UK energy suppliers to spend £500m to cushion pain of rising bills | Utilities
Energy suppliers will spend £500m this winter to help customers pay their energy bills after the government helped broker deals with 12 of Britain's biggest companies. Sources told the Guardian that suppliers could do this in a variety of ways, including adding credits to some customers' bills, canceling debts of others, and adding credits to […]
House passes bill to bolster geothermal energy production by increasing lease sale frequency
A bipartisan group of lawmakers passed a bill in the House of Representatives that would boost geothermal energy production by increasing the frequency of lease sales. The Commit Lease Now for Energy Access Act (CLEAN), passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to require the Department of […]
Trump's Energy Department pick has history of downplaying climate change impacts
Chris Wright, President-elect Trump's nominee to head the Department of Energy, has rejected the established link between climate change and extreme weather events, insisting that the storms are not intensifying. “Despite endless fear-mongering by the media, politicians and activists, we are not seeing an increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts or […]
Environmental groups present differing opinions of Trump’s energy and environment appointees
Groups focused on energy and climate have mixed feelings about the new appointees chosen to lead environmental issues for the next four years. President-elect Donald Trump nominates fracking CEO Chris Wright to head Department of Energy and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) It was done. Both candidates […]
Biden Speaks At Amazon Rain Forest, Claims No One Can Reverse U.S. Progress On Clean Energy
On November 17, 2024, before heading to Rio de Janeiro to attend the G20, he visited the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Brazil, and gave a speech after signing the declaration declaring November 17 as the International Day for Conservation of Nature during a visit to the Amazon Museum. US President Joe Biden. Summit. (Photo by […]
FRANK LASEE: Trump’s Victory Will Boost American Energy And Lower Costs
For climate-conscious Americans, Trump's presidency should be a blessing in disguise for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that President-elect Donald Trump's victory will ensure lower energy costs for everyone. That's the reality. Unlike President Barack Obama, who made the promise In his war on clean coal, the Biden-Harris administration imposed […]
Zelenskyy: Russia using Iranian weapons in ‘massive’ attack targeting energy infrastructure
The Russian military on Sunday launched hundreds of drones and missiles targeting energy and power plant infrastructure in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the attack involved at least 120 missiles and 90 drones, including Iranian-made Shahed drones. Ukrainian officials said it was the largest long-range attack from Russia in at least three months. “The […]
Trump Picks Energy Exec Chris Wright to Serve as US Secretary of Energy
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has selected Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be U.S. Secretary of Energy. In a press release from the Trump-Vance transition team, Trump called Wright “a pioneer who helped launch the U.S. shale revolution that advanced U.S. energy independence and transformed global energy markets and geopolitics.” He issued […]
Trump picks oil and gas industry CEO Chris Wright as next energy secretary | Trump administration
Donald Trump said Saturday that Chris Wright, an oil and gas industry executive and staunch defender of fossil fuel use, would be chosen to lead the U.S. Department of Energy. Mr. Wright is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, an oilfield services company based in Denver, Colorado. He is expected to support President Trump's […]
Trump Names Oil And Gas CEO Chris Wright To Head Department Of Energy
President-elect Donald Trump announced in a statement Saturday that he will nominate Chris Wright, CEO of Denver-based energy company Liberty Energy, to be Secretary of Energy. President Trump also announced the creation of a National Energy Council and said Wright would be a member of it. “I am thrilled to announce that Chris Wright will […]