.

Outgoing Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm took one last trip to Puerto Rico on Friday to promote solar power on the island after its power grid failed on New Year's Eve.

The Supreme Court allowed Honolulu's lawsuit against oil companies to move forward on Monday.

The Biden administration announced major sanctions against the Russian energy sector on Friday, escalating tensions with Russia in its final days now that further energy inflation cannot hurt Democrats politically ...

Republican Rep. August Pfluger introduced a new bill Friday that would prevent the president from banning fracking nationally without the consent of Congress.

The Biden administration announced Monday that it is banning future offshore oil and gas activity across 625 million acres of the outer continental shelf, an area larger than the amount ...

New York is poised to fine energy companies billions of dollars in the name of fighting climate change under a new law that will likely make life more costly for ...

The Biden administration justified major crackdowns on fossil fuel and mineral development in Alaska by playing up its commitment to Native American tribes, but some community leaders who spoke with ...

Granholm’s and Podesta’s talking points would have almost certainly resulted in making the permitting “pause” a permanent feature of U.S. energy policy.

Available data and recent history contradict one of the key points of the Biden administration's long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's attempt to ...

Driven by surging electricity demand in China and India, global coal use is set to hit an all-time high in 2024, disproving past predictions from energy "experts."

The Biden administration granted California the authority to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars in the state by 2035 on Wednesday in a move that could have serious implications ...

The Biden-Harris administration's Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday it had offered a conditional loan of up to $15 billion to Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), a California utility ...

The Biden administration issued its long-awaited assessment on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports on Tuesday, with its findings potentially complicating President-elect Donald Trump's plans to unleash America's energy industry.