ENB Pub Note: This story was originally published by the California Globe by Katy Grimes. We highly recommend reading their publication daily. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to make sure US military bases have fuel for their jets and their boats By Katy Grimes, April 18, 2026 9:45 am Another oil and gaslighting press […]
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This is from the Doug Sheridan LinkedIn account. We highly recommend following and connecting with Doug Sheridan. The great Javier Blas writes in Bloomberg, over the years, liberals became increasingly hostile to fossil fuels as the evidence of climate change accumulated. From 2020 onward, the hostility turned into militant opposition, culminating with Biden’s election slogan of […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was first published on the California Globe. We highly recommend bookmarking their site and reading daily. Residential natural gas appliances are a modest factor in the region’s air quality equation By Marc Joffe, April 15, 2026 3:00 pm On January 1, 2027, San Francisco Bay Area homeowners will awaken to an […]
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Australia’s energy security is under unprecedented strain. A major fire at one of the nation’s last two oil refineries has thrust the country’s deepening fuel vulnerability into the spotlight, underscoring how decades of Net Zero-driven policies have transformed a once self-reliant energy powerhouse into a heavily import-dependent nation. On the night of April 15, 2026, […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was originally run on the California Globe, and we recommend following their productions. Californians consumed 484 million barrels of oil in 2025, with in-state production only providing 111 million barrels By Edward Ring, April 15, 2026 4:00 pm With war in the Middle East disrupting shipments of crude oil, we have another […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was first published on America Outloud, and both Ronald Stein and Professor Mische have been on the Energy News Beat Podcast. We are recording Professor Mische’s podcast shortly. With no crude oil pipelines over the Sierra Mountains, California is an energy island separated from the crude oil supply and the […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article first appeared on the California Globe, written by Michael Mische, Professor, and Stu Turley and David Blackmon are interviewing him and Mike Ariza on the Energy News Beat and Energy Impact joint podcast today. An imminent collapse in gasoline imports and a significant decline in California refinery output create a […]
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In just six weeks, the global energy paradigm has flipped. What a decade of climate summits, net-zero pledges, and green industrial policy could not achieve, Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz—and the raw reality of AI’s insatiable power hunger—has done in a flash. Energy security is no longer a side note; it is […]
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For years, net-zero advocates have pointed to Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) charts from Lazard, IRENA, and government reports to claim that wind and solar are now the cheapest forms of electricity. These models supposedly prove renewables beat gas, coal, or nuclear on cost. But as Energy News Beat has long argued, this narrative is […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was first published on the California Globe, and I will be interviewing Mike Ariza tomorrow with Professor Mische and David Blackmon on this crisis. California’s Oil and Gas Crisis: From Military Threat to Mass Starvation Since 2023, California’s policies have resulted in a loss of 700,000 barrels per day, or […]
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