Venezuela, Trump and oil industry
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Trump wants U.S. oil companies to invest billions in Venezuela's broken infrastructure, but massive unpaid debts to American firms complicate plans.
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Trump shook up energy policy in 2025. Disaster could still strike in 2026.
Though the second Trump administration has pivoted from the Biden administration’s aggressive and climate-centric policies, Americans could still face a year of rising electricity costs and potential energy bottlenecks in 2026.
A $6B deal merges Trump Media with TAE Technologies, aiming to advance nuclear fusion energy as a low-pollution, long-term power source.
Trump’s Venezuela gambit has the potential to impact global oil markets, reshape great-power alliances, and undermine norms.
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Three Mile Island restart ‘will never happen,’ former Trump energy regulator says
A former Trump energy official said a Three Mile Island restart “will never happen” in an opinion piece Friday. Officials said power would return to Unit 1 at TMI by 2027 to fuel Microsoft data centers as part of a deal with Constellation Energy.
The president's prime-time speech included false statements about the price of gas, the number of new power plants and the cost of electricity.
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Trump’s return brought stiff headwinds for clean energy. So why are advocates optimistic in 2026?
Dozens of energy developers, experts and politicians say there were some highs amid a lot of lows in a roller coaster year for clean energy as President Donald Trump worked to boost polluting fuels while stymying wind and solar.
The sweeping changes have affected everything from coal plant retirements to international diplomacy over shipping emissions.
Many of the Trump team’s enthusiasms — nuclear power, geothermal energy, exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and onshoring critical mineral supply chains — serve important economic, environmental or national security goals. This is all good news.
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Trump, in interview, defends his energy and health, offers new details on screening he underwent
President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, during an October examination about which he and the White House delayed offering details.
Ukraine's largest private energy company reports 90% of generation capacity damaged by Russian attacks, leaving over 1 million without power during freezing temperatures.
Trump has warned Venezuela's new leader Delcy Rodríguez she could "pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro" if she "doesn't do what's right". We'll speak to a resident of the capital Caracas about how the capture of the authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro does not mean an immediate change to Venezuelans' daily struggle.