US oil producers pledge to help stabilize Iran if regime falls
Tue Jan 13 5:41 pm
American Petroleum Institute President Mike Sommers indicated the industry is more open to helping in Iran than it has been with Venezuela.
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Judge reverses Trump order halting Revolution Wind
Mon Jan 12 5:51 pm
Suspending the lease for the Orsted project off Connecticut and Rhode Island was "unreasonable," the federal judge ruled Monday.
Arizona governor reverses support for data center tax breaks
Mon Jan 12 5:10 pm
Democrat Katie Hobbs had previously backed the incentives as a lawmaker, but on Monday said the industry needs to do more to support the state.
Trump ‘inclined’ to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after CEO response at White House meeting
Sun Jan 11 8:20 pm
“I didn’t like Exxon’s response,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. “They’re playing too cute.”
‘Uninvestable’: Trump pitch to oil execs yields no promises
Fri Jan 09 4:12 pm
The CEOs heaped praise on the president’s actions in Venezuela but made no firm commitments to put money into restoring the country’s oil production.
Trump says oil companies pledge to spend $100B in Venezuela
Thu Jan 08 10:48 pm
The White House is scrambling to expand a Friday meeting with oil executives because of skepticism from the top oil majors.
Lots of companies are eager to spend in Venezuela — except the ones Trump most needs
Thu Jan 08 4:31 pm
“The most enthusiastic are among the least prepared and least sophisticated,” said one industry official familiar with the responses the White House is receiving.
US ditches world’s biggest climate fund, a day after spurning landmark treaty
Thu Jan 08 4:00 pm
The move out of the Green Climate Fund threatens a program that has provided $19 billion to help poor nations adapt to a warming world.
GOP reckons with support for foreign oil amid Venezuela tensions
Thu Jan 08 10:41 am
Some Republican lawmakers have begun sounding the alarm about Venezuelan oil hurting American producers.
Trump quits pivotal 1992 climate treaty, in massive hit to global warming effort
Wed Jan 07 7:23 pm
The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change underpins global efforts to address rising temperatures.
Inside the White House obsession with reducing energy prices
Wed Jan 07 5:10 pm
President Donald Trump and his chief of staff Susie Wiles were briefed in early December on how the Trump administration is mobilizing to bring down energy costs.
Q&A: John Bolton on Trump’s Venezuelan oil grab
Wed Jan 07 11:00 am
“The idea that American oil companies are just lining up to go invest in Venezuela is just flatly wrong,” he told POLITICO's E&E News.