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Appliance Efficiency Standards Save Consumers Billions, Reduce Pollution and Fight Climate Change
Many companies and consumers have supported federal regulation to strengthen energy efficiency standards and generally have opposed weakening them.
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This 2024 photo provided by MP Materials shows an aerial view of the company's mine in Mountain Pass, Calif.
Energy
Chinese Export Limits Energize Push for More U.S. Rare Earths Mines
Some battery makers could start to run short of key elements within weeks.
April 18, 2025
Theodore Tanczuk, left, and Brayan Santos, right, of solar installer YellowLite, work to put panels on a home in Lakewood, Ohio, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Energy
Trump's Tariffs Mean Higher Costs for U.S. Solar Industry
China dominates solar. Trump's tariffs target China.
April 17, 2025
Rendering of an autonomous EV battery factory.
Energy
How to Leverage Advanced Materials for Next-Gen EV Battery Efficiency
Strategies that will shape the future of electric mobility.
April 10, 2025
President Donald Trump shakes hands with coal miner Jeff Crowe during an event on energy production in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington.
Energy
Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Coal
Older coal-fired power plants set for retirement will now keep producing electricity.
April 9, 2025
Lego characters in Vietnamese traditional costumes are displayed at Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam Wednesday, April, 2, 2025.
Energy
Lego Says Billion-Dollar Factory in Vietnam Will Make Toys without Pumping Out Harmful Emissions
Lego said the facility will run on clean energy by early 2026.
April 9, 2025
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A Chevron gas station in Dallas, Texas.
Tokyo Gas Purchases Chevron's Texas Gas Assets for $525 Million
April 1, 2025
A Dow sign is shown in Midland, Mich., Aug. 2, 2019.
Dow Wants to Power Texas Manufacturing Complex with New Nuclear Reactors Instead of Natural Gas
April 1, 2025
A youth walks a dog past a Last Energy prototype of a microreactor on display at the corner of 10th and V Street NW in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
New Wave of Smaller, Cheaper Nuclear Reactors Sends U.S. States Racing to Attract the Industry
March 31, 2025
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How Silicon Carbide is Transforming Energy Systems
March 28, 2025
A small dye-sensitized betavoltaic cell has radiocarbon on both the cathode and anode, which increases its energy-conversion efficiency.
This Little Nuclear Battery Could Mean Never Needing to Charge Your Phone Again
March 26, 2025
Wind turbines dot the coast line along a giant solar farm near Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province on March 22, 2024.
Renewable Energy Jumps to New High, Powered By China Solar Boom
March 26, 2025
Pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., on April 24, 2015.
New Mexico Legislators OK Increase On Future Oil Royalty Rates For Prime Land
March 24, 2025
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Using Electrification to Build a Decarbonization Roadmap in Manufacturing
March 21, 2025
President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington.
What's Next for Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
March 21, 2025
Pink dye is released into Tufts Cove along Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Aug. 10, 2023.
Growing Industry Bets on Ocean to Capture Carbon
March 21, 2025
Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system.
Inside the 'Nuclear Batteries' That Power Faraway Spacecraft
March 14, 2025
Dolphin Labs logo and the xNode prototype.
Q&A: Dolphin Labs Captures Energy One Wave at a Time
March 13, 2025
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April 1, 2025
People wave flags and hold signs during a protest outside of the U.S embassy in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
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Ontario Slaps 25% Tax Increase on Electricity Exports to U.S. In Response to Trump's Trade War
Ontario provides electricity to Minnesota, New York and Michigan.
March 11, 2025
A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2024.
Energy
Facing Competition From Big Tech, States Dangle Incentives, Loosen laws To Attract Power Plants
The spike in demand for electricity is being driven, in large part, by the artificial intelligence race.
March 10, 2025
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Clarios Announces $6 Billion American Energy Manufacturing Strategy
Clarios will strengthen starter battery supply chains for energy and critical mineral independence.
March 5, 2025
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks at the East Palestine Fire Department in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 3, 2025.
Energy
EPA Head Urges Trump to Reconsider Scientific Finding That Underpins Climate Action
It serves as the legal basis for regulating vehicles, power plants and other pollution sources.
February 27, 2025
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright talks with reporters at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History before a tour of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Touts Nuclear Power as Tech Sector's Thirst for Electricity Grows
Federal energy analysts say the U.S. has generated more nuclear electricity than any other country.
February 26, 2025
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BP to Slash Spending on Net Zero Ventures as it Focuses on Oil and Gas Again
"This is a reset BP, with an unwavering focus on growing long-term shareholder value."
February 26, 2025
Rendering of MSR-100 Facility.
Energy
Natura Resources Announces Two Nuclear Deployments in Texas
The facilities are aimed at enhancing energy security and reliability.
February 19, 2025
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Floating Nuclear Power Plants Being Built to Support the Shipping Industry
WATCH: They will be manufactured as power barges that can be moored at ports and coastal locations.
February 18, 2025
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Energy
Lyten Secures U.S.-Sourced Sulfur to Supply Its Lithium-Sulfur Battery Factories
It will be sourced and processed less than 100 miles from the factories.
February 18, 2025
A geothermal site is under construction in Geretsried, Germany, Sept. 19, 2024.
Energy
Major Test Case for New Geothermal Technology Launches in Small Town
Instead of relying on hot water, it will drill deep and extract heat from dry, hot rock.
February 17, 2025
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington.
Energy
EPA Chief Says He Will Seek Return of $20 Billion in Clean Energy Grants
Clean energy advocates say he is illegally attempting to revoke spending for partisan reasons.
February 14, 2025
A slogan depicting former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and the slogan 'Development is the hard truth' in the rural outskirts of Jinan in eastern China's Shandong province on March 22, 2024.
Energy
New Coal Power Plant Projects in China Hit the Highest Level in Nearly 10 Years
Construction began on 94.5 gigawatts of coal power plant capacity in 2024.
February 13, 2025
Carbon dioxide and other pollutant billows from a stack at PacifiCorp’s coal-fired Naughton Power Plant, near where Bill Gates company, TerraPower plans to build an advanced, nontraditional nuclear reactor, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo.
Energy
Efforts to Put Carbon Dioxide Underground Face Less Support in Trump's Second Term
There's doubt that demand for the technology will go away.
February 10, 2025
A thick haze hangs over Manhattan in New York on July 20, 2021.
Energy
New York Sued By 22 States, Alleging Environmental Fund is Unconstitutional
The law forces major energy producers to pay to cover climate change damage.
February 7, 2025