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The final presidential debate on Thursday crystallized stark differences between the candidates on climate and energy policy, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. stressed the urgency of addressing climate change while President Trump warned that the Democratic nominee’s plans would hurt the economy. Calling climate change “an existential threat to humanity,” Biden said, “We have a…

The final presidential debate on Thursday crystallized stark differences between the candidates on climate and energy policy, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. stressed the urgency of addressing climate change while President Trump warned that the Democratic nominee’s plans would hurt the economy. Calling climate change “an existential threat to humanity,” Biden said, “We have a…

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. and President Trump face off on Nov. 3 in a U.S. election being closely watched by Mexico’s energy sector. Mexico’s energy system, like its economy, is tightly intertwined with its northern neighbor. The country imports around 70% of its natural gas and around 80% of its gasoline from…

The U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector could successfully work with either President Trump or Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the upcoming presidential election, experts told NGI.   Trump has been a “great cheerleader for U.S. LNG” by raising the industry’s profile and addressing some regulatory bottlenecks during his first term, said LNG Allies…

A Biden administration will not ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) if he wins the November election, his vice presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris (CA), said repeatedly during a debate with Vice President Pence Wednesday night. Energy and climate change figured more prominently during Wednesday’s contest in Salt Lake City than in the chaotic presidential debate that…

Oil and gas producers continue to back Republican candidates in outsized fashion, but political contributions from the industry in the 2020 election cycle are running notably below 2016, a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic’s adverse financial impacts. The oil and gas sector spent an estimated $87 million between Jan. 1, 2019, and Sept. 21 —…

As news that President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus roiled markets the world over, natural gas futures were down sharply in early trading Friday, mirroring declines in crude. The November Nymex contract was off 12.0 cents to $2.407/MMBtu at around 8:40 a.m. ET. News of Trump’s positive test, revealed by the president himself over…

More than an hour into a bitter, 90-minute debate that often devolved into inexplicable interruptions and trivial jabs more notable for political animus than policy substance, President Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. sparred over climate change and energy. During the first of three scheduled debates Tuesday night at Case Western Reserve…

In a policy about-face, President Trump extended a moratorium on oil and natural gas development in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and expanded the ban to the Atlantic coasts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. The president, speaking Tuesday in Jupiter, FL, near his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, threw a political bone to…