Energy & Fuel

"Even as electric vehicle sales slump, the U.S. fast-charging network grew over 30 percent last year, a new report shows."

"A fourth offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration was temporarily allowed to resume construction on Tuesday, marking yet another legal setback for the White House on the issue."

"The U.S. Forest Service announced revisions to its oil and gas leasing rules today that the agency promises “modernizes and streamlines” the permitting process to drill for fossil fuels in the nation’s forests and grasslands. The changes prompted the ire of environmental groups who say it is the latest in a year’s worth of attacks on public lands protections by President Trump’s administration."

"Amsterdam city council has passed a legally binding ban on advertising for fossil fuels and meat products across public spaces in the city, becoming the first capital in the world to prohibit such ads through local law."

"For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution."

"A federal judge ruled Friday against the Trump administration’s freeze on a $5 billion program that seeks to fund the build-out of electric vehicle (EV) chargers."

"US natural gas continued to extend eye-popping gains, ending the day nearly 30% higher than Friday’s closing price as freezing weather sweeps across much of the country, boosting heating demand and disrupting supplies."

"Many in the U.S. faced another night of below-freezing temperatures and no electricity after a colossal winter storm heaped more snow Monday on the Northeast and kept parts of the South coated in ice. At least 29 deaths were reported in states afflicted with severe cold."

"The state of Michigan is suing major oil companies and an industry association, alleging that they colluded to hamper the adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs)."

"California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company’s plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state’s coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration’s removal of regulatory barriers to offshore oil drilling for the first time in decades."