The Trump administration is proposing changes to Biden-era environmental rules regarding heavy-duty vehicles , including buses and large trucks. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scaling back and postponing two provisions regarding emissions-reducing technology: one related to warranties and another related to the useful life of emissions technology. The Biden EPA had extended the useful life of emissions technology from 435,000 miles or 10 years to 650,000 miles or 11...

On July 14, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued the nation’s first statewide moratorium on large data centers, those of 50 megawatts or more, imposing up to a one-year moratorium over concerns that the data facilities are raising power costs, straining water ‌supplies and burdening local communities. Hochul also plans to pursue legislation  to repeal sales tax exemptions for large data centers. During the moratorium, the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation will not issue...

A heat wave over the Fourth of July weekend tested the U.S. power grid, with more than 20 cities reporting record high temperatures. Despite the extreme heat, the grid held up fairly well, although electricity flickered in areas such as Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and New York City. In the Big Apple, Mayor Zohran Mamdani told residents to switch off their lights and keep thermostats at 78 degrees , though City Hall was not suffering, as parts of the municipal government were kept at...

Alaska has been chasing a natural gas pipeline for half a century. After decades of false starts, political promises, and failed deals, the massive project that would deliver North Slope natural gas both to Alaskans and global markets is finally within reach.

That’s why everyone needs to pay attention when Senator Bill Wielechowski (D – Anchorage) insists the Senate’s gasline tax bill won’t jeopardize the project, even as the only company looking to invest tens of billions in...

On Tuesday, July 14, 2026 the American Energy Alliance joined with over 40 other free market advocacy groups in sending a letter to members of Congress in support of the End of EPA Abuse Act of 2026. The group, lead by the Competitive Enterprise Group, is urging congressional leadership to pass the act immediately. The full text of the letter is available below:

Dear Member of Congress:

The undersigned organizations urge you to support the End EPA Abuse Act of 2026 (H.R. 9453 and  S....

Offshore production in the Gulf of America currently supplies about 15% of U.S. oil production and supports jobs, investment, and manufacturing in all 50 states. New technological developments are about to expand production there. Tens of billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the Gulf in the Paleogene, where reservoir pressures reach 20,000 psi, well beyond the limits of previous offshore technology. This geological layer of sandstone and shale, deep beneath the seabed (Paleogene),  holds...

President Trump wants gasoline prices to "IMMEDIATELY" fall.  Like the president, we all would like to see lower prices at the pump. With more tanker traffic flowing through the Strait of Hormuz (though that may change now that peace talks appear to be stalled), oil prices have fallen, which means gasoline prices have begun to decline as well. Historically , however, gasoline prices do not fall as quickly as crude prices, as most politicians (and motorists) would prefer. But there is...

Solar energy is depleting farmlands of their rich soils in the U.S. Midwest. The solar industry is moving into the U.S. Midwest, drawn by cheaper land rents, access to electric transmission, massive federal and state incentives, and the region’s wide-open fields. But Biden’s renewable energy boom risks damaging some of America’s richest soils in key farming states like Indiana. Reuters based the finding  on an analysis of federal, state and local data, hundreds of pages of court...

Visitors to the World Cup games in the United States are awed by the availability of ice for drinks and the air conditioning in most facilities, including homes. Media reports of this have surprised Americans because more than nine out of 10 households here have air conditioning, and in much of the southern United States, nearly all households do. In contrast, only about 20% of homes across Europe  have air conditioning, and in the United Kingdom, the figure is less than 5%. In 1975, a...

When there is less sun and less wind, solar and wind power output will drop. The same is true of hydropower. If there is less rain and snow and the water behind dams falls, hydropower output will be lower. In February 2021 in Texas, a major storm reduced wind power output, prompting the state to rely on natural gas and coal, yet many consumers still lost power. In 2024, a major hailstorm outside of Houston dismantled a large solar panel facility. And studies show  that output from solar,...