by Jason Plautz E&E News Arizona state regulators voted this week to strip $50 million from the state’s largest utility for energy efficiency programs, with one official comparing the budget to a “bloated Christmas tree of incentives.” The move is the latest in a Republican shift on energy efficiency spending. The Trump administration has eliminated [...]
by Audrey Streb The Daily Caller Electricity demand may be surging more than initially thought, according to a new BloombergNEF analysis, and some Senate Democrats are pinning data center-linked cost increases on President Donald Trump. Artificial intelligence (AI) data center electricity demand is forecasted to be 36 percent higher by 2035 than previously projected by BloombergNEF, [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Since 1990, California’s imports of petroleum from non-U.S. producers have increased by a staggering 713% The Trump Administration just announced plans to open nearly all U.S. waters to oil drilling leases, including new offshore leases off of [...]
by Audrey Streb The Daily Caller Congressional Democrats are backpedaling on climate change and pivoting to an energy “affordability” message after years of promoting expensive climate policy, according to The Washington Post. Though Democratic officials have long pushed expensive green energy projects in the name of combating climate change, they are now embracing affordability and [...]
by Audrey Streb The Daily Caller The major commodity trading company known as Gunvor announced a $2.395 billion “sustainability-linked, multi-currency revolving credit facility” on Friday, a day after the U.S. Treasury Department blasted the Swiss energy firm as the “Kremlin’s puppet.” Gunvor Group is “one of the world’s largest independent commodities trading houses by turnover,” [...]
by Audrey Streb The Daily Caller Democratic Governor-Elects Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey champion energy policies that could spell bad news for the East Coast states, several energy policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Affordability was a major factor in both gubernatorial races, with Sherrill and Spanberger both [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe SB 253 Authorizes CARB to adopt or update any other regulations that it deems necessary and appropriate “Polluters” sue California over the state’s new Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, which requires companies with annual revenues exceeding $1 [...]
by Audrey Streb The Daily Caller As Big Tech develops more artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, advocates flaunt the promise of more jobs and innovation, while others warn about the impending power crunch and potential antitrust issues as a handful of companies could dominate the power sector. Former Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Antitrust [...]
The American Energy Alliance (AEA) led an effort of more than 15 free market organizations, including E&E Legal, to send a letter to IRS Secretary Bessent urging the tax agency to ensure that it's Clean Energy Guidance align with the wind and solar subsidy sunsets outlined in the Big Beautiful Bill. As, the letter explains. The [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing in the Daily Caller July 20 marks six months into President Trump’s second term. Unleashing the fossil fuel and nuclear industries, and terminating the Green New Scam were major planks of his campaign. So what are his first semester grades for setting [...]
