Shell Oil Spills Lead to Lawsuit by 13,000 People in Nigeria
The water in Ogale, a rural community in Nigeria, is so toxic and polluted with oil that it comes out brown and stinks of sulphur. Children and families get sick…
We Energies customers experiencing a heating bill hike this winter
A heating bill hike is squeezing wallets this winter.”It was high. It was high,” Shannon Downey said. The Milwaukee resident’s We Energies bill is about $45 more than this time…
Strengthening the competitiveness of the EU’s clean energy sector
Paula Pinho, Director at the Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission, details the findings of the European Commission’s latest Progress Report on Competitiveness of Clean Energy Technologies. Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine…
The gas-fired plants tasked with keeping UK lights on – but at what cost? | Energy
At the entrance to the old munitions factory, a pair of ornamental lions stand guard, each with a stone paw resting on a cannonball. The Coryton complex in Essex dates…
U.S. energy chief says Biden would veto House Republican bill on oil reserve
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will veto a bill by U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) if it passes Congress, Energy Secretary…
Energy Dept. Report Admits Economic Benefits of Keystone XL Pipeline
President Joe Biden’s Energy Department quietly published a congressionally mandated report in December showing the president revoking the Keystone XL Pipeline federal permits cost thousands of jobs and billions of dollars. The…
US solar and wind expected to reduce coal and natural gas generation to 2025
Increased US power generation from mostly wind and solar will reduce generation from both coal and natural gas power plants in 2023 and 2024, according to the US Energy Information…
Exclusive: U.S. energy head warns Republicans oil bill would lift pump prices
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned Republicans in a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday that limiting President Joe Biden’s authority to tap the nation’s…
Bill Gates Asked Why He’s Buying So Much US Farmland: Here’s His Answer In
Microsoft founder and billionaire turned philanthropist Bill Gates laid to rest the long-time conspiracy theory that he owns some 80% of all U.S. farmland earlier this week in his 11th…
NY will keep its gas stoves — Gov. Hochul doesn’t plan ban
ALBANY — Gov. Hochul landed in hot water this week amid a nationwide uproar over gas stoves. New Yorkers who love cooking with flames need not fear — Hochul and…