Shell CEO Talks Reasonable Politics?!

Daily Standup Top Stories Senator Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Repeal Biden’s Natural Gas Tax June 5, 2024 Mariel Alumit U.S. Senator Ted Cruz introduced legislation to repeal the natural gas tax included in the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, a release posted on Cruz’s website recently announced. Rigzone asked the Cruz camp what effect […] China […]

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Trump Targets Offshore Wind

Daily Standup Top Stories Trump Vows Day One Executive Order Targeting Offshore Wind May 14, 2024 Mariel Alumit Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order targeting offshore wind development if he wins a second term as president, making his most explicit threat yet toward the growing industry. The presumptive Republican nominee derided […] New Bloomberg Study […]

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25 States Sue Over EPA Plant Rules

Daily Standup Top Stories 25 States Sue EPA Over Unachievable Power Plant Regulations May 11, 2024 Stu Turley West Virginia and Indiana are leading a group of 25 states asking for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to declare the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule on coal, natural […] New Climate Reality […]

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Blackrock LOVES Oil Now?

Daily Standup Top Stories Replacing a Talen Energy coal-fired power plant with battery storage is infeasible: PJM May 6, 2024 Mariel Alumit An 800-MW, four-hour battery is “not a realistic option” for replacing Talen Energy’s 1,280-MW, coal-fired Brandon Shores power plant near Baltimore, according to the PJM Interconnection. The Sierra Club’s proposed battery storage solution to […]

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Sheffield Gets Khan\’ed!

Daily Standup Top Stories Tesla battery material supplier tops list of human rights abuses for second year in a row May 4, 2024 Stu Turley Tesla buys battery materials from the mining giant with the most allegations of human rights abuses against it in a database of abuses tied to clean energy. Mining company Glencore has […]

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Will Geopolitics Kill The Markets?

Daily Standup Top Stories U.S. produces the energy everyone is looking for: 900 MW at the largest plant in the world April 30, 2024 Mariel Alumit It is a common misconception that renewable energy is hidden in large production plants. Instead, it is found in the sun, in the wind or in an unprecedented source that the […]

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Regulatory Wrangles, Subsidy Skepticism, Fossil Fuel Dynamics, and Shareholder Spats

Daily Standup Top Stories BlackRock hit with ‘cease and desist’ after allegedly misleading investors about ESG practices April 1, 2024 Mariel Alumit Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson and the Securities Division of the Secretary of State’s Office have issued a “Cease and Desist Order” against asset manager BlackRock, alleging deceptive practices regarding the company’s Environmental, […]

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