** Danish renewable energy giant Orsted filed suit Thursday against the Department of Interior because it paused its lease on a $5 billion off-shore wind farm in Rhode Island. Orsted’s Revolution Wind project is 87% complete, and “is expected to be ready to deliver reliable, affordable power to American homes in 2026,” a press release said.
** Giant trucking company J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. closed its facility at the Home Depot Distribution Center in Lithonia, Ga., on Oct. 27, 2025, and U.S. Postal Service trucking contractor 10 Roads Express revealed plans to end its mail hauling business and shut down all operations by the end of January 2026.
** Tesla reported a bigger-than-expected fall in fourth-quarter deliveries on Friday and posted a second straight decline in annual sales, as it struggled to whip up demand for its electric vehicles following the withdrawal of tax subsidies.
** California has delayed its cancellation of thousands of commercial driver’s licenses held by migrants, setting it up for another showdown with Washington. The Department of Motor Vehicles announced that the 17,000 migrant truck drivers whose licenses had been revoked can now keep them for 60 more days, which could enable the drivers to retake tests and do whatever is necessary to remain legal.
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** Ukraine launched drone attacks on Russian oil facilities overnight, hitting a fuel depot in the Kaluga region, Russian Telegram channels reported on Thursday. The Ilsky refinery in southern Russia was also attacked again, they said. There was initially no official confirmation of the strikes.
** Russia reportedly has asked the White House to end the U.S. Coast Guard’s efforts to seize an oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean after the crew of the vessel painted a Russian flag on the side of the ship.
** LUMA, the company responsible for operating Puerto Rico’s electric transmission and distribution system, announced on Nov. 6 the arrival of the largest and highest-capacity transformer in the island’s history. The transformer, to be installed at the Sabana Llana Transmission Center in Carolina, will directly impact more than 200,000 customers and indirectly benefit more than 700,000 by reinforcing the grid and providing greater stability to prevent large-scale outages.
** South Korea’s move to kill coal will almost certainly have repercussions on two of its largest energy customers, Australia and the United States. A decision on the polluting fossil fuel was made at the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, when South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment announced plans to retire most of the country’s coal-fired power plants by 2040, and to at least halve its carbon emissions by 2035. Forty of the plants already have confirmed closure dates.
** Officials in Germany are scaling back their plans to develop more natural gas–fired power plants, as the government wants to continue its path toward decarbonization while also recognizing the need to back up renewable power generation with baseload units.