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...
Total damage from the devastating wildfires scorching Southern California could amount to between $52 billion and $57 billion in economic losses, according to a new analysis. The estimate, issued by AccuWeather’s Global Weather Center, accounts for both direct and indirect impacts of the storm and includes both insured and uninsured losses. Some such costs relate...
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...
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...
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a broad executive order that aims to make it easier to rebuild after the fires by suspending California’s costly and time-consuming environmental review process for homeowners and businesses whose property was damaged or destroyed. The order is likely to be the first of several permit streamlining measures issued by state,...
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...
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...
California has mandated an end to internal combustion engines, but consumers aren’t going along with this central plan. The brilliance of the market economy is that the customer actually is the king, which has become obvious when it comes to electric vehicles. Like any product, EVs offer benefits and disadvantages that consumers can sort through on...
The wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have spotlighted California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s ‘terrible’ record on forest management, which critics say have turned parts of the city into an apocalyptic hellscape. Wildfires tore across the LA area with devastating force Wednesday, forcing thousands of terrified residents, including Hollywood celebrities, to flee their homes, many escaping through flames, ferocious winds and clouds of smoke....
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...
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