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EPA poised to scrap power plant carbon standards: a reliability and energy-security reset as demand surges

September 14, 2026 Clark Savage60

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Administrator Lee Zeldin is expected to formally rescind the Biden-era carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants, completing a multi-year rollback of greenhouse-gas rules that the administration argues threatened grid reliability and raised costs. Reports indicate the announcement is timed for a G20 energy ministers meeting in Houston […]

Unlocking America’s nuclear gold mine: The promise of spent fuel

September 14, 2026 Clark Savage57

ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud by Ronald Stein, Olivia Vaugh and Steve Curtis, and we recommend following all of them. The recent shift in the national conversation around nuclear-generated electricity is encouraging. After decades of political hesitation, federal and state leaders are once again speaking positively about nuclear power’s role […]

Diesel and Refining Capacity Set to be the Inflationary Impact The Fed Can’t Control

September 12, 2026 Clark Savage97

The Federal Reserve can raise rates. The Treasury can issue bills. Neither institution can weld a crude distillation unit back together after a drone strike, add inches to a California products pipeline, or refill Gatun Lake. That is the story of September 2026: crude is still findable; diesel is not. The constraint has moved downstream, […]

Behind the Meter (BTM): Why Oil & Gas Companies Are Also Becoming Power Companies

September 11, 2026 Clark Savage82

Energy News Beat Channel — September 11, 2026 Hector Acevedo put the industry’s new map on the table this week: AI did not just raise electricity demand. It collapsed the old division of labor. Utilities no longer have a monopoly on electrons. Oil and gas companies no longer stop at molecules. Hyperscalers no longer wait […]

U.S. Weekly Rig Report: WellDatabase, Baker Hughes, and Enverus Compared — Record Production Meets Middle East Supply Shock

September 11, 2026 Clark Savage105

The latest WellDatabase U.S. Rig Report dated September 11, 2026, shows 598 active rigs, down 32 week-over-week but up 22 year-over-year. Baker Hughes, which released the same day, reported 591 rigs, up 3 from 588 the prior week and up about 52–54 from 537 a year earlier. Enverus’ daily GPS-tracked count stood near 661 as […]

Jeff Currie Sees ‘Extremely High’ Chance of $5 Gas by Midterms

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 Clark Savage102

Veteran commodities strategist Jeff Currie says the odds that the U.S. average gasoline price hits $5 a gallon before the November midterms are “extremely high.” The former Goldman Sachs commodities chief, now founder and CEO of Real Macro and co-founder of 1947 Oil and Gas, told Bloomberg the energy shock has entered a dangerous new […]

EIA Raises 2027 U.S. Oil Output Forecast. What Does This Mean for U.S. Consumers and Investors?

September 11, 2026 Clark Savage102

The U.S. Energy Information Administration just raised its 2027 U.S. crude oil production forecast to a record 14.3 million barrels per day. On paper, that looks like good news for American energy security. In the real market of September 2026, it is only half the story. Oil prices are back above $100 a barrel this […]

NYSE Loses Sunoco, Energy Transfer to Upstart Texas Exchange

September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 Clark Savage135

The New York Stock Exchange is losing its first major operating-company listings to Dallas’s new Texas Stock Exchange. Energy Transfer LP and fuel distributor Sunoco LP — along with affiliates SunocoCorp LLC and USA Compression Partners LP — will leave the NYSE after the close on October 2, 2026, and begin trading on TXSE on […]

The Crude Truth: When Geopolitics Rewrites the Oil Market

September 10, 2026 Clark Savage65

In early 2026, the global oil market experienced a seismic shift. When geopolitical tensions with Iran escalated, crude prices surged—and Texas responded. In this episode, economist Karr Ingham, oil producer Rey Trevino, and energy journalist Stu Turley break down how a single conflict triggered a cascade of market changes: rig counts climbing for the first […]

Why California Is Reconsidering Its Decision to Shun Nuclear Power

September 10, 2026 Clark Savage81

The state is considering extending the life of its last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, and allowing construction of new reactors to help meet its clean energy goals. California spent decades treating nuclear power as a political pariah. It shuttered every plant except Diablo Canyon, enacted a 1976-era moratorium on new reactors until a federal […]

Category: US Energy News

EPA poised to scrap power plant carbon standards: a reliability and energy-security reset as demand surges

Unlocking America’s nuclear gold mine: The promise of spent fuel

Diesel and Refining Capacity Set to be the Inflationary Impact The Fed Can’t Control

Behind the Meter (BTM): Why Oil & Gas Companies Are Also Becoming Power Companies

U.S. Weekly Rig Report: WellDatabase, Baker Hughes, and Enverus Compared — Record Production Meets Middle East Supply Shock

Jeff Currie Sees ‘Extremely High’ Chance of $5 Gas by Midterms

EIA Raises 2027 U.S. Oil Output Forecast. What Does This Mean for U.S. Consumers and Investors?

NYSE Loses Sunoco, Energy Transfer to Upstart Texas Exchange

The Crude Truth: When Geopolitics Rewrites the Oil Market

Why California Is Reconsidering Its Decision to Shun Nuclear Power

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