The U.S. has been blessed with presidents who intervened when corporations gained too much power. Interventions are sometimes necessary when corporate interests conflict with the public interest. It happens because a corporation’s primary mission is to keep shareholders happy, not the public.
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Stellantis announced that it was discontinuing its Ram 1500 REV electric truck, citing slowing sales of heavy-duty electric trucks.
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Fall is here, the leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping and sadly New England families know the routine.
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The lead developer of a mammoth natural gas pipeline and export terminal long planned for Alaska touted new deals and heightened interest last week, but the project remains far from the finish line.
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WASHINGTON - For people living in tiny fishing towns in Alaska, boosting wind and solar power would help lower exorbitant electricity prices, but this solution to high costs is under threat now that the government is cutting federal funding for renewable energy.
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Decisionmakers in Virginia seem to be in a panic about energy reliability, driven by exploding demand in the Commonwealth. Rising demand is real — but doubling down on natural gas is not only the wrong response, it would be a very costly mistake. A singular…
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Massachusetts is facing an energy dilemma. While some debate how best to address it, no one can deny that natural gas — a much cleaner energy source than other fossil fuels — must be part of the remedy.
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The Danish wind giant Ørsted is fighting for its survival after United States President Donald Trump introduced a barrage of orders limiting the growth of the wind power sector. After declaring an energy emergency in the U.S. upon entering office in January, Trump has spent…
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SACRAMENTO — In a bid to stabilize struggling crude-oil refineries, state lawmakers on Saturday passed a last-minute bill that would allow the construction of 2,000 new oil wells annually in the San Joaquin Valley while further restricting drilling along California’s iconic coastline.
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The Trump administration is proposing to repeal requirements for companies to report their emissions of planet-warming gases — allowing them to keep the government and public in the dark about how much they are contributing to climate change.
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