Energy

Oil price fluctuation can hurt or help in Texas, depending on who you are

9:01am July 10, 2022

by Wade Goodwyn

Oil prices have fallen from their peak earlier this year, but they are still high enough to inflict pain on car owners and to bring big profits to oil producers.

Coal-fired power plants, like the Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, W.Va., have struggled financially in recent years.

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The Supreme Court handed coal power a win. But experts say that won't save it

9:50am July 09, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices sided with coal companies in a recent case over the EPA's authority. But market forces have pushed the ongoing decline of coal power.

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Pacific Northwest tribes want to hold American leaders accountable and remove 4 dams

4:54pm July 07, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

Pacific Northwest tribes are pressuring President Biden to make good on his pledge to uphold treaties in Indian Country and remove four large dams on the Snake River.

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Nuclear power is seeing support as a way to avert climate disaster, but faces hurdles

4:32pm July 07, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

Nuclear power is having a moment, fueled by a desire to move away from more polluting power sources. But critics say the technology has too much baggage and isn't necessary for a clean energy future.

Mine workers are surrounded by dust as a drill bit chews into the wall of the mine.

In eastern Ukraine's coal fields, Russia's invasion sparks hopes of a comeback

2:11pm July 06, 2022

Ukraine's coal industry was in decline. Now miners find themselves in the middle of a war with Russia — and global demand for coal is rising.

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The Energy Fuels uranium mill and waste cells at White Mesa, Utah.

A U.S. uranium mill is near this tribe. A study may reveal if it poses a health risk

1:00pm July 06, 2022

by Lucas Brady Woods

The Utah mill has long concerned a tribal community next door. They hope a new health study will answer their questions. "A lot of our people mysteriously started getting sick," a tribal member says.

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Five Just Stop Oil activists spray paint the wall and glue themselves to the frame of the painting The Last Supper on Tuesday at the Royal Academy in London.

Climate protesters in England glued themselves to a copy of 'The Last Supper'

7:35pm July 05, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Activists from the same group have glued themselves to other paintings at U.K. art galleries in recent days, calling on the government to end all new oil and gas licenses.

A man wears a face mark as he fishes near docked oil drilling platforms, Friday, May 8, 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas.

A Biden administration offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 sales

3:02am July 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

The proposal brought immediate backlash from environmentalists who accused Biden of betraying the climate cause, while oil industry officials said it would do little to counter high energy prices.

The effect the Supreme Court's climate decision may have

5:26pm June 30, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environment Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions from existing power plants.

In this July 27, 2018 photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo.

With time ticking for climate action, Supreme Court limits ways to curb emissions

1:01pm June 30, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in a key environmental case, WV v. EPA, says the federal agency lacks authority to use greenhouse gas emissions caps to force fossil fuel power plants out of business.