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A pumpjack is seen, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Tatum, N.M. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)

U.S. now producing more oil than any nation ever has in history

By Staff - The Washington Times

FILE - Taylor Swift arrives before an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins, Jan. 13, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. For weeks, scrutiny over Swift’s travel has been bubbling up on social media, with people pointing out the planet-warming emissions of carbon dioxide released with every flight. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

Why Taylor Swift’s globe-trotting in private jets is getting scrutinized

By Isabella O'Malley - Associated Press

A 2023 R1T pickup truck is charged in a bay at a Rivian delivery and service center Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Biden’s EV goals, push to phase out gas-powered cars face growing resistance

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

This Oct. 1, 2020 file photo shows windmills at a utility plant in Atlantic City, N.J. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that wind power was the second-largest source of electricity on March 29, 2022, surpassing all other energy sources except natural gas. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, file)

For the first time, wind turbines produced more electricity than nuclear and coal power

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

This photo taken in October 2016 shows an aboveground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered the pipeline shut down because of concerns about a potential spill in the channel that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Enbridge is resisting the order with the support of Canadian officials who say Line 5 is essential to their economy. (AP Photo/John Flesher) **FILE**

Looming rise in cost of home-heating fuel puts White House on defensive

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this March 28, 2017, file photo, a dump truck hauls coal at Contura Energy's Eagle Butte Mine near Gillette, Wyo. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver) ** FILE **

Climate backfire: Coal-fired power jumps as natural gas prices soar

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about his "Build Back Better" agenda from the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Pathetic and embarrassing’: Biden asks OPEC to up oil output while limiting U.S. energy production

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Report: Montana coal production down amid declining demand

Associated Press

This April 11, 2015, photo provided by EcoFlight shows the White Mesa Uranium Mill near Blanding in southeastern Utah. The Trump administration is asking Congress for $1.5 billion over 10 years to build up a U.S. uranium stockpile, saying it wants to break an over-reliance on foreign uranium that undermines U.S. energy security. The White Mesa facility is one of the sites where production could be ramped up under the proposal. (Dom Smith/EcoFlight via AP)

Trump’s $1.5B uranium bailout triggers rush of mining plans

By BRADY McCOMBS and ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Wyoming Powder River Basin coal production continues to slow

Associated Press

New Mexico on pace to break oil production record

Associated Press

Report: 2 New Mexico counties among top oil producers

Associated Press

FILE- In this Wednesday Jan. 30, 2019, file photo smoke rises from the chimneys of homes in St. Paul, Minn. Americans burned a record amount of energy in 2018, with a 10% jump in consumption from booming natural gas helping to lead the way, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says. Overall consumption of all kinds of fuels rose 4% year on year, the largest such increase in eight years, a report this week from the agency said. Fossil fuels in all accounted for 80% of Americans’ energy use. (Brian Peterson/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Americans’ energy use surges despite climate change concern

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Energy agency predicts lower gasoline prices this summer

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 14, 2015, file photo, the oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer is towed toward a dock in Elliott Bay in Seattle. The government says U.S. oil production will keep climbing and set new records in 2019 and 2020 while oil prices will remain below last year’s levels. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, it expects the United States to pump 12.4 million barrels of crude a day in 2019 and 13.2 million barrels a day in 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

US expects record domestic oil production in 2019, 2020

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

A heating oil delivery truck travels down a road in South Portland, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. With winter on its way, heating oil keeps growing more costly as several top oil-producing countries remain in political or economic turmoil. The Governor's Energy Office says the average statewide cash price is now $2.96, 78 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Staying warm this winter may cost more for American families

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

FILE- In this June 5, 2017, file photo pumpjacks work in an oil field at sunset after a thunderstorm passed through the area in Karnes City, Texas. The United States may have reclaimed the title of the world's biggest oil producer sooner than expected. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday that America &quot;likely surpassed&quot; Russia in June and August after jumping over Saudi Arabia earlier this year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

US ‘likely’ has taken over as the world’s top oil producer

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

In this May 24, 2018 photo, a wind turbine sits idle at the Yahoo Creek project south of Hagerman, Idaho. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP)

Renewables are vital to Idaho’s energy production

By HEATHER KENNISON - Associated Press

$A woman holds a banner that reads in Spanish; "Down with the Chevron- YPF agreement," during a protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Demonstrators gathered to protest against a joint venture between YPF and Chevron to use hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" at a major shale oil and gas deposit known as "Vaca Muerta." (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)$

Mauricio Macri helps Anelo, Argentina, benefit from shale oil

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

Report: Wisconsin electricity prices high, usage low

Associated Press