There are malign cyber actors capable of shutting down the U.S. power grid or parts of it, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said this weekend, calling for increased public-private Continue Reading
Some states impose moratoriums on new gas hookups Others have moved to preserve gas choice As state and local governments across the US pursue increasingly aggressive carbon-reduction targets, the market Continue Reading
The story here is of a gradual decline in the size and importance of most of these (once) large independents. Their combined reserves and production is not sizeable compared to Continue Reading
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is in early-stage talks with China’s CATL (300750.SZ) and BYD (002594.SZ) , about the supply of batteries for its planned electric vehicle, four people with knowledge of Continue Reading
Environmental protesters clashed with police on Monday after occupying a pump station as they rallied against Enbridge Inc’s (ENB.TO) Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota, while Enbridge said it had evacuated Continue Reading
A constellation of 5,400 offshore wind turbines meet a growing portion of Europe’s energy needs . The United States has exactly seven . With more than 90,000 miles of coastline, Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Monday set a goal of reducing the cost of producing clean hydrogen, a fuel that could reduce dependence on others that emit greenhouse gases that cause Continue Reading
Environmental and tribal groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s ongoing effort to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline are planning large protests in northern Minnesota as the Canadian-based company Continue Reading
An under-the-radar hearing on the way shippers will contract volumes on Canada’s key crude oil export pipeline began last month in what could turn out to be the most important Continue Reading
U.S. Adds 559,000 Jobs in May, Short of Estimates U.S. job growth picked up in May — along with worker pay — and the unemployment rate fell, signaling firms are Continue Reading
U.S. employers boosted hiring in May, but not enough for the labor market to keep pace with an overall economy that is heating up as the pandemic continues to ease. Payrolls grew Continue Reading
Spot power and gas prices in the Central and Northeast regions jumped notably June 4 as a warm spell was forecast to move into the region. Spot power prices in Continue Reading
Global food prices have surged by the biggest margin in a decade, as one closeh watched index jumped 40 percent in May, heightening fears that the inflation initially stoked by Continue Reading
Highlights Deal may have to wait for Iran’s June 18 election Platts Analytics sees full US sanctions relief by Q3 The US State Department signaled June 3 that indirect talks Continue Reading
Highlights Annualized output expected at 574 million st YTD output of 231 million st, up 6% on year Weekly US coal production was estimated to be 12 million st, up Continue Reading
Almost three-fourths of the western U.S. is gripped by drought so severe that it’s off the charts of anything recorded in the 20-year history of the U.S. Drought Monitor.Mountains across Continue Reading
The Dalles water-supply forecast at 84% of normal The Dalles inflows 38.6% below three-year average Mid-C August 336.5% higher than 2020 package The Dalles Dam water supply forecast is sitting Continue Reading
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low, the latest evidence that the U.S. job market is regaining Continue Reading
The U.S. economic recovery is unlike any in recent history, powered by consumers with trillions in extra savings, businesses eager to hire and enormous policy support. Businesses and workers are poised to emerge Continue Reading
Three years ago, not long after Hurricane Irma left parts of Miami underwater, the federal government embarked on a study to find a way to protect the vulnerable South Florida Continue Reading
President Biden’s administration has so far proven to be one of the most aggressive in pursuing climate and clean energy targets. After rejoining the Paris Climate Accord in one of Continue Reading
Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county Continue Reading
Highlights FERC holds first technical conference on climate change Panelists call for greater integration of climate projections Resource adequacy and grid planning approaches of today will not suffice in meeting Continue Reading
Tiny Activist Investor Wins Two Exxon Board Seats The tiny activist fund that recently won at least two seats on Exxon Mobil Corp .’s board is setting its sights on Continue Reading
An Exxon Mobil refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Last week’s shakeup of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s board of directors is by most accounts a clear signal to corporate America that ambivalence Continue Reading
Through the marshlands along the Oregon-California border, the federal government a century ago carved a whole new landscape, draining lakes and channeling rivers to build a farming economy that now Continue Reading
Meteorological summer (June through August) began at 12 a.m. Tuesday, and already heat and wildfire concerns in the Golden State are ramping upward. Much of California’s Central Valley from Bakersfield Continue Reading
As divestment from emissions-heavy fossil fuels and boycotting of the oil sector gain traction in both the public and private sector, a major backlash is brewing around the United States. Continue Reading
Highlights 400-MW Bridgeport Harbor plant closed Coal supplied 23% of US generation in 2021 Coal to supply 15% to 16% of US power by 2026 Public Service Enterprise Group said Continue Reading
Iran and world powers have started what could be their final negotiations to revive a 2015 nuclear accord that limited the Islamic Republic’s atomic activities in return for sanctions relief. Continue Reading
Get ready for $5 per gallon gasoline – especially if you live in California. At least, that was the contention of a new WSJ op-ed that claims higher taxes and Continue Reading
Pemex, whose holdings include six refineries in Mexico, will become the sole owner of a seventh refinery – in the United States. An article about the development last week garnered Continue Reading
All of the oil (C + C) production data for the US state charts comes from the EIAʼs Petroleum Supply monthly PSM . The charts below are updated to March Continue Reading
Intel Corp’s (INTC.O) CEO said on Monday it could take several years for a global shortage of semiconductors to be resolved, a problem that has shuttered some auto production lines Continue Reading
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, indicating that President Joe Biden will look to act without Republican support if there Continue Reading
Canada’s oil sands industry is too carbon-intensive for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) targets of some of the world’s largest institutional investors. But not for Canada’s own pension funds. Continue Reading
Get ready for $5 per gallon gasoline – especially if you live in California. At least, that was the contention of a new WSJ op-ed that claims higher taxes and environmental regulations Continue Reading
Colonial Pipeline, the nation’s largest fuel pipeline, on Friday said it was experiencing network issues, just weeks after a ransomware attack crippled fuel delivery for several days in the United Continue Reading
U.S. crude oil output jumped 14.3% to 11.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in March from 9.8 million bpd in February, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Continue Reading
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called hydrogen “a huge opportunity” for the oil and gas sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Granholm visited an Air Liquide facility in Continue Reading
Americans continue to venture back out into public to buy services they went without for more than a year—a shift that is adding fuel to the economic recovery and stirring higher Continue Reading
Treasury says the incentives distort market, risk energy security Senate Finance advances clean energy bill with similar repeals US President Joseph Biden proposed eliminating a slew of tax benefits for Continue Reading
The impacts of California’s deepening drought hit home for Central Valley farmers earlier this week, when federal officials announced they didn’t have enough water to supply many of their agricultural Continue Reading
Despite President Biden’s pledge to aggressively cut the pollution from fossil fuels that is driving climate change, his administration has quietly taken actions this month that will guarantee the drilling Continue Reading
Annualized output projection rises 7% to 572 mil st All four major basins slide from week ago Weekly US coal production was estimated at 11.6 million st, down 5.4% from Continue Reading
The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 6.4% in the first three months of this year, unchanged from the government’s initial estimate. The recovery from last year’s Continue Reading
Highlights Green H2 can decarbonize industrial sectors Cost competitive with natural gas by 2035 Green hydrogen will be a critical component of fully decarbonizing the US power sector and broader Continue Reading
The Biden Administration plans to source the key metals for electric vehicles from allies outside America and focus on processing those materials in the United States, officials told Reuters in Continue Reading
Canadian crude oil exports to the United States are about to increase this year as additional pipeline capacity comes online and oil sands output increases, Argus reports , adding that Continue Reading
The Transportation Security Administration intends to release the first of at least two security directives that would require pipeline operators to notify it when they are targets or victims of Continue Reading
