Britain’s £150 billion grid rebuild is being sold as the price of cheap, clean power. The more useful question is whether the country is paying to lock in an expensive, weather-dependent system after already shutting the firm plants that used to keep prices and industry competitive.

The National Energy System Operator’s figures put transmission investment at about £64 billion through 2030 and another £89 billion after that—more than £150 billion in all. The Guardian’s mapping of official recommendations points to well over 4,000 miles of new power lines by 2041, plus subsea cables and converter stations to move Scottish and offshore […]

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Net Zero Has Done More Harm to the West—and the Atmosphere—While Benefiting China

How a policy sold as climate leadership transferred industrial power, energy security, and emissions to Beijing. David Blackmon put it as bluntly as anyone in energy journalism has: every facet of the West’s net-zero obsession and taxpayer-subsidized “energy transition” is designed, in practice, to benefit one country. That country is China. On September 20, 2026, […]

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Laser Enrichment: America’s Path to Nuclear Fuel Independence

In this episode of the Energy News Beat Podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with Christo Liebenberg, President, Co-Founder, and Chief Technical Advisor of LIS Technologies, to explore one of the most promising solutions to America’s nuclear fuel crisis. As global demand for nuclear power accelerates—driven by AI data centers, electrification, and climate imperatives—the U.S. […]

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Saudi Arabia Under Attack: Airport Fuel Depot Hit as Houthi Strikes Reach Riyadh

Saudi Arabia’s capital came under direct threat early Saturday as air-raid alerts sounded over Riyadh and explosions were heard, followed by a large plume of black smoke rising from a fuel storage depot at King Khalid International Airport. The incident marks the first time Houthi attacks have visibly affected the Saudi capital since fighting with […]

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President Trump and Denmark are expected to sign a deal on Greenland next week that expands U.S. military access and screens sensitive investments while leaving Danish sovereignty intact.

President Donald Trump announced Friday, September 18, 2026, that the United States, Denmark, and Greenland have reached an agreement granting the U.S. “permanent control over security and all other needs” in Greenland. The deal stops short of any transfer of territory. Danish and Greenlandic leaders confirmed the outlines and said the three governments expect to […]

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