Sen. Joe Manchin III on Wednesday used his perch atop the chamber’s Energy Committee to shine the spotlight on a contentious issue that could ease power outages while also jolting the president’s green energy agenda: the fast-tracking of interstate transmission-line projects.…
NEW YORK — An influencer-backed energy drink that has earned viral popularity among children is facing scrutiny from lawmakers and health experts over its potentially dangerous levels of caffeine. On Sunday, Sen. Charles Schumer called on the Food and Drug…
WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the Senate Energy panel is calling for an investigation of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, after she told the committee she mistakenly provided false information about her family’s stock holdings in testimony earlier this year.…
Motionless windmills, solar plant glitches, shuttered coal plants and low water levels create a recipe for widespread power outages this summer, the country’s leading watchdog on power grid reliability warns. An assessment from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. found…
The approval of West Virginia’s Mountain Valley Pipeline included in the debt-limit deal by President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is spurring action from climate protesters. Activists with the group Climate Defiance blocked traffic on Tuesday in New York…
States with key congressional races on the ballot next year are among those with booming fossil fuel industries that generate billions of dollars in economic activity each year, providing an avenue for rising energy costs and President Biden’s climate change…
It’s not just your gas stove the Biden administration is seeking to regulate in the name of combating climate change – they’re coming for your entire home. President Biden’s green energy goals have prompted a new array of efficiency rules…
The Department of Energy Friday quietly released new proposed efficiency rules for dishwashers that would reduce water use by more than one-third for some standard-sized machines and slash energy use by 27%. The proposed standards mark the most significant energy…
WARSAW, Poland — A project to develop small nuclear power reactors in Poland is moving forward, with a cooperation agreement between the Polish energy giant ORLEN and two U.S. government financial institutions signed Monday. Poland is turning toward renewable and…
Most Americans don’t know how much the U.S. relies on petroleum for its energy needs, despite soaring prices dominating the headlines, according to a poll from Texas electricity provider Payless Power that was first shared with The Washington Times. The survey’s…
