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Electric semi trucks are coming, and they could help to decarbonize the shipping and logistics industry. However, range remains a major limitation. This presents challenges…
After days of a withering Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Russian defense ministry announced that it was withdrawing its forces from two areas in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.…
Tax revenue in Texas grew by a record 25.6 percent for the 2022 fiscal year through August, according to the latest tax collection data released…
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Wednesday while addressing the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok that he will soon meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping,…
On Monday, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with European leaders to request more weapons and suggest Kiev could help bring down gas prices. European…
A draft proposal by Brussels looks to intervene in the worsening energy crisis by placing a price cap on electricity generated by non-natural gas power…
As many as six in 10 British manufacturing businesses are at risk of closure, according to a recent survey as soaring energy bills and the…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stressed the need to “go nuclear” to boost the UK’s energy security as he promised £700 million ($810 million) of…
It sure looks as though momentum is all of a sudden getting behind nuclear power, with even NPR coming out and writing yesterday that "resistance…
Asian stocks tumbled after China announced the metropolis of Chengdu would lock down its 21 million residents as authorities battled a new Covid-19 outbreak. In…
One month ago, we were surprised to read how, despite a suppressed appetite for energy amid its housing crash and economic downturn (for which "zero…
Switzerland is the latest country to get on board the "nuclear power before country-wide blackouts" trend, following in the recent footsteps of countries like Germany.…
The European Union is reducing its dependence on Russian natural gas and has made some progress. Norway has displaced Russia as the top supplier of…
On Tuesday, Europe faced a worsening supply crunch after Russian energy giant Gazprom PSJC informed French utility Engie SA that natural gas supplies would immediately…
It was just days ago we wrote about how Ford was hiking the price of its F-150 EV by almost precisely the same amount offered…
In Thursday’s daily, we noted how an increasing number of US households is struggling to pay their utility bills. Yet, this situation pales in comparison…
Energy executives in the UK have warned the government that the country faces the prospect of mass civil unrest as a result of people being…
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo might have spilled the beans about the duration of Europe's energy crisis. He told reporters Monday, "the next 5…
Besides the news of record high electricity prices, a troubling new crop failure report about Europe's upcoming harvest was published Monday. The bloc's Monitoring Agricultural…
Two months ago, we said that with oil tumbling from its post-Ukraine war highs, it's only a matter of time before OPEC+ makes a mockery of…