President Trump secured a one-year reprieve from Beijing’s threat to shut down global rare-earths exports, which would have interrupted manufacturing of semiconductor chips and magnets essential in military and technology applications. The President quipped that “there’s no roadblock at all” and rare earths “will hopefully disappear from our vocabulary for a little while.” But the President’s brinkmanship...
New York and New Jersey granted crucial permits for a long-stalled Williams Cos. pipeline project that would bring more natural gas to the New York City area from Pennsylvania. Environmental regulators in both states approved certifications under the federal Clean Water Act for the company’s Northeast Supply Enhancement Project. It would expand an existing system delivering gas...
Next week, world leaders will gather for the COP30 climate summit, meeting in Brazil in an event where the U.S. and its top representatives will be conspicuously absent. Here’s what you should know about that meeting: What is a COP? COP, which stands for Conference of the Parties, is a meeting of world leaders to...
A group of shutdown-weary Democratic senators voted with Republicans Sunday night to advance a legislative vehicle to reopen the federal government and end the 40-day shutdown that has left tens of thousands of workers furloughed and caused chaos at the nation’s airports. The Senate voted 60-40 to proceed to a House-passed continuing resolution to reopen the government,...
Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger — who promised during her campaign to prioritize affordable energy if she won — on Sunday doubled down on her views of the “energy crisis” that her state will face without new policies to hold the biggest users accountable. “There’s some bad energy policies in some of our neighboring states that have driven...
In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, workers are preparing to dig a vertical shaft as wide as a subway tunnel half a mile down into the ground. It isn’t gold or oil hidden here in a grassy clearing between indigenous lands, but fertilizer—something arguably just as precious to this vast farming nation. As global...
Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s $17 billion startup aims to build four large nuclear reactors in the Texas Panhandle to fuel AI data centers—eventually. For now, it is sticking with good old natural gas. Fermi FRMI 2.48%increase; green up pointing triangle, which was co-founded by Perry, is betting on an era of soaring electricity demand. The company went public...
The United States is eager to advance energy ties with Greece and see the country become a key energy gateway to Europe, the new U.S. ambassador to the country, Kimberly Guilfoyle, said on Wednesday. Greece has ramped up purchases of U.S. liquefied natural gas and built a second LNG terminal as it seeks to establish...
The Department of Energy announced $625 million in funding Tuesday to renew five quantum research centers established under the first Trump administration. Each research center is set to receive $125 million in funding over the next five years, as they study different facets of quantum science and technology, which rely on the principles of quantum mechanics. Read more...
Breakthroughs in drilling methods and heat extraction techniques are widening the appeal of geothermal power systems across the world, and geothermal generation capacity is on track to double once projects currently in development are completed. Currently, only around 2% of global energy generation comes from geothermal projects, according to Energy Institute data, which places the...
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