Governor Maura Healey is asking the Trump administration to move faster on a natural gas pipeline expansion she once made a political career out of opposing. The request landed on October 1, about a month before the November 2026 general election, in a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright urging federal agencies to clear reviews […]
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The Energy Realities Team of Dr. Nemeth, David Blackmon, and Stu Turley was in rare form this morning. In this roundtable discussion, three energy experts examine the perfect storm of policy decisions, geopolitical conflicts, and ideological commitments that have created a global energy crisis. Hosted by Stu Turley of Energy News Beat, with guests Dr. […]
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On March 17, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security issued the longest and broadest Jones Act waiver since at least 1950, covering energy commodities and fertilizer inputs. The waiver was extended twice and now runs through November 15, 2026, with a narrower product list and voyage-by-voyage review after August 17. The Cato Institute’s Jones Act […]
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A Ukrainian drone strike on Friday forced Russia’s Novoshakhtinsk refinery in the Rostov region offline, according to regional governor Yury Slyusar. The plant, which processes about 110,000 barrels per day (roughly 5–5.6 million tons per year), is not one of Russia’s giants. It is, however, a clean illustration of why diesel—the workhorse fuel for trucking, […]
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The White House’s decision this week to step back from a blunt 90-day diesel export ban is one of the most important energy-security signals of 2026. Record pump prices invited a political shortcut. The administration, led by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, instead chose the harder and more honest path: keep the refining system running and […]
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Special Guest Richard Norris Pandreco on the Energy Realities Podcast with Dr. Tammy Nemeth, David Blackmon and Stu Turley In this episode of the Energy Realities podcast, hosts David Blackmon, Stu Turley, and Dr. Tammy Nemeth sit down with Dr. Richard Norris, managing director at Pandrako Advisors and author of the Energy IQ Substack, […]
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How a policy sold as climate leadership transferred industrial power, energy security, and emissions to Beijing. David Blackmon put it as bluntly as anyone in energy journalism has: every facet of the West’s net-zero obsession and taxpayer-subsidized “energy transition” is designed, in practice, to benefit one country. That country is China. On September 20, 2026, […]
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With Dr. Tammy Nemeth, David Blackmon and Stu Turley, this was a wild discussion. In this episode of the Energy Realities podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with Kathryn Porter, energy consultant at Watt-Logic, alongside panelists David Blackmon and Dr. Tammy Nemeth to discuss a critical threat to UK energy security: the collapse of the […]
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This is a Joint Podcast with David Blackmon, and Stu Turley on both podcast platforms. The Jones Act: America’s Self-Inflicted Economic Wound In this episode of the Energy Newsbeat Podcast, hosts Stu Turley and David Blackmon sit down with Colin Grabow, Associate Director of the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, […]
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Dr. Tammy Nemeth leads the fun discussion with David Blackmon and Stu Turley In this episode of the Energy Realities Podcast, host Dr. Tammy Nemeth brings together energy industry veterans David Blackmon and Stu Turley for an in-depth roundtable discussion on the seismic shifts reshaping global energy markets. From a landmark Venezuelan oil deal that […]
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