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America’s Battery Industry Tries to Find Its Footing in Trump World

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The sector is very much in limbo following a surge in activity during the Biden presidency. By Gabrielle Coppola ‘We Have Work to Do’ Last week, I attended the annual gathering of NaatBaat International, a trade group focused on building a homegrown battery industry in North America. The crowd of startup executives, scientists and consultants was about …

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Why Trump’s Ukraine Minerals Deal with Zelenskiy Is Not an Easy Win

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Bloomberg News Trump has sought to pressure Zelenskiy into agreeing to let the US benefit from any of Ukraine’s untapped resources, at a time when Washington is seeking to secure supplies of critical minerals. His pursuit has seen him make some huge demands: At one point he wanted the equivalent of $500 billion from rare earths, …

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Pipeline Safety Agency’s Senior Leaders Exit Amid Trump Push

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At least five leaders at PHMSA took the Trump buyout offer Exodus comes amid Energy Transfer fuel leak in Bucks County More than half of the senior executives at a key US government regulatory body responsible for overseeing safety of the US pipeline system will depart the agency in the next three months, according to …

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Sanctions, Tariffs Make OPEC+ Hesitant on April Oil Hike, Sources Say

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(Reuters) – OPEC+ is debating whether to raise oil output in April as planned or freeze it as its members struggle to read the global supply picture because of fresh U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, Iran and Russia, eight OPEC+ sources said. OPEC+ usually confirms its supply policy one month in advance to have time to …

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Lyondell to Lay Off 86% of Workforce at Shuttered Houston Refinery, Filing Shows

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(Reuters) – Lyondell Basell Industries’ will lay off 345 workers, or 86% of the workforce, at its shuttered Houston refinery on April 17, according to a filing with the Texas Workforce Commission. There are around 400 Lyondell employees working at the 263,776 barrel-per-day Houston refinery. About 70% of them are hourly workers represented by the …

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Senate Repeals Methane Leak Fee in Boon to Oil and Gas Industry

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Repeal resolution heads next to Trump for his signature Ends incentive to control leaks of potent climate-warming gas By Ari Natter The Senate voted Thursday to repeal a new US fee on climate-warming methane emissions from oil and gas producers, sending the measure to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature. The repeal, which …

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Why Trump Wants Ukraine’s Natural Resources and What’s Viable

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By Mark Burton and Kate Sullivan US President Donald Trump is close to striking a deal to grab a share of Ukraine’s natural resources as he pushes for an end to Russia’s three-year war in the country. Listen to the Here’s Why podcast on Apple, Spotify or anywhere you listen. Trump has sought to pressure …

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GE Vernova and NRG to Build 5 Gigawatts of Gas Plants for AI

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New plants are expected to start up between 2029 and 2032 Energy industry anticipates surge in demand from data centers By Josh Saul GE Vernova Inc., NRG Energy Inc. and Kiewit Corp. agreed to develop up to 5.4 gigawatts of gas-fired power plants, with one NRG executive saying that artificial intelligence is driving an electricity …

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US Crude Stockpiles Fall as Refining Picks Up, Fuel Inventories Build, EIA Says

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U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell unexpectedly last week as refining activity ticked higher, while gasoline and distillate inventories posted surprise builds, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday. Crude inventories fell by 2.3 million barrels to 430.2 million barrels in the week ended February 21, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations in a …

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Canada’s Cancelled Oil Pipeline Projects

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CALGARY, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The Canadian energy sector has proposed several major oil pipeline projects in the last decade, but only the Trans Mountain expansion project was completed. Here, a look at three other pipelines that never came to be: Energy East – A proposed C$15.7-billion project (US$11.0 billion), Energy East would have carried …

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