Energy in America

Power company Southern California Edison told state regulators that its equipment may have ignited one of a pair of fast-moving wildfires in Orange County, Calif., that have prompted evacuation orders for 80,000 people.

Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister warned Tuesday that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has "no concept" of how important the fracking process is to the American economy and national security.

Southern California Edison said equipment might have been behind the wildfire that lead to evacuation orders.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s energy plan would force the U.S. back into dependence on oil from the Middle East, Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette argued Monday.

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro blasted Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s stance on fracking, calling him a “stone-cold liar.”

Oil producers on Monday were evacuating offshore production platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as the 27th named storm of the season strengthened overnight and looked likely to threaten the United States as a hurricane.

Coal magnate Robert Murray died at his home in Ohio less than a week after announcing his retirement as board chairman of a major U.S. coal operator.

President Trump continued on Sunday to hit Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden over his stance on fracking – claiming in a tweet that millions of jobs to be lost and energy prices would spike if Biden and Democrats banned the controversial extraction technique.

The nation's largest utility will cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers Sunday as California faces its most dangerous winds of the year in a state that's already endured the worst wildfire season in history. 

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Similar conditions last year nearly destroyed the town of Paradise and killed dozens of people.