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Gas Stove Debate Reignites as Energy Department Proposes New Standards
nergy Department put the gas stove debate on the front burner again Wednesday by proposing new efficiency standards for consumer cooking appliances.
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The Lights Have Been On At a Massachusetts School For Over a Year Because No One Can Turn Them Off
Blame it on the pandemic and “supply chain problems,” says the school district’s assistant superintendent of finance.
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Simple Ways to Winterize Your Home and Cut Energy Costs
News4’s Erika Gonzalez explains a few easy fixes you can do around the house to save money during the winter.
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This Is Why People Are Super Excited About the Major Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion
The significant advance in technology has been decades in the making.
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Sec. Granholm on Fusion: ‘One of the Most Impressive Scientific Feats of the 21st Century'
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm discusses the breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where for the first time a fusion energy reaction was created in a laboratory.
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5 Ways to Lower Your Home Heating Energy Bills This Winter
It’s cold outside, which means your energy bills will start heating up. Here are five easy tricks to cool off your utility bills this winter.
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Youngkin Plan Calls for Reevaluating Major Clean Energy Law
Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is calling for expanding nuclear power generation in the state, and reevaluating a recent clean energy law celebrated by environmentalists. His administration laid out those and other goals in a 29-page state energy plan unveiled Monday. The plan also calls for restoring greater authority to state regulators who oversee the state’s powerful utilities. The energy...
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Biden Urges Lawmakers to Pass Bill Targeting Inflation, Climate Change
President Joe Biden urged lawmakers Thursday to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a bill which would offer inflation relief and invest in energy security and climate change programs.
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Flames Extinguished After Transformer Catches Fire at Hoover Dam
The government of Boulder City, Nevada, posted on its Twitter account that the fire was extinguished before the fire department arrived.
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How Much for Gas? Around the World, Pain Is Felt at the Pump
Around the world, drivers are looking at the numbers on the gas pump and rethinking their habits and finances.
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Biden Demands Oil Companies Boost Output, Slams Refiners Over Record Profits
Biden warned refiners the administration is ready to “use all reasonable and appropriate Federal Government tools and emergency authorities to increase refinery capacity and output in the near term”
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Biden Cancels Offshore Oil Lease Sales in Gulf Coast, Alaska
The Interior Department announced the decision Wednesday night, citing a lack of industry interest in drilling off the Alaska coast and “conflicting court rulings” that have complicated drilling efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ukraine to Hold First War Crimes Trial of Captured Russian
Ukraine’s top prosecutor says the country plans to hold its first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said Wednesday that her office charged 21-year-old Sgt. Vadin Shyshimarin in the Feb. 28 killing of an unarmed 62-year-old civilian in northeastern Ukraine. She didn’t say when the trial will start, but her office has said it...
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New Gas Pipeline Boosts Europe's Bid to Ease Russian Supply
European countries that are dependent on Russian imports are looking to get greater access to the global natural gas market through a new pipeline that crosses a remote border area of Greece and Bulgaria. The pipeline is nearing completion, and it would ensure that large volumes of gas flows between the two countries in both directions. The project is seen...
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Wind Energy Company Kills 150 Eagles in US, Pleads Guilty
A wind energy company has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms across the U.S.
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U.S. to Release 1 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day From Reserves to Help Cut Gas Prices
The White House on Thursday announced that the U.S. will release 1 million barrels of oil per day from strategic reserves.
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OPEC+ Sticks to Modest Oil Output Hike as U.S. Considers Unprecedented Release of Reserves
The meeting comes more than a month after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia Appears to Be Softening Its Gas-For-Rubles Demand, Easing Supply Risks to Europe — for Now
In a call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Russia’s Vladimir Putin said European firms could continue paying for gas supplies in euros or dollars.
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How Hackers and Geopolitics Could Derail the Planned Energy Transition
Finance, geopolitics and cybersecurity will all be crucial in determining the scope and success of any energy transition.
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Putin's Isolation From Europe Could Usher in Natural Gas Opportunities for Africa
With the U.S., EU and U.K. looking to phase out Russian gas imports, western leaders could look to LNG projects in sub-Saharan Africa to soften the landing.