Energy

Bernie Sanders has been rolling out political hot takes for more than half a century, and in recent years his familiar socialist prescriptions have found a new focus: artificial intelligence. In 2023 he argued that workers who use it should be entitled to a four-day week. In October of last year he called on corporations who employ AI to be hit with a “robot tax”. And, just last month, he made his punchiest proposal yet: a complete moratorium on all AI data centers. In a characteristically plaintive video address, the Vermont Senator argued that halting data center construction would “give democracy a chance to catch up,” preventing the benefits of

As a mighty US armada bobs in the Caribbean off the shores of Venezuela, President Trump just addressed the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House. With characteristic delicacy and understatement, he outlined the accomplishments of the first 11 months of his second term in office, lightly criticized his predecessor and cautiously opined about what the future held in store for the United States of America in the coming semiquincentennial year.  Well, some viewers may wish to dispute my emphases and assessments of tone. But let’s just say that the President’s short speech was vintage Trump. It was hyperbolic, yes, over the top, indubitably, but in essence 100 percent true.

More than any conflict in history, the Russia-Ukraine war has been about electricity

AI’s appetite for reliable energy will require an energy-capacity building boom

The route connects regions that Russia and America both consider vital for trade and security – the North Pacific, and the Arctic

‘We’re just getting started’

The offshore and onshore wind sectors are in full-blown panic mode

The border, federal government hiring, TikTok — he covered a lot

American exports of LNG are made to meet overseas demand

The agency’s draft rules would undermine the American power system as we know it

Proterra’s stock price has nosedived — but not before the energy secretary cashed out