Energy

A massive power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, knocking out traffic lights and forcing the evacuation of subway systems in both countries, among other disruptions. It is being blamed on a "rare atmospheric phenomenon," reports said.

A sweeping power outage left millions of people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France without electricity on Monday, leading to chaotic scenes and widespread disruption.

A problem with the power connection between France and Spain was a contributing factor to the outage, the head of a trade body that represents Europe's power industry said.

Kristian Ruby, of Eurelectric, told the BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight a "specific incident with an interconnector between France and Spain" occurred on Monday...

A massive power outage paralyzed Spain and Portugal on Monday in an incident with no immediate explanation.

Federal staff cuts will cripple the effectiveness of state-run utility bill assistance programs, advocates warn, and should be resolved congressionally. 

The Energy Department announced Friday that it is wiping an estimated $405 million from grant funding for colleges and universities, as the Trump administration continues its sweeping overhaul of the United States’ scientific research apparatus.

While Joe Biden publicly led the charge to punish Russia for its first invasion of Ukraine, he used his role as vice president to quietly open a backdoor for Moscow's gas to flow to its neighbor in fall 2014, at a time when his son Hunter's Ukrainian energy company sought such help, according to government messages in a private email account kept from Americans for more than a decade.

Average California gas prices remain near $5 per gallon despite national gas prices plummeting amid falling oil prices, leading many Californians to wonder why their gasoline is the most expensive in the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Tuesday that aim to boost coal production in his latest action that runs counter to global efforts to curb carbon emissions.

Coal-burning plants generate less than 20% of U.S. electricity, a drop from 50% in 2000, according to the Energy Information Administration, as fracking and other drilling techniques have hiked production of natural gas. Growth in solar and wind power has also cut coal use.

President Donald Trump took action on Tuesday to slash regulations and expedite leases for American coal mining, lending a hand to an industry that has been rocked by the push for so-called clean energy.

Appearing at the White House in front of a group of American coal miners, Trump signed the Defense Production Act, vowing to “end the government bias against coal” and “turbo charge coal mining in America.” Trump’s order comes as he seeks to boost American energy production and use tariffs as leverage to bring manufacturing and jobs to the United States.

Donald Trump is taking aim and city- and state-led fossil fuel accountability efforts, which have been hailed as a last source of hope for the climate amid the president’s ferociously anti-environment agenda.

In a Tuesday executive order, Trump instructed the Department of Justice to “stop the enforcement” of state climate laws, which his administration has suggested are unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable.