Tag: energy
With China’s help, Saudi Arabia is deploying solar power faster than...
The kingdom is aware that fossil fuels, the source of its fabulous wealth, are on their way out. Its leaders want to have a modern electro-state in place when the pumps fall idle.
Brazilian government grants license for exploratory oil drilling in Amazon basin
Despite environmental and Indigenous concerns, the Brazilian government cited that the potential for energy sovereignty.
Trump is pushing allies to buy US gas. It’s bad economics—and...
As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets U.S. President Donald Trump this week, he will face pressure to boost U.S. fortunes—complicated by the fact that Australia is itself a major LNG exporter.
Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat
While oil is a cyclical commodity, and prices rise and fall over time, this time the decline is structural.
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin moves to rescind ‘legal foundation for all...
The move was anticipated. What has been anticipated has happened—and is happening.
Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding isn’t simple and could have unintended consequences
The Trump administration is trying to eliminate it.
Ireland becomes sixth European country to end use of coal ahead...
Ireland became the sixth country in Europe to end its use of coal with an additional 23 European countries committing to a cleaner energy future.
Wind and solar power grows along side fossil fuel to help...
All major energy sources hit a record high in 2024 making renewable energy, oil, gas, coal, nuclear and hydropower responsible for the worldwide energy demand.
New report predicts abandoned coal mines turned into solar farms could...
These solar projects could equal 15 percent of the solar that's already been built globally and help triple renewables before the end of the decade.
22 young Americans sue Trump administration to block executive orders pushing...
In Lighthiser v. Trump, the youth plaintiffs say the administration’s actions violate their constitutional rights to life, health and safety and breach congressional mandates to safeguard public health and ecosystems.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.