Electrical Generation / Utilities
The Key to a Successful Trump Energy Agenda Is Electricity
Rather than drill, baby, drill, it should be build, baby, build. Rather than drill, baby, drill, it should be build, baby, build.
Articles by Mariel Alumit
Exports
US LNG feedgas on track for 10-month high as flows rise to Louisiana Plaquemines plant
The amount of gas flowing to the seven big operating U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants was on track to rise to a 10-month high on Wednesday, according to data from financial firm LSEG. […]
Legal
Michigan communities file legal challenge to state authority on renewable energy projects
Seventy-two townships and seven counties have filed a legal challenge to the process laid out by the Michigan Public Service Commission for approving certain renewable energy projects if local authorities delay or deny them. The […]
Energy Crisis
‘Winter fuel payment cuts could push thousands into poverty’
An estimated 100,000 older people in the UK risk falling into poverty due to changes to the Winter Fuel Payment scheme, a leading charity has warned. Independent Age, a charity supporting older people, has described […]
Geopolitical
Baltic Cable Outages Raise Questions—and Tensions with Moscow
Russia’s been up to so much in the Baltic that anything that goes boom is laid at Moscow’s door. A pair of undersea data cables in the Baltic Sea mysteriously stopped working in the last […]
Climate Crisis
Saudi Arabia Resists Renewing Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Pledge at COP29
Saudi Arabia is leading opposition to restating commitments to phase out fossil fuels made at COP28, creating a significant hurdle at COP29. Climate experts are calling for a restructuring of UN climate summits, arguing that […]
Crude Oil News
Escalation in Ukraine War Brings Back Geopolitical Risk in Oil
The sudden escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war with the United States, UK and France allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike Russian territory and the subsequent change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine have brought the […]
LNG
Corpus Christi LNG expansion project 73.2 percent complete
Cheniere’s Corpus Christi plant currently liquefies natural gas at three operational trains, each with a capacity of about 5 mtpa. In June 2022, Cheniere made the final investment decision on the Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project, […]
Critical Minerals
Five Bipartisan Actions to Protect America’s Mineral Supply Chains
Congress needs to make sure critical resources are protected. In a sharply divided Congress, strengthening U.S. mineral supply chains is a rare area of bipartisan agreement. Therefore, the next Congress offers a significant opportunity for […]
Energy Policy
Everything You Wanted to Know About Trump’s Tariffs But Were Afraid to Ask
“Tariff man” can levy them all right. The real questions are how and why. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “tariff man,” campaigned on the promise of ratcheting import duties as high as 60 percent […]