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News Articles: Energy

Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, looks on prior to a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at AT&T Stadium on Nov. 8, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. An oil company in which he is the majority shareholder said it had hit the "jackpot" as natural gas prices surged during the winter storms.

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  • Business

Jerry Jones' Company Hits 'Jackpot' As Harsh Storms Send Natural Gas Prices Surging

A drilling company controlled by the Dallas Cowboys owner said it was benefitting after natural gas prices surged in the middle of powerful winter storms.

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Patrons sit in a restaurant without power caused by cold weather blackouts on Tuesday in Richardson, Texas.

Tagged as: 

  • National

Texas Rolling Blackouts Are Anything But, Mayor Says

"When you've not had power for 3 1/2 days ... you begin to question whether [blackouts] are rolling at all," says Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans.

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep
A frigid blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually icy emergency Monday that knocked out power to almost 4 million people and shut down airports and roads.

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  • Weather

Millions Lose Power In Texas, Northern Mexico As Blackouts And Bitter Cold Continue

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed the Texas National Guard to move people without heat and power into shelters.

February 16, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
In Wyoming, public schools such as Pinedale's middle school, face significant cuts to their budgets due to slumping oil, gas and coal prices.

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  • National

Facing A Reckoning, Wyoming Wrestles With A Transition From Fossil Fuels

The Biden administration is expected to be sued over its ban on new oil and gas leasing on federal land. In top fossil fuel states like Wyoming, cuts to services and mass layoffs were already looming.

February 10, 2021
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is funding a $100 million competition to find innovative ways to remove carbon from the air or water. He's seen here at an awards show last December.

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  • Energy

Elon Musk Funds $100 Million XPrize For Pursuit Of New Carbon Removal Ideas

The goal, XPrize says, is to tackle "the biggest threat facing humanity — fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth's carbon cycle. "

February 08, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A busy freeway outside of Los Angeles in December 2018. General Motors has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2040. It also aims to have 40% of its vehicles be battery powered by 2025.

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  • Environment

General Motors Aims To Be Carbon Neutral By 2040

The automaker wants to eliminate tailpipe emissions by 2035 and support the expansion of recharging facilities for electric battery-powered cars.

January 28, 2021
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
A horizontal drilling rig and a pump jack sit on federal land in Lea County, N.M., in September. The state stands to lose royalties and revenue from a Biden administration pause on new oil and gas leases.

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  • Environment

Biden Hits 'Pause' On Oil And Gas Leasing On Public Lands And Waters

The move is one of his more controversial campaign promises, and industry groups say they will sue. But it won't have much immediate impact on driving down climate-warming emissions.

January 27, 2021
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Scott Detrow,
  • and 1 more
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, President Biden's nominee for energy secretary, speaks last month in Wilmington, Del.

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  • Politics

Energy Nominee Jennifer Granholm Stresses Climate Action And Jobs

Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says "good-paying jobs" can help zero out U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But some Republicans are skeptical they can help fossil fuel workers.

January 27, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
Vehicles drive on highway I-94 in St. Paul, Minn., on Nov. 7, 2020. A recent report from the International Energy Agency said emissions fell across most parts of the economy, with one notable exception: SUVs.

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  • Business

Pandemic Drastically Cut Emissions From Cars. The Lone Exception? SUVs

In rich countries, every sector of the economy reduced its contribution to climate change last year — with one big gas-guzzling exception.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
The Keystone XL pipeline was set to have passed near the White River in South Dakota. President Biden plans to block the controversial pipeline in one of his first acts of office.

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  • Environment

Biden Order Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline

This likely means the end of the $8 billion pipeline, a years-long project that would have carried oil sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to the American Gulf Coast.

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
President Joe Biden is directing the U.S. to rejoin the international Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to cut global greenhouse gas emissions. Here, activists rally on Dec. 12, 2015.

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  • News

Biden Moves To Have U.S. Rejoin Climate Accord

President Biden signed an executive order to have the country reenter the Paris Climate Agreement, less than four months after formally withdrawing.

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
President Biden has vowed quick action on climate change, appointing the largest climate staff of any president.

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  • Environment

Biden To Move Quickly On Climate Change, Reversing Trump Rollbacks

President Biden has set his sights on more than 100 Trump administration environmental rollbacks as well as plans to rejoin the international climate accord.

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
Baltimore is struggling to pay for the massive infrastructure and public health costs associated with global warming. As in many cities, flood risk has dramatically increased as the Earth has gotten hotter.

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  • Science

Supreme Court Considers Baltimore Suit Against Oil Companies Over Climate Change

Overwhelmed sewers. Flooded streets. Deadly heat waves. Baltimore is one of many American cities where the costs of climate change far exceed local resources. Should oil companies pay?

January 20, 2021
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
Plant Vogtle

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  • Energy

COVID-19 Is Delaying Project Milestones At Plant Vogtle

Georgia Power is putting off some of this year’s milestones in the construction schedule for the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 12, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Williams
The drilling rig Polar Pioneer outfits for Arctic oil exploration in 2015. A proposed rule from the Trump administration would force banks to offer financing to oil companies, gun-makers and high-cost payday lenders, even if the banks don't want to.

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  • National

Trump Regulator's Rule Would Force Banks To Lend To Gun-Makers And Oil Drillers

The Trump administration is trying to force banks to make loans to gun-makers and to finance payday lenders. Critics call the move bizarre. It's opposed by watchdog groups and banks.

January 11, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
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