#energy-policy

#energy-policy

Crude production had plummeted to 567,000 barrels per day, barely more than a quarter of the roughly 2 million barrels pumped daily at the field's peak two decades earlier. The decline stoked concerns that the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, built to carry the state's oil bounty to the continental US, might stop operating. Engineers even worried that slow-moving crude would congeal inside the pipeline, creating waxy buildup that could turn TAPS into the world's biggest tube of ChapStick.

Most importantly, this rule makes clear that fusion energy is permanently and completely separated from the regulation of nuclear fission, states a letter the fusion trade group submitted to regulators Thursday ahead of next week's deadline, and reviewed by Axios.

We have absolutely no fuel [oil], and absolutely no diesel ... The impact of the blockade is indeed causing us significant harm... because we are still not receiving fuel.

Datacentre capacity has reached 67.7GW globally, with five countries accounting for 69% of that total, and the US alone accounting for 43%, according to the International Datacentre Authority's (IDCA) Datacentre report 2026.

The roots of the crisis lie in a succession of choices made between the 1980s and 2010s, when British governments eschewed concern over control and ownership of our energy supplies. Selling coal to Newcastle went from an idiom meaning a pointless action to a commercial reality as Britain privatised its strategic energy industries, decimated domestic capacity and opened up to the international market.

The Norwegian government plans to spend 19bn kroner on restarting the Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk, and Tommeliten Gamma gas fields by the end of 2028, with production continuing until 2048.

The era of fossil fuel security is over, and the era of clean energy security must come of age. This is the clear lesson as we face the second global energy shock in less than five years.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves stated that delinking electricity and gas prices is necessary, as high gas prices currently inflate electricity costs despite unchanged production costs. This change is essential as electricity becomes a larger part of the energy mix.

NASA has 30 days to kick off a program for a mid-power space reactor ready for launch by 2030. A lunar variant is required, as is an option for nuclear electric propulsion.

Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) describes itself as an independent organization producing research on energy policy. But that representation is misleading, alleges the complaint to the New York City consumer protection bureau.

"All the gas we import comes from a type of extraction that has environmental impacts and is 100 meters from the Mexican border," she noted, alluding to fracking projects in Texas.

Jim Ratcliffe stated that excessive taxation risks damaging domestic industry, emphasizing the need for a pragmatic approach to energy policy that balances affordability with environmental goals.