"Oil Tops $100 Per Barrel As Iran War Escalates"
"Oil prices on Sunday crossed into triple digits for the first time since 2022 — a stark sign of how the Iran war is throttling global supplies and raising consumers' costs."
Source: Axios, 03/09/2026
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West Va. Senate Moves To Weaken Aboveground Storage Tank Rules
"West Virginia lawmakers in the Senate passed a bill to weaken drinking water protections by loosening regulations for certain aboveground storage tanks. It is the latest move to weaken the Aboveground Storage Tank Act, passed in 2014 after a chemical leak from Freedom Industries along the Elk River contaminated drinking water for nearly 300,000 West Virginians in the Charleston area."
Source: Mountain State Spotlight, 03/06/2026
Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah
"Two Utah Congress members have introduced a resolution that could end protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Conservation groups worry similar maneuvers on other federal lands will follow."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/06/2026
Big Tech Signs Trump Data Center Pledge. Fulfilling It Is the Hard Part.
"In an effort to quell blowback on data centers, President Donald Trump announced at a White House roundtable on Wednesday the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” a set of nonbinding promises that Big Tech companies signed to keep household utility bills from skyrocketing."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/06/2026
"Clean Energy Dominates Plans For New U.S. Power Plants This Year"
"Each year around this time, the federal government releases its expectations for new power plant construction. The latest data drop shows clean energy is going to dominate this year, just as it has for many years running. Even as the Trump administration has employed novel and at times legally dubious means to block renewable energy growth, the power sector keeps choosing clean energy again and again — attracted by its low costs, speed to build, and climate and environmental benefits."
Source: Canary Media, 03/06/2026
"An Oil Company Quietly Dug A Surprisingly Deep Geothermal Well"
"Oxy drilled four miles down in Colorado, and did so quickly — a promising development for the geothermal industry."
Source: Colorado Public Media, 03/06/2026
"Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing"
"A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down New York’s congestion pricing program are unlawful."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/06/2026
Bill Gates–Backed Nuclear Power Plant Just Got Cleared To Start Building
"TerraPower, a Bill Gates–backed nuclear power start-up, received the federal green light to start building a power plant in Wyoming. The approval paves the way for the first new commercial nuclear reactor in the U.S. in nearly a decade."
Source: Scientific American, 03/05/2026
"Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers"
"No companies bid for the chance to drill in more than 1 million acres of water off Alaska’s Cook Inlet, the Interior Department said Wednesday."
Source: NYTimes, 03/05/2026
"Tiny Texas School District Rejects Tax Deal with $6 Billion LNG Project"
"The Point Isabel Independent School District on Monday rejected a multi-million dollar tax break for a proposed $5.7 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on the Texas Gulf Coast, finding the facility would not “align” with the community’s values or finances."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/04/2026
