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Trump Administration Loosens Mercury Controls on Coal Power Plants

In a move to provide more reliable and affordable energy, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has loosened restrictions on ...
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California Turns to Imports as Its Refineries Close

According to Bloomberg, in November, California imported more gasoline than ever before, with over 40% coming from the ...
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Supreme Court Will Hear a Climate Case Against Oil Companies

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a climate lawsuit in which ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy are being sued by the City of Boulder, Colorado, in state court for the greenhouse gases their facilities ...
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Natural Gas is Preferred by Data Centers and Manufacturers, and More Capacity and Pipelines are Needed

While natural gas is preferred by data centers and manufacturers, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), in its ...
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Currents: An Energy Update Week of February 23, 2026

Currents is a weekly show produced by the Institute for Energy Research (IER) that recaps the latest news from ...
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300 Actions the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Have Taken to Unleash Our Energy Potential

Since President Trump took office, his administration, along with Congress, have taken 300 actions to unleash America’s energy potential. A ...
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In Gov. Newsom’s California, It Makes Sense to Get Gasoline from the Bahamas

This story is baffling. Bloomberg reports that California is starting to import gasoline from the Bahamas, while the state ...