Energy
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China strategically manipulating strategic mineral markets and disadvantaging the West, expert says
Mineral economist David Hammond said China is more interested in controlling value-added manufacturing of EVs and batteries than it is being suppliers of minerals. Flooding the market to drive down prices helps with that strategy.
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House GOP asks Granholm for 'transparency' on LNG export study purportedly undisclosed to Congress
The letter claims that “recently surfaced information” suggests that a 2023 draft of a study on the impacts of LNG exports was sent to senior Biden-Harris administration officials.
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Feds reject Maine's offshore wind funding request
The federal agency awarded grants to 44 other projects that beat out Maine, including $472.3 million to neighboring Massachusetts to replace a drawbridge that serves the state's commuter rail system.