The oil market’s top players aren’t waiting around to see who winds up with control over the Strait of Hormuz — countries and companies are scrambling to bypass the waterway.
‘Reconciliation 3.0’ may proceed without energy language
House Republican leaders are preparing to release their blueprint for a third reconciliation bill as soon as Wednesday, but it appears that the legislation will be light on energy provisions, if it contains any at…
Justice Kagan says she didn’t read disputed climate chapter she endorsed
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is distancing herself from a climate science reference for judges that is making waves in an upcoming case.
Oil prices surge to one-month high as U.S. reinstates Iran blockade
Oil prices climbed to their highest level in four weeks on Tuesday after U.S. Central Command announced the resumption of a naval blockade of Iranian ports, compounding concerns over energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz as…
‘Tank bottom’: Oil industry warns Trump admin that drained inventories threaten to spike gas prices
The oil industry is warning the Trump administration that a Hormuz-sized hole in the world’s petroleum market is steadily draining inventories to levels that are likely to send global energy prices surging in the next…
Meta expands Louisiana data center in $50B AI push, boosting rural community
Meta is expanding its massive data center project in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, making it one of the largest data centers in history, the company announced Monday.
Opinion: Mamdani’s AC warning revealed that NY’s power grid is in big trouble — and it’s a problem he helped cause
As temperatures hit 100 degrees last week, New York City’s unconventional mayor did something pretty conventional: He urged people to use less electricity.
Colorado Voters Will Decide Whether a ‘Right to Natural Gas’ is Added to the State Constitution
A ballot measure written by a conservative nonprofit could amend the Colorado Constitution to enshrine fossil fuel companies’ right to sell methane gas and possibly force communities that have tried to eliminate gas appliances from…
Texas approves grid standards to keep data centers online
Texas regulators approved a new set of requirements Thursday to keep data centers and crypto-mining facilities operating, a move tech companies say could cost them billions of dollars.
Trump tried to kill renewables. They’re growing anyway.
Hold the obituary for renewables. U.S. wind and solar generation climbed 10 percent over the first half of 2026, overcoming President Donald Trump’s political attacks to surpass coal and nuclear in the country’s electricity mix.