There is no way to sugarcoat this. Amazon, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, has pledged to virtually eliminate carbon emissions from its various operations by 2040. However, in the past several years its total emissions have increased rather than declined. Is this an example of Bezos talking out of … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recent reporting has raised serious questions about Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s leadership of the Department of the Interior, describing an agency plagued by dysfunction, rampant staff departures, secrecy, and a management culture that has left career employees demoralized and sidelined. The reports allege that under Burgum’s leadership, experienced public … [continued]
I wrote a handful of articles last month on the 75th edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy. There was one more thing in there that I wanted to cover, though. There’s a chart eleven pages in that shows how much money different countries have saved from switching to wind … [continued]
LOS ANGELES — This afternoon, the Los Angeles City Council voted to allow the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to disregard the concerns of Angelenos and environmental advocates and move forward with its ill-conceived plans to retrofit the Scattergood gas plant to be able to burn a mix … [continued]
I just wrote two articles on AI, and as YouTube has determined this is now what I’m interested in, I keep getting fed interesting videos on the topics I included in my two op-eds, so I keep watching/listening to more on this. Thinking about the topic more, though, and thinking … [continued]
Germany’s hydrogen strategy changes the molecule while preserving much of the gas-system infrastructure, institutional logic and public-risk model.
Germany’s hydrogen strategy keeps producing numbers that sound like market evidence until the subsidy structure is examined. Its latest hydrogen freight program attracted 526 applications seeking €455 million from a €220 million fund, including 71 applications for refueling stations and 455 for vehicles or fleets. That sounds like pent-up commercial … [continued]
A new report from the Sierra Club, Thirsty Power: Coal and gas will leave us high and dry, analyzes Wisconsin’s current power generation, the water needed for that power, and the potential impacts on Wisconsin’s water as Big Tech tries to build more data centers across the state. These data … [continued]
Proposal is Part of Broader Deregulatory Actions by FERC that Will Harm Communities Washington, DC — Sierra Club submitted more than 3,000 comments opposing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s proposal to expand use of its “blanket certificate” program. FERC’s proposal would more than double the automatic approval cost limit from $14.5 million … [continued]
Supply chain problems driving up new gas turbine prices as solar & storage compete on cost ST. LOUIS, MO — Amid surging costs for new turbines, Ameren Missouri announced today its plan to build a new 2.1 gigawatt (GW) gas plant in St. Charles County. While the monopoly utility’s press release does not … [continued]
Washington DC — New data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), and reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign, reveal growth of more than 10% in electrical generation by renewable energy sources in the first five months of 2026. Moreover, solar, wind, and battery storage are projected to add … [continued]
