Weekly Daily Standup Top Stories Ford scraps plans for $1.8-billion Oakville EV assembly plant, will retool to make gasoline pickups July 21, 2024 Stu Turley New plan comes after Ford postponed EV plant launch to 2027; those EVs will now be made elsewhere, while Oakville may get an electric pickup later in the decade Ford Motor […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Court blocks Biden admin’s ban on new LNG exports – Is this because of the Chevron Deferenence Supreme Court Decision? July 1, 2024 Stu Turley A federal judge issued a ruling Monday that blocks the Biden administration’s ban on new exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) following a challenge by a group of more […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Joe Biden Plans to Use Oil Reserves to Artificially Lower Gas Prices Before the November Election June 18, 2024 Mariel Alumit Joe Biden plans to deplete the U.S. oil reserves to artificially lower gas prices just months before the presidential election. When Biden took office in January 2021, the nationwide average gas […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Federal Reserve From Issuing a CBDC June 3, 2024 Mariel Alumit The U.S. House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency. The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, introduced by Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), seeks […] Saudi […]
Continue ReadingDaily 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 […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories China’s state planner warns intensified EV price war on oversupply April 22, 2024 Mariel Alumit SHANGHAI, April 22 (Reuters) – China’s state planner expects an intensified price war among automakers of electric cars and plug-in hybrids this year because of overhanging supply, among other issues, the government body said in […] Biden’s damaging […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories U.S. Northeast Gasoline Reserve Could Be Sold Off March 4, 2024 Mariel Alumit The U.S. could sell off its 1-million-barrel Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve in the fiscal year of 2024, a funding bill up for discussion at U.S. Congress says. Under the draft text of the bill, “the Secretary […] US funding bill blocks […]
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Daily Standup Top Stories Net Zero’s days are numbered February 24, 2024 Stu Turley If a week is a long time in politics, then 2023 belongs to a different age in the politics of Net Zero. Less than eleven months ago, the government was saying that ‘Net Zero is […] Research warns net zero policies risk plunging […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Energy Secy. Granholm explains the clean energy ‘battle’ – Really? February 26, 2024 Stu Turley The Biden administration has made some big investments into infrastructure and clean energy initiatives within the US. However, two years into the push to transition the country to clean energy, the government is still behind […] First Solar […]
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Daily Standup Top Stories Visualizing the Rise of the U.S. as Top Crude Oil Producer February 13, 2024 Mariel Alumit Visualizing the Rise of the U.S. as Top Crude Oil Producer This was originally posted on Elements. Sign up to the free mailing list to get beautiful visualizations on natural resource megatrends in your email every week. Over […] OPEC […]
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