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“The overall resource adequacy outlook for the North American BPS is worsening.” That sentence begins the executive summary in... Read More

Fear, anxiety, sadness, anger, dread and powerlessness are some of the many emotions associated with what’s called climate anxiety. A... Read More

There's an old saying in politics: "When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." After years of watching families struggle under soaring... Read More

QatarEnergy is expected to announce a major long-term supply agreement with the biggest power utility in Japan, allowing the world’s... Read More

PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest grid operator, is preparing to file a wide-ranging proposal with federal regulators aimed at... Read More

Freezing winter temperatures across the northern hemisphere have helped push global gas prices significantly higher. Europe’s TTF... Read More

Even confirmed skeptics should be impressed at the rapid improvement in the price and performance of EVs. A new 2026 Nissan Leaf sells... Read More

Though renewable energy has moved from momentum to maturity across Africa, virtual free-wheeling remains rare. Virtual freewheeling is the... Read More

Even as China's expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in... Read More

The European Union’s plan to ban LNG imports from Russia will prompt a surge in demand for LNG carriers to the tune of 30 new vessels,... Read More

The Trump administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major... Read More

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In the latest example of the scare tactics favored by climate change alarmists, it was announced last month that 2025 “was the... Read More

Texas is entering one of the most consequential periods of growth in its history, and recent extreme weather underscores why infrastructure... Read More

It is truly remarkable how easy it is to fool the smartest people.  And especially when you tell them they are helping to save the... Read More

For years now, climate change alarmists ranging from Greta (“Fridays for Future”) Thunberg to Bill (“Keep it in the... Read More

The White House is trying to shore up its legal justification for repealing U.S. climate regulations after a bungled climate report turned... Read More

Often lost in the rapidly evolving situation in Venezuela is the long history of the country’s petroleum industry and its lessons for... Read More

Your recent editorial on the winter grid emergency (“Thank Heaven for Coal Power in the Cold,” Jan. 26) highlights an... Read More

China’s coal power build-out hit a decade high in 2025, despite falling coal and rising renewables generation, sparking concerns over... Read More

The European Union needs to diversify its natural gas sources, Brussels’ energy commissioner said this week, expressing a growing... Read More

Donald Trump’s call for “American energy dominance” once drew eyerolling from Silicon Valley. Now, in a twist no one saw... Read More

The Republican leader of Pennsylvania's state Senate saluted his allies in labor earlier this month after their successful, years-long effort... Read More

In this analysis prepared for the Edison Electric Institute, authors Matthew DeCourcey and Mayank Saraswat evaluate... Read More

Permitting reform. It’s not exactly the most exciting topic in the energy world. In fact, most everyday Americans might not even know... Read More

As President of The Hedley Company, a firm dedicated to energy communications and research, I have closely monitored the U.S. power grid's... Read More

One of the more annoying phrases in the political chant lexicon is “No War For Oil!!” Oil is the mainstay of the world, and the... Read More

The world is about to gain its first publicly traded ‘pure-play’ fusion company, and it's determined to deliver energy from... Read More

Extreme weather events are battering both ends of the world this week. In the U.S., Winter Storm Fern set snow records in parts of the... Read More

This article looks at why both technologies are spreading so quickly, and what economic, cultural, and technological forces are pushing them... Read More

US President Donald Trump declared an energy emergency upon taking office, so where’s the fire? Instead of ramping up federal support... Read More

White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are expected to meet on Friday in Istanbul to discuss a... Read More