Kim Farrington, a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Virginia, stopped by the EnergyNews Beat Podcast to discuss her campaign strategy of listening to Virginia voters and addressing their concerns. Kim Farrington is a candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia, running on an America First platform, and she stopped by the Energy News Beat podcast […]
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On Friday, May 29, 2026, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved sweeping updates to the state’s Cap-and-Invest program (formerly Cap-and-Trade), extending California’s signature climate initiative through 2045. State regulators framed the changes as a balanced move to meet aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets while supporting affordability and preventing industry “leakage”—the exodus of major polluters […]
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In an era of surging global energy demand driven by AI, manufacturing resurgence, and geopolitical realities, Texas stands as the undisputed leader in American energy production, infrastructure, and innovation. The Lone Star State isn’t just keeping pace—it’s defining the future of reliable, affordable, and dominant energy. From record-breaking oil and gas output to a massive […]
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A new analysis from the Energy Institute at Haas at UC Berkeley quantifies what many in the energy sector have long known: the shale gas revolution, powered by hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, has delivered extraordinary savings to American consumers. According to Lucas Davis’s May 2026 working paper and accompanying blog post, shale gas has […]
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The Washington Examiner was right on target in its May 16, 2026, editorial: the “data center doomers” — the coalition of socialists, Democrats, and foreign-funded activists pushing moratoriums and fear-mongering — must be defeated. Data centers are the backbone of the AI revolution, national security, economic growth, and America’s edge over China. Blocking their hands […]
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Havana is literally in the dark. On May 14, 2026, Cuba’s communist Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy delivered a stark admission: “We have absolutely no fuel oil, absolutely no diesel.” Power plants sit idle. Blackouts in the capital now stretch 20–22 hours a day, with electricity flickering on for as little […]
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The UK government has confirmed it will introduce legislation to permanently ban new North Sea oil and gas exploration licenses, embedding Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s existing moratorium into law through the Energy Independence Bill. The move, announced in the King’s Speech on 13 May 2026, fulfills a core Labour Party manifesto pledge to position Britain […]
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The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has quietly conceded that the extreme “doomsday” climate scenarios that have driven global energy policy, media headlines, and trillions in spending for more than a decade were never realistic. In a major update to its modeling framework for the upcoming Seventh Assessment Report (CMIP7), the IPCC […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was run on RealClear Energy by Dan Doyal, who was a guest on the Energy News Beat podcast. This is a great update on New York. We highly recommend Dan and RealClear Energy. Finally, there’s been a counterpunch in New York’s climate politics. A father and son with mineral rights […]
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Power prices on the largest electric grid in the United States — PJM Interconnection, which serves 13 states and the District of Columbia — jumped a staggering 76% in the first quarter of 2026. Wholesale power averaged $136.53 per megawatt-hour (MWh), up from $77.78/MWh in the same period of 2025, according to the grid’s independent […]
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