Trump announces oil executive Chris Wright as his pick for energy secretary
NPRTrump announced Chris Wright, the CEO of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy, as his pick for energy secretary. more…
Trump announced Chris Wright, the CEO of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy, as his pick for energy secretary. more…
Burgum ran in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. He then became a vocal supporter of Preesident-elect Donald Trump and was shortlisted for the GOP vice presidential nomination. more…
Trump is the latest president to appoint a czar to deal with a particular issue — in this case, the border. But what does that mean? A look at the controversial history of government czars. more…
In the wake of a significant rally in U.S. stocks following the recent election, global markets have been buoyed by expectations of growth and tax reforms... more…
UK economy ekes out 0.1% growth in the third quarter, below expectations more…
President-elect Donald Trump's second term could bring reform to energy permitting and increased fracking on federal lands. more…
President-elect Donald Trump has ambitious goals for utilizing U.S. federal lands for extraction of oil and other resources. more…
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Chris Wright, a fracking executive who has long ties to the energy industry, to lead the Department of Energy. more…
Food prices have climbed more than 25% since President Joe Biden took office. more…
As President-elect Donald Trump names his cabinet picks, environmental groups are concerned over who he's chosen to regulate environmental and energy policies. more…
Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a 'gift of God' more…
Chris Wright, CEO of a fracking services company and Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Energy, has said “there is no climate crisis” more…
Oil rigs around the world are habitats for marine species. When they stop producing oil, should they be removed or allowed to stay? more…
A new study maps out a comprehensive plan to eliminate plastic pollution in the next 25 years. more…
During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump had a pointed tagline for his energy policy: “Drill, baby, drill.” That statement is emblematic of where Trump is poised to focus his efforts in a second term: He’s pledged US “energy dominance” and everything… more…
A second Donald Trump administration and lower interest rates could set the stage for a renaissance in the mergers and acquisitions market.Read more... more…
Almost five years ago, BP embarked on an ambitious attempt to transform itself from an oil company into a business focused on low-carbon power. The British ... more…
Ending tax credit would gravely affect electric vehicle transition in US even as it would help Tesla beat competitors. more…
Democrats are in disarray. It’s time to name our enemies and assert our demands to build a party that can win. The post Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party appeared first on The Intercept. more…
The Democratic Party is looking for a scapegoat for its disastrous 2024 election performance. As ever, no shortage of pundits and party operatives are punching left. Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres accused his colleagues of “pandering” to the “far left.… more…
Taken together, the projects being financed would produce almost seven times the annual emissions of the United States. more…
At the U.N. climate summit, agricultural emissions are being sidelined — again. more…
One of Trump' inflation-cutting plans, more shale production to lower energy prices, is not going to get strong uptake from the industry. more…
Trump plans tougher sanctions on Iran's and Venezuela's oil exports, and secondary sanctions on China. How might that work? more…
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While historian Alfred McCoy made an early and accurate call on the erosion of the US empire, his current readings are a mixed bag. more…
Trump and his loyalists intend to deliver major changes to US politics. But how realistic is that promise? more…
What does it say about AFRICOM’s counterterrorism mission when nationalized mines increasingly come under attack and the US proxy state of Ukraine is training terrorists the US is supposed to be fighting? more…
AI boom is driving data center construction and increasing carbon emissions. more…
Halliburton’s share price has been under pressure in recent months, with headwinds in the U.S. and a potential end to OPEC+ supply cuts offsetting strong performance i... more…
Liberty Energy CEO Wright is an MIT and Berkeley trained engineer. He's not a fan of solar and wind power, but has invested in next-gen nuclear and geothermal startups. more…
Heat pumps are 3 to 5 times more efficient than gas, fueled-heating systems and electric resistance heating and so can lower utility bills. more…
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has presented a comprehensive policy roadmap with the goal of securing American energy leadership and protecting consumers. more…
That the new White House is in favor of the "drill baby drill" approach to energy is a negative for the renewable type if you can judge by the recent market action. more…
Tempting as it is to erase existing regulation, the new Administration should focus on reforming them for efficiency. more…
Our 1.5°C climate goal is slipping out of reach. Record emissions and rising risks demand urgent action. What does this mean for our planet—and what must we do next? more…
While US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term may disrupt multilateral arrangements, it does not mark the end of the fight against climate change. But for any collaborative climate effort to succeed, it must move beyond ineffective annual global summits… more…
For the Azerbaijani regime, hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku represents a chance to obscure its poor climate record and relentless attacks on civil society. In reality, the government seems far more interested in capitalizi… more…
As we broadcast all week from the COP29 talks in Azerbaijan, we look at what Donald Trump’s reelection as U.S. president means for the climate. Clean energy and environmental advocates are raising alarm over Trump’s picks for key roles in his administration, … more…
We are broadcasting live from COP29, the United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, where countries are shaping the world’s response to the climate crisis. Despite pledges at last year’s summit in Dubai to cut global emissions, the burning of coal, oi… more…
At the Republican national convention in July, Donald Trump pledged to cut gas prices by boosting domestic oil production. “We will drill, baby, drill,” he declared. Despite the president-elect’s promise, oil and gas companies probably have other ideas. For t… more…
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Some energy stocks are still climbing after Donald Trump's presidential win on Nov. 5. These two reached new highs on Friday. more…
The U.S. military is facing a major shortage of antimony, a little-known metal that is critical not just to U.S. national security, but its broader economy. more…
Stocks moved lower after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is in 'no hurry' on rate cuts. more…
Why not make the fox guard the henhouse? Sounds like another great idea from Trump, naming the head of a fracking company to be Secretary of Energy. But, according to reports, Trump tried to shake these fossil fuel industry types and lobbyists for a cool $1 b… more…
Well, here we go. Aside from some truly insane and absurd Cabinet picks, which I’m not even going to write about here (but let’s just say it’s well beyond putting the foxes in charge of the henhouse), we’re getting some initial leaks on Donald Trump’s legisla… more…
New lithium mines will plug a gaping hole in the US EV battery supply chain until more sustainable, alternative sources emerge. The post Lithium Brine Breakthrough Or Not, Thacker Pass Is Happening appeared first on CleanTechnica. more…
( Tomdispatch.com ) - Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that “t… more…
It’s the dawn of a new era for the Federal Government. At least, we hope so. Donald Trump has been re-elected, and Republicans control all three branches of government. Thus far, it looks as though Trump is off to a str... more…
From running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination himself, former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has proven himself a Trump loyalist who commands the president-elect’s trust. Announcing Burgum’s appointment at his Mar-... more…
The EPA just introduced a rule to cut down on methane emissions, and it could make the air clearer in some national parks. Here's how. more…
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This Shelby Mustang GT500 fastback was built by Revology Cars of Orlando, Florida, and purchased new by the current owner. Completed in 2023, the car is finished in Brittany Blue Metallic with Wimbledon White stripes and powered by a supercharged Roush Perfor… more…
Increasing American energy production is the single most significant step the incoming administration can take toward delivering on its mandate. The post Trump’s Silver Bullet appeared first on The American Conservative. more…
Trump’s focus should be on Beijing before all else. The post The Promise of Trump’s Realist China Grand Strategy appeared first on The American Conservative. more…
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Wright has been one of the industry's loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change and could give fossil fuels a boost, including quick action to end a year-long pause on natural gas export approvals by the Biden administration. more…
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Sue Gordon and Dr. Deborah Birx join Margaret Brennan. more…
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His secretary of state, attorney general and UN ambassador have been picked - but there are plenty more posts to fill. more…
Donald Trump has promised to halt federal climate action and repeal the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, which provides unprecedented spending for clean energy. The market momentum for renewables and efforts by states and cities may be the only hope for U.S… more…
Almost five years ago, BP embarked on an ambitious attempt to transform itself from an oil company into a business focused on low-carbon power. The British ... more…
Having built a $20bn oil refinery, Aliko Dangote is now at the heart of a row in the murky industry. more…
The Sarawak government may be leading the charge when it comes to hydrogen power, Peninsular Malaysia isn’t too far behind. The ministry of science, technology and innovation (MOSTI) will also be bringing in three units […] The post Gov’t to trial Toyota Mira… more…
Is the Ford Ranger a good truck? With foreign competition increasingly taking over the truck market share, is Ford built tough enough to last? This TikTok posted by @fordtechcesar reveals a 2023 Ford Ranger with 37,000 miles that is making a mysterious soun… more…
Bitdefender released a decryptor for the ShrinkLocker ransomware, which modifies BitLocker configurations to encrypt a system’s drives. ShrinkLocker ransomware was first discovered in May 2024 by researchers from Kaspersky. Unlike modern ransomware it doesn’t… more…
China-linked threat actors breached U.S. broadband providers and gained access to private communications of a limited number of U.S. government officials. The FBI and CISA continues to investigate a large-scale cyber-espionage campaign by China-linked threat … more…
Bitfinex hacker, Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole 1 billion worth of Bitcoins from Bitfinex in 2016, has been sentenced to five years in prison. “Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced today to five years in prison for his involvement in a money laundering conspiracy ar… more…
Threat actors are actively exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813, Broadcom warns. Broadcom warns that the two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813 are actively expl… more…
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Progress Kemp LoadMaster, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS and Expedition bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added th… more…
Threat actors exploit misconfigured JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebooks servers to rip sports streams and illegally redistribute them. Researchers from security firm Aqua observed threat actors exploiting misconfigured JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook servers to … more…
Apple released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and Safari browser to address two actively exploited zero-day flaws. Apple released security updates for two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-44309 and CVE-2024-44308, in iOS, iPad… more…
T-Mobile confirmed being a victim of recent hacking campaigns linked to China-based threat actors targeting telecom companies. T-Mobile confirms it was hacked as part of a long-running cyber espionage campaign targeting Telco companies. Recently, the FBI and … more…
Chinese threat actors use custom post-exploitation toolkit ‘DeepData’ to exploit FortiClient VPN zero-day and steal credentials. Volexity researchers discovered a vulnerability in Fortinet’s Windows VPN client that China-linked threat actor BrazenBamboo abuse… more…
A botnet employed in DDoS or cryptomining attacks is exploiting a zero-day in end-of-life GeoVision devices to grow up. Researchers at the Shadowserver Foundation observed a botnet exploiting a zero-day in GeoVision EOL (end-of-Life) devices to compromise dev… more…
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Palo Alto Networks Expedition bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following Palo Alto Networks Expedi… more…
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international … more…
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. A botnet explo… more…
China-linked threat actors breached U.S. broadband providers and gained access to private communications of a limited number of U.S. government officials. The FBI and CISA continues to investigate a large-scale cyber-espionage campaign by China-linked threat … more…
The exploitation of the recently disclosed ‘won’t fix’ issue CVE-2024-10914 in legacy D-Link NAS devices began days after its disclosure. Days after D-Link announced it wouldn’t patch a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10914 (CVSS score of 9.8), … more…
Court filing revealed that NSO Group used WhatsApp exploits after the instant messaging firm sued the surveillance company. NSO Group developed malware that relied on WhatsApp exploits to infect target individuals even after the Meta-owned instant messaging c… more…
Palo Alto Networks confirmed active exploitation of a zero-day in its PAN-OS firewall and released new indicators of compromise (IoCs). Last week, Palo Alto Networks warned customers to limit access to their next-gen firewall management interface due to a pot… more…
A Really Simple Security plugin flaw affects 4M+ sites, allowing attackers full admin access. It’s one of the most critical WordPress vulnerabilities ever. Wordfence researchers warn of a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-10924 (CVSS Score of 9.8), in the Re… more…
GDPR protects sensitive data like health and financial details, and its enforcement underscores the growing need for stronger data security measures. GDPR: The landscape of data privacy and protection has never been more critical. With regulators around the w… more…
Russian Phobos ransomware operator Evgenii Ptitsyn, accused of managing attacks, was extradited from South Korea to the US to face cybercrime charges. Russian Phobos ransomware operator Evgenii Ptitsyn, suspected of playing a key role in the ransomware operat… more…
The Library of Congress discloses the compromise of some of its IT systems, an alleged foreign threat actor hacked their emails. The Library of Congress informed lawmakers about a security breach, an alleged foreign adversary compromised some of their IT syst… more…
Apple released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and Safari browser to address two actively exploited zero-day flaws. Apple released security updates for two zero-day vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-44309 and CVE-2024-44308, in iOS, iPad… more…
Amber X. Chen With a Republican majority in Congress and Zeldin promising to “deregulate” the EPA, the new Trump administration will prioritize fossil fuel interests over environmental protection. The post Why Trump Picked Lee Zeldin to Lead the Envi… more…
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency. more…
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he had selected Chris Wright, the CEO of Liberty Energy, to serve as the United States Secretary of Energy. The post Trump Selects Energy Executive Chris Wright to Serve as U.S. Secretary of Energy appeared… more…
Argentina withdrew its negotiators from the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, the third day of the conference. The post Javier Milei Pulls Argentina out of COP29 U.N. Climate Doom Summit appeared first on Breitbart. more…