The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the virtual elimination of a 15-year-old federal program that requires thousands of power plants, oil refineries, cement factories and other large industrial facilities to publicly report their greenhouse gas […]
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Kathleen Sgamma Ends Bid to Lead the B.L.M.
Kathleen Sgamma, an advocate for oil and gas whom President Trump had tapped to run the Bureau of Land Management, has abruptly withdrawn her nomination, a White House spokeswoman said. Ms. Sgamma had been scheduled […]
Oil Prices Tumble as China-U.S. Tariffs Weaken Economic Confidence
U.S. oil prices bounced back to around $62 a barrel on Wednesday afternoon, more than erasing earlier losses after President Trump said he would pause his reciprocal tariffs for most countries for 90 days. The […]
Trump Threatens Climate Policies in the States
First, the Trump administration moved to dismantle federal climate regulations. Now it has launched an assault on efforts at the state and local levels, where many leaders are still working to try to avoid the […]
Trump Tariffs May Make It Too Expensive to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
President Trump’s tariffs are posing a major barrier to his plans to expand U.S. oil production — or, in his words, “drill, baby, drill.” Since the tariffs were announced last week, oil prices have fallen […]