Chris Wright Is Confirmed to Be Secretary of Energy
The Senate confirmed Chris Wright to lead the U.S. Department of Energy on Monday, putting the former oil executive in a key position to help shape President Trump’s energy policies.…
Oil Companies Embrace Trump, but Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
President Trump is swinging American energy policy sharply in favor of fossil fuels, but oil and gas companies say those changes won’t push them to engage in the frenzy of…
Trump’s Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World
President Trump’s repudiation of renewable-energy technologies stands to make the United States an outlier in the world. Many of its large-economy peers are choosing a different path. Even as coal,…
Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar
President Trump is moving to restructure the nation’s energy future to block any transition away from fossil fuels. And he is testing the boundaries of presidential power to do it.…
Wind Power in U.S. Faces Hit From Trump’s Executive Order
President Trump launched a broad attack on the wind power industry in the United States, with a sweeping executive order that could block not just new offshore wind farms in…
Trump Signs Orders to Promote Fossil Fuels and End Climate Policies
And, he said, “We aren’t going to do the wind thing.” Mr. Trump’s dramatic pivot to fossil fuels comes after the hottest year in recorded history and as scientists say…
World Economic Forum: Davos Braces for Political Drama as the World Warms
And Mr. Trump, too, will be unavoidable in Davos, even if he is not there in person. (He is expected to give a speech in a virtual appearance on Thursday.)…