The pace of job growth cooled through mid-2025, while the unemployment rate rose relatively little. This seeming puzzle is ...

Batteries power everything from cellphones to medical devices to defense systems. In 2021, Ateios Systems licensed technology from Oak Ridge National Laboratory to make battery manufacturing faster ...

Natural gas intered Week 51 with a forecast -185 BCF storage withdrawal for Week 50 (December 12)-a record draw crushing the 5-year average of -60 BCF-dropping inventories to 3,560 BCF, 74 BCF below ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- This week, for the first time, Ohio’s regional power grid operator was unable to buy enough power to meet its own reliability target. “Electricity costs are rising, and reliability ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The Trump administration’s trade policy—specifically its broad, aggressive use of tariffs—has several direct economic costs and benefits: ...

Copper prices hit record highs, fueled by a "perfect storm" of supply disruptions, high demand from AI data centers and the energy transition, and a market distortion caused by U.S. trade policy fears ...

LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Copper is closing in on the $12,000 a metric ton mark as expectations of soaring demand from data centres that power artificial intelligence and tight supplies collide with ...

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - World oil supply will match demand closely in 2026, OPEC data published on Thursday indicated, an outlook contrasting with projections from the International Energy Agency ...

If the Northwest has a long cold snap, it may not have enough electricity, a consultant hired by utilities said. Up to now, the region has had enough power to meet extraordinary demand. But the ...

In its recently released Winter Reliability Assessment, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) found that while resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, large swaths ...