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President Donald Trump nominated Frank R. Fannon to be Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources.

A proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan (CPP) received strong support from the Republicans on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW).  

Refiner and blender input of ethanol again decreased this week, tumbling to a 162-week low, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Just as the Trump administration unveiled a new five-year plan that would allow more drilling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calls for speedier approval in seismic research requests, necessary to find oil and gas reserves in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Montana Tech University (MTU) are using smart grid solutions to bolster power reliability during power demand spikes.

International trade, a new farm bill, infrastructure and immigration are shaping up to be the big challenges facing U.S. agriculture in 2018, according to an informal survey of the major farm organizations and several commodity groups

Partially offsetting today’s low commodity prices, there’s good news for farmers and the U.S. economy: By 2030, the U.S. could triple its use of “readily available non-food biomass resources from our nation’s farms, forests, and waste streams” to produce “transportation fuels, electricity, commercial products, and high-value chemicals.”

The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) added agricultural industry advocate Jessica Bennett to its team.