by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe This is the first payment under the program Pacific Gas and Electric received $271 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to ensure the ongoing operation of Diablo Canyon Power Plant, California’s last operating nuclear plant, with [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel All my adult life, presidents have talked about energy independence. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Regan — even presidents like Biden and Obama, who did everything they could to stop domestic energy production. But on both sides, changing policies is said to be as difficult as [...]
by Audrey Streb The Daily Caller The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday that it is postponing the implementation of a Biden-era rule that would limit fossil fuel usage in federal buildings. DOE is pushing its compliance date for the final rule to May 1, 2026 — one year later than originally planned — as it [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing in the New York Post President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be his secretary of Energy — and rare is the Cabinet nominee who makes more sense than this one. The 59-year-old Wright is an MIT-trained engineer [...]
by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment, and Mark Krebs As Appearing in the California Globe Ultimately, the choice comes down to serving the Deep State/Uniparty or serving the legitimate best interests of ‘we the people’ The Deep State is cancer-like in nature. Like cancer, it must be rooted out before [...]
by Brian Dabbs E&E News. EnergyWire Veterans of the first Trump administration predicted in interviews what their former boss might do with energy policy if he returns to the White House. More oil and gas permitting. Aggressive deregulation. Federal career staff relegated to the sidelines. That’s the vision for American energy policy if former President [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel There is a famous story about Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman walking down the street with a friend. The friend stopped and said, “Hey, there is a $20 bill on the sidewalk.” The economist turned to him and replied, “There can’t [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing in the Washington Times As if we didn’t know for certain already, serving the climate cult is a higher priority to the Biden administration than helping Americans or our allies. Last month, President Biden announced in a teleconference with Energy Secretary Jennifer [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Are we teaching kids to use dangerous weapons that create a more violent world, or how not to do so? Apparently, that depends on whether you ask the U.S. Department of Education, or the governments of all 50 states. In the [...]
by Mairead Elordi The Daily Wire Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s alleged ethics violations and failures have prompted 15 nonprofits to write to President Joe Biden on Tuesday demanding her resignation. The coalition of nonprofits, which say they are dedicated to promoting ethics and integrity in government, said Granholm has “disregarded and de-prioritized her ethics obligations [...]
