Saturday, 3 May 2025

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FILE PHOTO: Oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed U.S. flag in this illustration taken, October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
BiodiversityNatural GasNewsOilPolitics

Biden administration moves to protect more of Alaska refuge from drilling

Biden moves to protect more of Alaska's ANWR from drilling, complicating Trump's pro-oil development plans.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Westinghouse Electric Corp. is pictured at the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE), the trade fair event for the global nuclear community in Villepinte near Paris, France, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
ElectricityNewsNuclear Power

South Korean nuclear power plant operator agrees with US Westinghouse to end dispute, utility says

South Korea's KEPCO and Westinghouse resolve IP dispute, agree to enhance collaboration in global nuclear markets.

The report, providing a view of the homeowners insurance market, comes as a climate-related crisis unfolds in Los Angeles (AFP)
ClimateNewsWeather

Insurance access for US homeowners with higher climate risks declines

Homeowners in areas with the highest climate-related risks saw declining access to insurance, a Treasury Department report said.

Former Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
ElectricityNewsPolitics

Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick for public lands boss, questions reliability of renewable power

Trump’s Interior pick Burgum backs fossil fuel development, baseload power to boost U.S. energy dominance.

Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of treasury, looks on as he sits near his son Cole, on the day he testifies during a Senate Committee on Finance confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
EmissionsEmissions MarketsNews

Bessent: Carbon tariffs could be part of an overall tariff program

"It’s a very interesting idea that could be part of an entire tariff program," Bessent told the Senate Finance Commmittee,

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin gestures as he speaks at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum during a rally held by Republican presidential nominees and former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Uniondale, New York, U.S., September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
EmissionsNewsRegulations

Trump’s pick to lead EPA says agency authorized, not required to regulate CO2

Zeldin, Trump’s EPA pick, calls climate change real but says agency is authorized, not required, to regulate CO2.

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 17, 2024.  REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/File Photo
Critical MineralsMineralsNewsPoliticsTrade

Canada minister says retaliatory tariffs could include critical minerals

Canada could impose countermeasures on up to C$150 billion ($105 billion), one source said.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Brucutu mine owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo, Brazil February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo
Critical MineralsMineralsMiningNews

Brazil’s Cosan unloads stake in miner Vale

The move was "based solely on the goal of optimizing its capital structure," the Brazilian conglomerate said.

FILE - A Block Island Wind Farm turbine operates, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I., during a tour organized by Orsted. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
EconomyElectricityLegislationNewsOffshore WindPoliticsWind

Trumps tasks congressman with writing executive order he could issue to halt offshore wind

The Trump ally believes offshore approvals did not fully account for the fishing industry, tourism, whales or Americans’ utility bills.

FILE PHOTO: A CalFire personnel takes photos of a structure burned during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
BusinessClimateElectricityInfrastructureNewsUtilitiesWeather

State auditor questions utility SoCal Edison’s fire risk modeling

Fire officials have not found SCE to be responsible for the fires, but the company's infrastructure is being investigated.