AI
Oil Prices Fall
Daily Standup Top Stories Data Center Boom Sparks Utility Spending—But How Real Is the Demand? April 9, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: AI and data centers will have a profound impact on energy demand. Look […]
California
Coal
How will the President Trump Executive Orders Make Coal Beautiful Again?
Most people do not understand the value of coal or that critical minerals can be found in the pot ash removed from coal plants. This could be critical in becoming independent from China’s critical mineral […]
Big Oil Companies
Trump’s China Tariff
Daily Standup Top Stories Trump Threatens 50% More China Tariffs, Teases Talks With Others April 7, 2025 Clark Savage President Donald Trump threatened to slap additional 50% import taxes on China, while readying negotiations with Japan and Israel, […]
Climate Crisis
How California’s Climate Crusade Fueled The Golden State’s Decline
Once a golden dream factory, California’s progressive utopia now produces soaring costs, fleeing businesses, and fading hope for its middle class. California’s economic, academic, media, and political establishment still embraces the notion of the state’s […]
Bankruptcy
More Green Grift? Celeb-Backed Climate Bank Collapses After Cofounder’s Arrest
A climate change finance company backed by big-name celebrities has filed for bankruptcy following the arrest of its cofounder. A climate change finance company backed by big-name celebrities has filed for bankruptcy following the arrest […]
Climate Crisis
Report: States With The Highest Energy Prices Mandate Renewables, Cap-and-Trade Policies
ENB Pub Note: Michael and I have been talking about this for years, and now we have been tracking it, and some people have even called it the “Turley’s Law” of energy. The more money […]
Climate Crisis
California’s Bullet Train Boondoggle Hits $100B, Needs More Tax Dollars To Continue
California’s high-speed train faces more delays without billions in new funding as costs soar past $100B with no clear end in sight. California’s oft-delayed and over-budget high-speed rail project will need billions of dollars in […]
Finance
In the South & West, Pending Sales of Existing Homes Mark Worst February in the Data, as Inventories in Florida, Texas, California Surge
Frozen sales meet ballooning inventories. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Pending home sales are a forward-looking indicator of “closed sales” of existing homes to be reported over the next couple of months. From the National Association of […]
Climate Crisis
Newsom Blows $100M On Methane Satellites While Begging Trump For $40B In Aid
After seeking $40B from Trump in aid, Newsom is spending $100M on launching methane-detecting satellites while California faces a $6B budget shortfall. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the State of California will launch […]
Climate Crisis
States Using Climate Lawfare Are Undermining Federal Energy Push
States and localities are using lawsuits to shape national energy policy by targeting companies the federal government wants to see prosper. Throughout the presidential campaign, Donald Trump made no secret about his priority of bringing […]