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America's largest electric grid operator issued a Level-1 energy emergency alert as heat wave drives up demand for electricity.

Nation’s largest electric grid operator declares Level-1 emergency amid scorching heat

Story By Chris Oberholtz |Fox Weather| America’s largest electric grid operator has issued a Level-1 energy emergency alert as the tremendous demand...

A brutal heat wave is impacting millions of Americans with triple-digit temperatures and extreme humidity, cranking up the heat index.

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Texas’s nighttime temperatures are a symptom of a new, more dangerous kind of heat wave

Story By Rachel Ramirez|CNN| A brutal heat wave is expanding across Texas and the South this week, impacting millions of Americans with triple-digit temperatures...

Kansas is a great place for turbine projects that capture the wind and convert it into electricity and clean energy.

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Clean Energy Projects: Permission to Build

Story by German Lopez | New York Times | With its open plains and thousands of miles of wheat fields, Kansas is...

Biden, McCarthy finalize debt-ceiling deal

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Biden, McCarthy finalize debt-ceiling deal, but now must sell it to Congress

WASHINGTON — With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement Sunday on a...

Department of Energy is buying more oil for the SPR

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U.S. Energy Department begins buying back oil for strategic petroleum reserve

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Energy Department said on Friday it will begin buying back oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR,...

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Frigid winter? New Englanders will pay through frozen noses for oil and gas

(Reuters) – This winter the U.S. Northeast faces its highest energy costs in more than 25 years due to tight heating oil...

inflation and food costs hurting low income families

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‘We have yet to see a peak in food inflation’: Food prices haven’t risen so steeply since 1979, with one grocery staple up nearly 40%

From MarketWatch: Food prices continued to rise in August, putting pressure on lower- and middle-income households in particular as inflation extends its...

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White House asks U.S. oil-and-gas companies to help lower fuel costs -sources

By: Jarrett Renshaw – Reuters – The White House has been speaking with U.S. oil and gas producers in recent days about...

Trans Alaska oil pipeline permafrost issues

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‘A wake up call’: One of the world’s largest oil pipelines might be in trouble

David Hasemyer, Inside Climate News – The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, one of the world’s largest oil pipelines, could be in danger due to...