U.S. oil giants tell Trump they're noncommittal on Venezuela Exxon CEO Darren Woods said Venezuela is currently "uninvestable" without "significant changes" to commercial frameworks and legal system. Axios · Jan 9
Trump's Plan for 30 Million Barrels of Venezuelan Oil Doesn't Add Up The plan is both light on specifics and full of contradictions. Reason · Jan 8
Nestlé's CIO says the value of the food giant's AI investments goes well beyond efficiency The world’s largest food and beverage company is using AI to rethink pricing, factories, sales, but the company's chief information officer isn't just focused on squeezing out efficiency gains. Fortune · Jan 7
Trump tells NBC U.S. may reimburse firms for Venezuela oil efforts Energy experts say reviving Venezuela’s oil industry could be a decade-long process, and could cost upwards of $100 billion. Fortune · Jan 5
Trump administration orders a Colorado coal-fired power generator to stay open The Trump administration has ordered another coal-fired power facility to remain open The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025
Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry The Guardian - US · Dec 22, 2025
House passes bill to allow FERC to keep power plants from closing - Roll Call The bill would let the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission require retiring power plants stay open if closure could pose reliability issues. Roll Call · Dec 16, 2025
DOE using its own land to help pair AI centers, nuclear reactors - Roll Call Co-locating smaller reactors with data centers at federal sites is part of the Trump administration's bid to accelerate both technologies. Roll Call · Dec 15, 2025
Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoing The Guardian - US · Dec 4, 2025
Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters The U.S. and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025
Cooking with gas gets more expensive as Americans face rising prices into 2026 Trump promised to cut consumers’ energy costs within his first year in office but gas price is up 4% on average The Guardian - US · Dec 1, 2025
Three Mile Island Can Restart Without Subsidies. The Federal Government Is Giving It $1 Billion Anyway. Bringing the defunct power plant back online is a good thing. The government's involvement is not. Reason · Nov 19, 2025
Trump officials announce $1bn loan to restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant Facility that was site of worst nuclear disaster in US history will provide power for Microsoft datacenters The Guardian - US · Nov 19, 2025
Trump White House Approves $1 Billion Loan To Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant The Trump administration has approved a credit facility worth $1 billion for Constellation Energy Corp. (NASDAQ:CEG), according to the Wall Street Journal. The funds are designated to help reopen the Crane Clean Energy Center, the site famously known as Three Mile Island. Benzinga · Nov 18, 2025
Euronews · Nov 7, 2025 US to maintain long-term energy cooperation with Europe, Secretary Wright tells Euronews Speaking to Euronews, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright indicated Washington's willingness to have a long-term energy presence in Europe and highlighted Greece's role as a key hub.
Roll Call · Nov 5, 2025 Worker shortage looms over new US nuclear power focus - Roll Call An aging nuclear power workforce and shortage of qualified employees could pose a challenge to Trump's goals for a "nuclear renaissance."
The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025 Trump’s nuclear weapons tests won’t include explosions ‘right now,’ official says Energy Secretary says administration will tests nuclear weapons ‘systems’ without detonating devices — for now
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025 Trump's testing plans for US nuclear weapons won't include explosions, energy secretary says Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that new tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025 Israel puts off signing $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, prompts US energy secretary to cancel visit Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that his refusal to sign a $35 billion gas agreement with Egypt has prompted his U.S. counterpart Chris Wright to cancel a planned trip to Israel
Fortune · Oct 28, 2025 The U.S. just bet $1 billion that AI supercomputers can turn most cancers from ‘death sentences’ to ‘manageable conditions’ within 8 years Chris Wright says the supercomputers will also allow the U.S. to “re-create the center of the sun on Earth” given how they benefit fusion energy research.
Roll Call · Oct 28, 2025 Offshore wind projects feel brunt of Trump policy decisions - Roll Call As Trump moves toward more energy-dense sources of power, the offshore wind industry has felt the impact most dramatically.
Barchart · Oct 23, 2025 This 1 Little-Known Energy Stock Is Pivoting to Data Centers – and It’s Got Big Ties to Trump Liberty Energy used to be run by Trump’s Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, and is now hopping on the data center boom.
Fortune · Oct 23, 2025 Struggling frackers lean in on powering data centers to grab a slice of the AI pie amid crude oil slump The CEO of the U.S. energy secretary’s fracking company said Trump’s tariffs are getting in the way of U.S. energy and AI dominance.
Benzinga · Oct 22, 2025 This Trump-Linked Nuclear Startup Is Worth $17B — And Still Waiting For A License It sounds like something out of Silicon Valley: no revenue, no operating license, no signed customers — and yet, Oklo Inc (NASDAQ:OKLO) is worth more than $17 billion.
The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2025 US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing ‘existential threat’ to European economies