Early Hurricane Lull Ending, With New Forecast for Up to 21 Storms
A quick start to the Atlantic hurricane season saw five storms form so far this year, well ahead of normal pace of a normal year, before settling into a lull Continue Reading
Climate Change Speeds Up U.S. Harvest, Giving Oil Unlikely Lift
American farmers are preparing to fire up their tractors earlier than usual this year, and it’s an unexpected gift to oil markets. Unusually hot and dry weather has sped up Continue Reading
U.S. Says Ready to Compromise in Nuclear Talks: Iran Snapshot
Here is a snapshot of what’s happening with Iran, its nuclear talks and energy markets. Latest developments The top American negotiator in the Iranian nuclear talks said Washington is prepared Continue Reading
Pemex CEO says platform fire could have been caused by gas leak
A deadly weekend fire at on an offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico operated by Mexican state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) could have been caused by a Continue Reading
U.S. crude inventories fall as demand hits highest since March 2020 – EIA
Crude inventories last week dropped for a third straight week while fuel demand rose to its highest since March 2020, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories (USOILC=ECI) Continue Reading
Americans Keep Driving Despite Virus Concerns, Aiding Oil Prices
Americans are still buying up fuel to make the most of summer travel despite a new wave of Covid-19 outbreaks, allaying fears a resurgent virus would choke off the oil Continue Reading
Budget Puts Biden Climate Goals in Reach, Democratic Study Says
Energy and climate policies in two sweeping pieces of legislation moving through Congress would put within reach President Joe Biden’s goals of achieving 80% clean energy and a 50% economy-wide Continue Reading
EPA Dismissed Biden Officials’ Criticism of Auto Emissions Plan
White House and other administration officials told the Environmental Protection Agency that its industry-backed plan for tightening auto emissions limits was too lax, but the agency rebuffed those warnings and Continue Reading
‘The Worst Thing I Can Ever Remember’: How Drought Is Crushing Ranchers – The New York Times
Darrell Rice stood in a field of corn he’d planted in early June, to be harvested in the fall and chopped up to feed the hundreds of cows and calves Continue Reading
The Plains and Upper Midwest are growing drier as drought deepens in the West.
Low levels of water in the Rockport reservoir in Oakley, Utah, last month.Credit…Lindsay D’Addato for The New York Times Credit…Source: NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information transcript Survivor of Deadly Continue Reading