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In this June 5, 2017, photo pumpjacks work in an oil field at sunset after a thunderstorm passed through the area in Karnes City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Trump team to revive fossil fuels, end Biden policies; renewable energy advocates prepare challenges

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Chris Wright leading the Department of Energy against climate activists and green energy companies illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Chris Wright, Trump’s energy secretary nominee, promises to be climate cartel’s nightmare

By Bonner Russell Cohen

Attendees look at a display made with Playbulb Bluetooth-enabled LED color light bulbs at the MiPow booth at the International CES on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ** FILE **

Biden is coming after your light bulbs — again

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Jan. 23, 2023. The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm called to testify to House Oversight Committee

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Digital chatting artificial intelligence chatbot. File photo credit: 3rdtimeluckystudio via Shutterstock.

Biden’s budget bets bigger on artificial intelligence with ‘AI talent surge’ across government

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Flames emerge from burners on a natural gas stove, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Walpole, Mass. Gas and construction trade groups are suing to block New York state’s controversial ban on gas stoves and furnaces in new buildings. The organizations filed the case against the state Thursday, Oct. 12, in federal court and are arguing the law violates the federal government’s rules around how gas appliances are regulated. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Energy Department backs down on gas stove ban, targets electric models with new efficiency standards

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., on Friday, April 21, 2022. The new facility, which exports liquefied natural gas, is one of several like it along the Gulf Coast — and there are proposals for several more in Louisiana and Texas. Natural gas from the Permian Basin in Texas and other areas is sent by pipeline to the export facilities. It is then cooled and liquefied, making it possible to send much greater quantities by ship to Asia, Europe and other places that are hungry for natural gas. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

Biden halts new liquefied natural gas exports pending climate change analysis

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks at Earth Rider Brewery, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Superior, Wis. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)

Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals. Democrat cites risk to the climate

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Laundry machines line a room as the U.S. Border Patrol unveiled a new 500-person tent facility during a media tour Friday, June 28, 2019, in Yuma, Ariz. The facility will be used to process detained immigrant children and families who cross the U.S. border. The Border Patrol says it will start placing families there on Friday night. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Cleaning up Biden’s nonsensical regulation rules

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks at McKinstry Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle. The Biden administration on Oct. 18 announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Energy Department watchdog says fraud could hit Inflation Reduction Act, blames Secretary Granholm

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Sandia National Laboratories, a technician inspects cathode inductive voltage adder cells used in the Scorpius Injector being assembled at Sandia National Labs, June 8, 2023, in Albuquerque, N.M. Unable to physically validate the effectiveness and reliability of nuclear warheads since a 1992 underground test ban, the $1.8 billion Scorpius will allow experts to conduct subcritical experiments as early as 2027 in the atomic equivalent of a wind tunnel built for aircraft prohibited from flying. (Craig Fritz/Sandia National Laboratories via AP)

U.S. moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosions

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

A pumpjack of Wintershall DEA extracts crude oil at an old oil field in Emlichheim, Germany, March 18, 2022. Oil prices are creeping higher and raising concerns about the impact on inflation’s cooling trajectory, consumers’ wallets and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

U.S. strategic oil reserve at lowest level in decades, even as tensions with China mount

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Manager Nick Reynoza holds a 100-watt incandescent light bulb at Royal Lighting in Los Angeles, Jan. 21, 2011. New federal rules governing the energy efficiency of lighting systems went into full effect Tuesday, effectively ending the sale and manufacture of bulbs that trace their origin to an 1880 Thomas Edison patent. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new U.S. rules that kicked in this week

By David Hamilton - Associated Press

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., listens as the House Rules Committee prepares a bill at the Capitol in Washington, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Massie calls out Biden energy officials for new water heater standards

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A gas-lit flame burns on a natural gas stove on Jan. 11, 2006. The Republican-controlled House is taking up legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from over-zealous government regulators. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)

Biden energy official tells GOP lawmakers don’t worry about gas stoves: No authority to ban

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

State Department offers $10 million for info on ransomware gang

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after touring a liquefied hydrogen carrier at a pier in Otaru, northern Japan, Friday, April 14, 2023. G-7 energy and environment ministers are meeting on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of a summit next month. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Biden energy secretary says she failed to reveal stock holdings; GOP calls for investigation

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

House Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., joined at left by Ranking Member Jim McGovern, D-Mass., speaks as the panel prepares a bill to reverse a Biden administration firearms-related regulation on so-called pistol braces, a stabilizing feature championed by some members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Stove wars: Republican-controlled House takes up bills to protect gas stoves

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

A gas-lit flame burns on a natural gas stove, Jan. 11, 2006, in Stuttgart, Germany. New York state plans to ban natural gas stoves and furnaces in most new buildings, a policy aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions without making people replace their beloved cooking equipment. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)

Biden urges court to allow local ban on new gas stoves in Berkeley, California

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during an interview Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, in Northwoods, Mo. Rep. Bush claims on social media that white supremacists shot at protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, but the city’s police chief says he was unaware of any such incident. She posted on Twitter and Facebook on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 that during the protests following Brown's death, “white supremacists would hide behind a hill near where Michael Brown Jr. was murdered and shoot at us.” Many people responded by questioning if that really happened. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Gas stove debate sparks racial talk from Democrats as Biden officials duck public grilling

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times