(Headline USA) The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced a public-private partnership to develop a major data center with its own power supply on the site of a decommissioned uranium enrichment plant in southern Ohio, as it pushes commercial development of artificial intelligence technology.
The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Israel bombed facilities at the South Pars natural gas field in Iran. The world’s largest natural gas field is under the Persian Gulf and is split between Iran and Qatar.
On Wednesday, strikes hit facilities in Iran’s Bushehr province tied to the gas field. Following the attack,...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) As conflict in Iran escalates, Middle Eastern refineries have been hit and the Strait of Hormuz remains compromised, and oil futures hit $120 a barrel. Physical cargos of crude from Oman and the UAE have already hit $150 a barrel for May delivery.
Prices at...
(Headline USA) U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost world oil supplies during the Iran war.
The Treasury issued a broad authorization...
(Headline USA) From a surprising heatwave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling into the East Coast, chaotic weather on Monday put more than half the nation’s population in the path of extreme cfonditions.
Airport delays and cancellations piled up in some of the nation’s...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Several US-allied nations have already publicly declined President Donald Trump’s request for them to send warships to the Middle East to help open the Strait of Hormuz, which is not being tightly controlled by the Iranian military.
“What does … Donald Trump expect a handful or two...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal published a story Sunday about a longtime Chevron executive secretly working for the CIA—including by providing intel in the leadup to the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
According to the Journal, the former Chevron executive, Ali Moshiri, worked for the CIA...
(Headline USA) Oil prices have eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years as the Iran war hinders production and shipping in the Middle East.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was at $101.19 shortly after trading resumed...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The escalating war in Iran has already rattled global markets and driven oil prices to their highest levels since April 2024. If the conflict persists, the strain on the global economy deepens and the burden on U.S. taxpayers grows.
With U.S. military operations costing more...
(Alton Wallace, The Center Square) American gasoline prices continued to rise on Friday and are up the most of any week since 2022.
Iran widened attacks on energy-producing countries near its borders and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to shipping, dashing hopes for a quick resolution to a crisis...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) An Iranian drone attack on a hotel in Bahrain injured at least two US Department of War employees, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing a State Department diplomatic cable.
“Two US DOW personnel were injured,” the cable said. No other details were included in the cable,...