Saturday, July 4, 2026

ENERGY

Oppenheimer’s Grandson Supports Nuclear Energy Bill

(Madeline Shannon, The Center Square) The grandson of the man who oversaw the invention of the atomic bomb spoke out Wednesday morning in support of nuclear energy development in California. Charles Oppenheimer's testimony before the state Senate Energy and Utilities Committee was part a push by state Democratic lawmakers to...

Record Earthquake in Northern California

(Headline USA) A rural area of Northern California experienced its strongest earthquake since 1940 on Wednesday morning, causing some injuries but no immediate reports of major damage, officials said. The epicenter of the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6, was about 7 miles northwest of the agricultural town of Willits,...

Congress Passes War Powers Resolution To End Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Tuesday approved a House-passed concurrent War Powers Resolution directing President Donald Trump to end hostilities against Iran, marking the first time Congress has approved a concurrent resolution under the 1973 War Powers Act directing the termination of an unauthorized war. In previous years, Congress...

Trump Administration Announces $17.5 Billion in Loans for 10 New Large Nuclear Reactors

(Headline USA) The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited “tremendous interest” among developers of data centers that would buy the power, as well as utilities...

Stranded Ships Have Begun Transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Maritime Data Company Says

(Headline USA) Major shipowners have begun moving vessels through the Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. and Iran signed an interim agreement to end their war, maritime data company Lloyd’s List Intelligence said Thursday. In a media briefing, Richard Meade, editor in chief of Lloyd’s List, said for the first...

Gas and Fuel Costs Concern Over 75% of Voters, Poll Finds

(Alton Wallace, The Center Square) More than three-quarters of American voters say high gas and fuel prices have dealt a direct blow to their household finances, according to a new opinion poll. A 61% majority of registered voters said they are “very concerned” by recent high fuel price increases...

Oil Drops Below $80 per Barrel, While Tech Stocks Weigh on a Mixed Wall Street

(Headline USA) Oil prices sank again Tuesday and dropped below $80 per barrel for the first time since early March, while U.S. stocks drifted near their all-time highs in mixed trading. The S&P 500 slipped 0.6% and pulled 1.3% below its record set earlier this month. The market was nearly...

Oil and Gas Leaders: Trump Iran Deal is Good News, Normalization to Take Months

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Texas oil and natural gas industry leaders are cautiously optimistic about the president’s announced ceasefire deal with Iran. President Donald Trump announced he plans to sign a deal with Iranian leaders on Friday, ending more than 100 days of a U.S.-Israel-led conflict that shut down the...

Toxic Air in California as Huge Warehouse Fire Burns for 3rd Day

(Headline USA) Officials in a Northern California city urged people sensitive to smoke to keep indoors as firefighters spent a third day Saturday battling a fire in a huge medical equipment warehouse. Air quality on the south side of Tracy, a city of 100,000 people where the Medline warehouse fire has...

Extreme Storms and Heat Rocks the Midwest, East Coast

(Headline USA) Damaging storms swept through the Midwest, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers and causing more than a thousand flight delays or cancellations at Chicago airports with more potentially severe weather expected Thursday. The National Weather Service said it received more than a dozen reports of...

U.S. Supreme Court Slaps Down Biden Administration Energy Ruling

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday slapped down a decision from the Biden administration that regulated efficiency standards for furnaces and water heaters. Justices on the high court vacated the District of Columbia district court's decision in American Gas Association v. Department of Energy, where...

U.S. Reps Ask Regulators for Answers on Data Centers

(John Cole, The Center Square)  As the debate around data centers continues in Pennsylvania, a pair of lawmakers have penned a letter pushing for answers and transparency at the federal level. Last week, U.S. Reps. Madeleine Dean, D-4th District, and Dwight Evans, D-3rd District, sent a letter to the Federal...
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