Energy
Europe posts record year for clean energy use as Trump pulls U.S. toward fossil fuels
A record 47% of the European Union's electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc's push for clean energy and the new U.S. administration's pursuit of more fossil fuels.
Trump saves the whales in ‘green energy’ showdown
President Trump upended the nation's wind industry on his first day in office, pausing new offshore leases and ordering a review of all existing offshore wind projects that critics say threaten to raise energy prices, harm endangered whale species and blight scenic coastal areas.
Here’s what the Paris climate agreement does and doesn’t do
The 2015 Paris climate agreement is not the boogeyman that punishes the United States that critics such as President Donald Trump claim. But it hasn't quite kept the world from overheating either.
Millions across the U.S. brace for plummeting temperatures and winter storms
Residents across the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures as tens of millions of residents along the East Coast contend with a thick blanket of snow - and more snowfall in the forecast.
Solar farms are booming in the U.S. and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work
On rural Texas farmland, beneath hundreds of rows of solar panels, a troop of stocky sheep rummage through pasture, casually bumping into one another as they remain committed to a single task: chewing grass.
Chevron continues business as U.S. rejects Venezuelan President Maduro’s reelection
Things seemed to be looking up for Venezuela in 2022. Following years of authoritarian rule and withering economic sanctions, President Nicolas Maduro had agreed to work toward a democratic presidential election. The White House, in return, granted him a financial lifeline: a permit for U.S. energy giant Chevron to pump and export Venezuelan oil.
Senate grills Interior nominee on future of wind power
President-elect Donald Trump has attacked wind turbines and pledged to stop building them in his administration.
Trump tasks congressman with writing executive order he could issue to halt offshore wind
President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects.
Toyota’s truck division Hino to pay $1.6 billion as part of emissions scandal
A Toyota division that manufactures trucks will pay more than $1.6 billion and plead guilty to violations related to the submission of false and fraudulent engine emission testing and fuel consumption data to regulators and the illicit smuggling of engines into the United States.
Shadow fleet of tankers keeps Russia’s oil money flowing despite Western sanctions
The Group of Seven democracies has sought to crimp Russia's oil export earnings that help fund the war against Ukraine. But Western governments and sanctions experts say Moscow has resorted to using a so-called shadow fleet of hundreds of aging tankers of uncertain ownership and safety practices that are dodging sanctions and keeping the oil revenue coming.
Supreme Court rejects oil companies’ challenge to Honolulu’s climate change lawsuits
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away challenges from fossil fuel companies over a Hawaii court green lighting lawsuits against them over the effects of climate change.
China’s electric car sales grew in 2024 as sales of gasoline cars plunged
Sales of all types of electric vehicles rose more than 40% in China last year, while those of gasoline-powered automobiles plunged, industry data showed Monday.
Russia forms an emergency task force as Kerch Strait oil spill continues to spread
An emergency task force arrived in Russia's southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm-stricken tankers continues to spread a month after it was first detected, officials said.
Constellation buying Calpine in $26.6 billion deal that would join two huge U.S. power companies
Constellation is buying power natural gas and geothermal power provider Calpine for $16.4 billion, joining together two of the country's biggest power companies.
Winter storm plods into the Deep South, prompting states of emergency and school closures
A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma lumbered eastward into southern U.S. states overnight, prompting governors to declare states of emergency and shuttering schools across the region.
Tanker hit by Houthi rebels that threatened a Red Sea oil spill has been salvaged
An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels and threatening a massive oil spill has been salvaged, a security firm said Friday.
Trump to challenge Newsom on California’s water policies amid uncontrolled wildfires
President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to use executive action to force California to funnel more water to the southern part of the state, after a water shortage helped fuel devastating fires in Los Angeles.
Trump says California Gov. Gavin Newsom should resign for ‘incompetence’ on wildfires
President-elect Donald Trump called on California Gov. Newsom to resign amid the raging wildfires in southern California.
Trump blames Newsom’s negligence for wildfires, pledges tougher policies
The out-of-control fires ripping across Los Angeles cap years of criticism of California Gov. Gavin Newsom's water management and wildfire mitigation policies that are set to face the wrath of the incoming Trump administration.
Road trip tumult: Energy Dept. blistered for wasting taxpayer money on electric vehicle boondoggle
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm abused American taxpayers with her 2023 publicity road trip in an electric vehicle, said an inspector general who accused her team of overselling their expenses on some travel vouchers and choosing expensive hotel rooms when cheaper ones were available.
