NBC reporter Kelly O’Donnell tried to separate actions by the Trump administration’s Treasury Department implementing Russian sanctions away from the judgment of President Trump. On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced plans to sanction five Russian individuals and 19 entities for their attempted interference in U.S. elections and their cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure. But […]
The Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines will get a new lease on life under new President Donald Trump, after both pipelines were delayed by the Obama administration.
From the Washington Examiner: TransCanada Corp. filed a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement Friday seeking $15 billion over the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. The company filed the claim seeking arbitration under the trade agreement, arguing that they had reason to believe that they would emerge and win approval […]
They produce oil, but what’s going so poorly for Venezuela? Venezuela is facing an electricity shortage so severe, that President Nicolas Maduro extended the national Easter holiday by decree to decrease demand for it. The government is effectively shutting down the country for five days with the hopes of staving off an impending infrastructural collapse. […]
Brookings Institute, a center-left think tank in Washington, D.C., is scrapping their annual energy conference held in Doha, Qatar. The non-profit organization received $4 million in funding by Qatari donors in 2015, but this move could signal that the oil-rich countries are scaling back spending in light of low oil prices. Photo by BrookingsInst
Uh, how about no, New York Times. Once taxes go up, they rarely come back down. So if gas prices are low right now, they’ll go back up and then we’ll be stuck with high gas taxes with high gas prices.
