Washington Wants Federal-Land Drilling to Get Cheaper Again
Interior is trying to rewind key federal oil-and-gas leasing rules, cutting upfront costs for drillers while reopening the argument over cleanup risk, methane waste, and public-land oversight.
The Transmission Bottleneck: Why the Grid's Biggest Problem Is Political, Not Engineering
The U.S. needs 5,000–7,000 miles of transmission per year. We're building 1,700. The constraint isn't engineering; it's politics, permitting, and a broken cost-allocation system.