** An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others. The CEO has vowed to find out what caused Monday’s blast while the workers’ union says it will make sure there’s a thorough investigation. ** Five countries account for more than two-thirds of the world’s total nuclear electricity generation …
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Energy briefs
** The Trump administration has a new beef with renewable energy: It takes up too much space. One of the Interior Department’s latest rules for evaluating whether to approve energy projects on federal land will focus on “energy density,” a metric that supposedly captures how much power a project can produce per acre of land …
Senators urged Interior Secretary to “rescind” new energy review policy
New Mexico U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich has told Interior Secretary Doug Burgum his decision to personally review every solar and wind energy project in the nation is “troubling” because of what he described “increasingly partisan rhetoric from this Administration.” He and three other Democratic Senators recently wrote Burgum a a letter decrying what they …
Energy briefs
** Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the administration is reviewing previously published National Climate Assessments and will publish updated reports, calling prior versions unfair in their “broad-based assessments of climate change.” ** According to TechCrunch, Tesla’s sales numbers for the Cybertruck plummeted in the second quarter of 2025 and were not only beaten by the Ford …
Energy briefs
** The Department of the Interior is launching a full review of offshore wind energy regulations to ensure alignment with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and America’s energy priorities under President Donald J. Trump. ** Private equity firm Blackstone has agreed to acquire Enverus, an energy data and analytics provider. Blackstone is acquiring Enverus from owners …
Energy briefs
** President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Indian imports to 50% as part of an ongoing row with New Delhi over its purchase of Russian oil, Forbes reported. The move came the same day that special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ** Fallout from the One Big Beautiful Bill will curb rooftop solar …
Report shows drop in energy employment in July in Oklahoma and nearby states
A new report from the Energy Workforce & Technology Council for July showed another slight drop in energy employoment in Oklahoma as well as other states in the region. A cooling in the U.S. labor market? It’s what the council suggests as it explained total jobs in the sector declined slightly to 633,938, a month-over-month …
Energy briefs
** Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Curtis (R-Utah) place holds on three Treasury Department nominees, escalating their fight against the Trump administration’s clampdown on wind and solar tax credit use. ** A Mississippi mayor confirms Elon Musk’s xAI company has purchased a defunct Duke Energy gas-fired power plant to provide energy to the company’s …
Data Centers to demand more power from PSO’s parent company American Electric Power
Weeks after Public Service Company of Oklahoma won approval for its $730 million acquisition of the Green Country Power Plant in Jenks, a move based on anticipated growth in power demands, PSO’s parent company is out with a projection of connecting to 24 GW of new load by 2030. That’s a 15% …
Energy briefs
** U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum orders agencies to factor in proposed solar or wind projects’ per-acre energy generating capacity relative to fossil fuels during permitting — a move that could halt new renewables development on federal lands. ** Colorado Gov. Jared Polis orders state agencies to streamline and accelerate clean energy permitting to allow …
