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Farm bill leaders go back to drawing board
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Farm bill leaders go back to drawing board

The leaders of the House Agriculture Committee put on a display of cordial bipartisanship at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Now, the hard work begins. Rep. Angie Craig, D-MInn., who was just recently sworn in as the new ranking member of the House Ag Committee, said her priority is to get a new farm bill done,...

UK Power Prices Surge as Freezing Weather Tightens Market
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UK Power Prices Surge as Freezing Weather Tightens Market

Power prices jumped after the UK’s grid operator issued a market warning for this afternoon as declining wind output crimps supply just as plunging temperatures boost demand.  The three-hour notice period is set to begin at 4 p.m. London time when there’s an insufficient buffer between predicted supply and demand, the National Energy System Operator...

Biden to Push Geothermal Energy to Boost AI Growth
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Biden to Push Geothermal Energy to Boost AI Growth

President Joe Biden’s administration plans to streamline permitting for geothermal energy development as part of a broader executive order to boost infrastructure for AI data centers, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials aim to publish the rules within the next week, according to the people, but the timing remains subject to change. The...

UW selected to lead critical mineral and material coalition by DOE
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UW selected to lead critical mineral and material coalition by DOE

The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources was recently selected to receive $7.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to lead a regional coalition expanding a domestic critical mineral and materials supply. The project, totaling more than $10.1 million, will assess the carbon ore, rare earth...

Constellation Energy Agrees to Buy Calpine for $16.4 Billion
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Constellation Energy Agrees to Buy Calpine for $16.4 Billion

Constellation Energy agreed to buy Calpine for $16.4 billion, combining two of the country’s largest electricity generators at a time when their product is in high demand from tech companies. Including the assumption of debt, Constellation on Friday valued the cash-and-stock deal for the privately held Calpine at $26.6 billion. The value of power generators has...

Trump can power the US into the future with a muscular nuclear energy policy
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Trump can power the US into the future with a muscular nuclear energy policy

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House comes at a critical moment for America’s energy future. We are experiencing unprecedented demand for reliable power to fuel burgeoning technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing. That demand is expected to grow exponentially over the coming years. In President Biden’s Washington, Democrats have lurched further and...

Supreme Court Declines to Hear From Oil and Gas Companies Trying to Block Climate Change Lawsuits
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear From Oil and Gas Companies Trying to Block Climate Change Lawsuits

The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change. The industry has faced a series of lawsuits saying it deceived the public about how fossil fuels contribute to climate change. Governments...

Chris Wright Will Lead on Both Energy Abundance and Environmental Progress
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Chris Wright Will Lead on Both Energy Abundance and Environmental Progress

A seasoned energy executive with deep experience in oil and gas, geothermal, nuclear, and solar is nominated to run the Department of Energy. One would think that he’d be met with overwhelming bipartisan support. One would be wrong. Chris Wright, the CEO of Liberty Energy, was nominated in November by incoming President Donald Trump to be his...

Commonsense environmentalism will have a home at Trump’s EPA
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Commonsense environmentalism will have a home at Trump’s EPA

President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee for Environmental Protection Agency administrator signals a commitment to economic growth and levelheaded environmental management, a balance that has long been absent from previous Democratic administrations.  Despite the Left’s outlandish claims to the contrary, Lee Zeldin was a leading conservative voice for environmental stewardship during his time in Congress. A member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions...

A Different Approach to Permitting Reform
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A Different Approach to Permitting Reform

Permitting reform must continue to be a priority. The latest proposal was a modest but important step. If enacted, it would have accelerated leasing of federal lands for every form of energy production, made it easier to build electricity transmission lines, and expedited the judicial review of all those actions. But it would still have...

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