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,...

Chevron plans to reach a final investment decision  later this year on a power plant that would use natural gas to supply Microsoft’s 2.7-gigawatt Project Kilby AI data center in Reeves County, Texas, under a 20-year agreement. The final investment decision will be made after the project receives all its permits, expected later this year. The Project Kilby data center would start receiving power in late 2028, and a fuller build-out would continue into the 2030s. Most of the electricity...

California has become one of the most expensive places to live in the United States. Whether it be the cost of housing, exorbitantly high income taxes, or especially the cost of energy, high costs have pushed many people and businesses to leave for more affordable states such as Nevada, Texas, or Florida.

Of the many famously high and onerous taxes that plague California, few come close to the celebrity of California’s fuel taxes, which are set to increase on Wednesday by an...

The Department of the Interior proposed major changes to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rules regarding onshore oil and gas leasing and waste prevention to promote energy dominance and encourage domestic energy production. It is proposing to loosen two major Biden-era regulations: one on methane releases and the other on plugging non-operating wells. Producing more domestic energy provides jobs and enhances security while making products more affordable.

In 2024, the Biden...

President Donald Trump recently accused major oil companies of “gouging” consumers by failing to lower gas prices at the pump quickly enough despite sharply falling crude oil prices. In a late-night Truth Social post, he instructed the Justice Department to immediately investigate. We have heard this clarion call before from numerous politicians, though admittedly it usually comes from the Democratic side of the aisle. Let’s set the record straight on this – again.

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Approximately three years after construction began, the largest wind facility in the United States, the SunZia Wind Project, is scheduled to begin commercial operations this month, June. The wind facility, located in New Mexico, has a total net summer generating capacity of 3,650 megawatts, comprising 916 wind turbines, and a total cost of $11 billion . SunZia’s capacity is more than three times that of the next two largest wind facilities, Alta Wind in Southern California (1,098...

The United States has become the world’s largest oil exporter  after sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine reduced its exports, and the conflict with Iran shut in some Saudi Arabian oil production, thereby reducing its exports. These wars are reshaping global energy trade. At one time, the United States was the world’s largest oil importer and had been dependent on Middle Eastern oil for decades. In 1973, the United States suffered an oil embargo imposed by some OPEC...