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Bill Gates Says He’s Ready to Put Billions Into Nuclear Power

Bill Gates said he’s prepared to plow billions of dollars into a next-generation nuclear power plant project in Wyoming to meet growing US electricity needs. TerraPower LLC, a startup founded by Gates, broke ground for construction of its first commercial reactor last week in Wyoming, where a coal plant is shutting down, the billionaire co-founder …

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Trump Plans to Restart Oil Drilling in Alaska Arctic Refuge

Trumps tells Senate Republicans he wants drilling in region Biden canceled lease sales last year, increased conservation Donald Trump told Senate Republicans Thursday he would restart oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by the Biden administration to cancel leases in the frozen wilderness. “He said ‘We’ll get back to that,’” Senator …

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Phillips 66 to Sell Pipeline Stake to Tallgrass for $1.3 Billion

Phillips 66 reached a deal to sell its 25% interest in one of the largest US natural gas pipelines to the system’s majority owner, Tallgrass Energy LP, for about $1.3 billion. The sale of the Rockies Express Pipeline stake is part of Phillips 66’s push to divest more than $3 billion in assets, the Houston-based oil refiner …

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States Sue U.S. to Block Rule That Oil Firms Guarantee Payment to Dismantle Old wells

Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday sued the U.S. government to block the Biden administration’s proposed rule that would require the offshore oil and gas industry to provide nearly $7 billion in financial assurances to cover costs of dismantling old infrastructure. The rule, which would take effect later this year, will predominantly affect smaller companies …

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