The September 2026 Consumer Price Index delivered a clear message: energy prices—especially gasoline and diesel—drove the latest inflation jump. Headline CPI rose 0.6% month-over-month and accelerated to 3.7% year-over-year, up from 3.4% in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Bls Gasoline prices surged 9.1% in a single month and accounted for more than half […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article is from America OutLoud, by Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza. Both have been on the Energy News Beat Podcast, and we recommend reading their work. California is the 4th largest economy in the world and an “ENERGY ISLAND that is separated from the other 48 continental States by the Rocky […]
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Diesel costs $2.60 a gallon more than it did a year ago, and Election Day is three weeks out. The White House wants Ukraine to stop hitting Russian refineries so Russia can sell diesel again. Moscow has not confirmed the truce, a Kharkiv power plant was hit within hours, and a bipartisan group of senators […]
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The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) could exhaust its available funding as soon as December 2027 unless it secures financing, according to the state’s Inspector General for High-Speed Rail. A cumulative funding gap of $9.5 billion from fiscal years 2027-28 through 2031-32 threatens construction schedules, with $2.2 billion specifically required in 2027-28 alone to stay […]
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has highlighted a core contradiction in Europe’s energy policy amid ongoing debates over Russian diesel supplies. In comments tied to a Trump administration arrangement for Russian diesel releases (initially 300,000 tonnes, with more to follow) to ease prices amid broader supply pressures, Bessent stated that Europe has transferred more money […]
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The President signed the refining authority in April, and $1 billion has moved to the Energy Department. But ENB found no refinery award; most of the law expires Dec. 11, and the first big new refinery since 1977 is not due until 2028-29. The barrels that could come fastest are restarts and a wider shipping […]
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Peter Clack (@PeterDClack) recently put the central contradiction of the Western Net Zero project in plain terms: the green transition is now almost entirely dependent on hardware manufactured by the same industrial giant the West hoped to displace or outcompete. In a post that cuts to the heart of energy density, industrial policy, and geopolitical […]
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving ahead with a new Canada-EU “alliance” to be launched at the Canada-EU summit in Montreal on October 29-30, 2026. In an October 8 appearance in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he framed the step as advancing the relationship European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floated on September 16—Canada as the EU’s […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud, and we highly recommend reading their news feed. Hat tip to Ronald Sein for sending this over, and we will be covering this on the next Energy News Beat Channel Stand Up. The war in Ukraine is revealing something that is easy to overlook […]
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Heating oil opened the season at $6.04 a gallon, a record in EIA’s weekly data and 70% above last fall. The government expects oil-heated homes to spend 21% more this winter; the state energy-aid directors say closer to 50%. What is driving it, who gets hit hardest, where to find help, and what could still […]
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