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Texas LNG Plant Routinely Violated Air Permits, Watchdog Finds
Environmental watchdog Oilfield Witness released a report this week finding that a gas export terminal on the Texas Gulf Coast has routinely violated air pollution permits for years, with little enfor
EV Prices Fell to $54,813 While New Cars Topped $50K
EVs got cheaper in August while the broader new-car market pushed past $50,000 for the first time in 2026, shrinking the EV price premium to its narrowest gap yet at about $4,700.
Want to get off gas? Learn how at Drive Electric Month events across the US
Drive Electric Month kicks off this week with over 150 online and in-person EV events across the US and one Canadian city, timed against a global oil price spike and offering prospective buyers direct
SpaceXAI data centre may have led to Mississippi air pollution spike
Satellite data shows a sharp rise in nitrogen oxide pollution near Mississippi linked to temporary gas turbines powering SpaceXAI’s Colossus 2 data centre in Tennessee, sparking health concerns and le
Court Vacates DOE Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Open
A federal appeals court vacated the Department of Energy's emergency order keeping Michigan's J.H. Campbell coal plant open 468 days past its planned retirement, ruling the DOE exceeded its authority
White House Weighs Defense Production Act for Refining
The Trump administration is exploring whether to invoke the Defense Production Act to expand US oil refining capacity, as the Iran conflict and refineries already running at 98% push diesel above $6 a
Appeals Court Rejects DOE Coal Plant Emergency Order
A federal appeals court struck down the Department of Energy's emergency order keeping a Michigan coal-fired power plant running past its planned retirement, ruling the move usurped state authority ov
Nissan undercuts Kia to retake the crown as Canada’s most affordable EV
Nissan has reclaimed the title of Canada's most affordable EV with a new entry-level 2027 Leaf S trim starting at CA$34,998, undercutting the Kia EV3 by nearly CA$2,000 just weeks after Kia took the c
NYISO's Conservative Call Held Up in July Heatwave
New York ISO senior vice president Zach Smith argues the grid operator's independence proved decisive when the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line went offline during July's record heatwa
Unplanned power plant outages fell sharply during 2025/26 winter storms: FERC-NERC report
A FERC-NERC report finds unplanned power plant outages during 2025/26 winter storms fell roughly 45% from prior major storms, with no rolling blackouts despite record U.S. electricity demand — evidenc
US Diesel Hits Record $6.05 a Gallon
US diesel prices surged to a record $6.05 per gallon on Friday as simultaneous shocks — Iran's strikes on shipping near the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries, and Russia's
Sudan Gold Mining Destroys Abu Hamad's Farmland
Sudan's civil war has turned Abu Hamad into a toxic wasteland: artisanal gold mining, uncontrolled by both the SAF and RSF, has poisoned farmland and drinking water, collapsed crop yields, and trigger
Flegal: Build a Big Clean Grid, Skip Degrowth
Climate policy veteran Jane Flegal, drawing on stints at the Hewlett Foundation, Biden's White House, and Frontier, argues the U.S. priority must be rapidly building a clean electricity grid sized for
REWE opens Germany's largest rooftop farm on Berlin supermarket
REWE and Berlin-based agricultural technology firm ECF have opened a 2,760 sq metre rooftop farm atop the Felix Thomas REWE supermarket in Berlin's Lankwitz neighbourhood — Germany's largest — growing
TX Democrat Engineer Runs for Oil Regulator Seat
Texas Democratic state representative and mechanical engineer Jon Rosenthal is running against Republican Bo French for a seat on the commission that regulates the Texas oil and gas industry.
Coral Reefs Can Recover But Relentless Marine Heat Waves Won’t Let Them
The 1998 global coral bleaching event, triggered by unusually hot ocean temperatures, bleached more than 20 percent of the world's reefs within a year — the first worldwide bleaching episode on record
Outside Operative Infiltrates Clemmons Asphalt Plant Fight
A man identifying himself as Chris infiltrated the grassroots campaign of dozens of Clemmons, NC residents opposing a proposed asphalt plant in their Rolling Green Village neighborhood.
England and Wales soils face six more months of deficit
Much of England and Wales is running a soil moisture deficit so severe that the driest parts of southern England would need 'unusually high rainfall' to recover by month's end, and the UK Centre for E
English winemakers expect ‘vintage year’ after record-breaking summer heat
Nyetimber will begin its earliest-ever grape harvest on 14 September after the UK's hottest summer on record, while the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board warns barley yields are running 1
Rosneft Ryazan Refinery Halts After Ukrainian Drone Strike
Rosneft's Ryazan oil refinery has suspended operations after a Ukrainian drone strike hit its main processing units, with industry sources telling Reuters repairs could take several weeks.
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