Fuel producers just scored a green light from the nation’s highest court to go after California’s aggressive emissions standards. In a 7-2 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that energy companies like Valero’s Diamond Alternative Energy do, in fact, have standing to challenge the EPA’s 2022 decision that allowed California to impose tougher emissions and electric vehicle mandates than the federal baseline. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, said plainly: “The government generally may not…

Fuel producers just scored a green light from the nation’s highest court to go after California’s aggressive emissions standards. In a 7-2 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that energy companies like Valero’s Diamond Alternative Energy do, in fact, have standing to challenge the EPA’s 2022 decision that allowed California to impose tougher emissions and electric vehicle mandates than the federal baseline. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, said plainly: “The government generally may not…

Viernes, 20 de junio de 2025. ¡La CIA se quedó sin máscara! Nicolás Maduro no se guardó nada. Frente a las cámaras, el presidente venezolano lanzó una bomba política que sacudió a todo el continente: denunció que Marco Rubio, desde Estados Unidos, está detrás de un plan para derrocar a Gustavo ...

Viernes, 20 de junio de 2025. Un nuevo ataque iraní sobre suelo israelí demuestra la situación de indefensión del país hebreo. Irán ataca parque de Tecnologías Avanzadas en Beersheba, quedando afectada la sede Microsoft que trabajaba directamente con el ejercito israelí. Información sobre l...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell yet again this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, following a 4-rig decrease in each of the two weeks prior. The total rig count in the US fell by 1 to 554 rigs, according to Baker Hughes, down 34 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs fell by 1 to 438 after falling by 3 during the previous week—and down by 47 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs fell by 2 this week, to 111 for a gain of 13 active…

20 de junio de 2025.- A través de un comunicado en Instagram, el Ministerio de Transporte anunció el cierre parcial de varias arterias viales en Miranda y Caracas por trabajos de rehabilitación, a partir de este jueves 19 de junio, y que se extenderán por 30 días. Entre las vías que estarán cerra...

20 de junio de 2025.- En Rusia comenzaron los ensayos clínicos de la vacuna contra el cáncer, Enteromix, en los que participan casi 50 voluntarios, informó hoy el director general del Centro Nacional Médico de Investigación en Radiología, Andréi Kaprin. «Nuestro instituto es el primero autorizado...

20 de junio de 2025.- Hoy existen aproximadamente 9 millones de refugiados, descendientes semitas palestinos dispersos en el mundo que no le permiten retornar y portar su gentilicio nativo palestino. Los refugiados palestinos y palestinas relatan que, en su larga espera, pero firme esperanza, han...

Two swallows do not a summer make. Well, okay, Aristotle didn’t put it that way, but we are betting that a lot of utility investors are hoping so. Here’s what happened on the same day. Two news stories.  USA Network, the Gannet news service, reported that the N.Y. State legislature is not just looking at rising electricity rates, but they are legislating. Eight bills passed by the Senate and on their way to the Assembly, calling for the designation of an additional Public Service Commission member as consumer advocate (weren’t…

20 de junio de 2025.- El Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) realizó el acto de escogencia de posición de boleta para los comicios municipales 2025, tal como lo establece el artículo 70 de la Ley Orgánica de Procesos Electorales (Lopre) y el artículo 197 del Reglamento General de la Lopre, dando fiel c...

Es 20 de junio de 2025. Han transcurrido 171 días del año y faltan 194 días para su terminación. Hoy es viernes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la cienci...

Iran Loads Every Available Barrel of Oil on Its Tankers  - Confronted with the prospect of the Trump Administration potentially attacking its infrastructure, Iran has been maximizing exports and sending as much produced crude as possible to its terminal in Kharg Island. - Iran’s main crude oil loading port, Kharg has a capacity to store approximately 28 million barrels of oil, and recent satellite imagery indicates most tanks are completely full, adding some 5 million barrels over the past week. - Since Israel attacked Iran on June 13,…

Geopolitical risk raced back into oil markets last week with Israel's strikes on Iran, and Donald Trump's uncertainty about how he will react is only going to create more volatility in oil prices.Friday, June 20th, 2025 The unpredictable nature of the Israel-Iran conflict has seen Brent bounce in a wide range of $70.56 to $79.04 per barrel this week, set for a slightly bearish closing around $77 per barrel after the Trump administration pushed out the timeline of its potential involvement in the Gulf. US Federal Reserve decisions, OPEC+ policy,…

Refiners in Asia have asked for additional oil supply under term contracts this summer as the conflict between Israel and Iran is hiking premiums for spot supply, Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources in the oil trade industry. As hostilities escalate, spot premiums for oil supply from the Middle East jumped this week to the highest level in four months, to more than $3 per barrel. Meanwhile, the official selling prices (OSPs) that Middle Eastern exporters set for their term supply for loading the following month are currently lower than the…

El coordinador nacional de la corporación Juntos Todo es Posible, Walter Gavidia, destacó que fue todo un éxito el encuentro nacional que desde esa instancia apoyarán al menos 250 proyectos comunitarios planteados en la agenda concreta de acción (ACA). Así lo dio a conocer Gavidia e...

La confirmación se dio durante una reunión entre Rousseff y el presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, en Strelna, a las afueras de San Petersburgo, en la que también informaron sobre la adhesión de Uzbekistán: «Dos países ya fueron elegidos como nuevos miembros, son Uzbekistán y Colombia&laquo...

La modernización del sistema electroenergético cubano será una tarea respaldada por Rusia, donde se prevé la implementación de tecnologías de inteligencia artificial como parte de la colaboración entre ambas naciones. Este proyecto tiene como objetivo actualizar tres unidades de 100 megavatios (M...

Crude oil prices climbed sharply last week as the conflict between Israel and Iran worsened, raising fears that global oil supplies could be affected. The situation quickly became one of the most closely watched issues in the oil market, pushing prices to their highest levels since January. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude both rose nearly 7% over the week, as investors responded to the growing threat of disruptions in the Middle East. The jump in prices came after Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear targets.…

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Russia is signaling a desire to re-enter the global energy conversation on new terms, with Russian sovereign wealth chief Kirill Dmitriev floating the idea of U.S.–Russia–Saudi cooperation to stabilize oil markets. This proposal is less about near-term supply dynamics and more about geopolitics—specifically, Putin’s attempt to reassert relevance amid declining influence in Syria, stagnation in Ukraine, and growing dependence on non-Western partners. By adopting language that echoes Donald…

European diesel prices rallied for a fifth straight session, driven by mounting anxiety that critical Middle East shipping lanes could be choked off. The conflict between Israel and Iran has raised alarm bells across the EU, which has become increasingly dependent on fuel shipments transiting the Strait of Hormuz since losing access to Russian supplies.  "Supply-security fears are driving the surge in European diesel prices," Eugene Lindell, head of refined products at energy consultancy FGE NexantECA, told Bloomberg. "Many importers are rushing…