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Benoît Morenne

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WSJ energy reporter based in Houston. Drop me a line at benoit.morenne@wsj.com

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Exclusive | Trump Plans ‘Energy Dominance’ Executive Orders After Inauguration President-elect Trump is gearing up to help the fossil-fuel industry with executive orders seeking to boost oil and overturn tailpipe rules.

Trump is planning to instruct agencies to begin unwinding President Biden’s limits on drilling offshore and on federal land, push for a rollback of tailpipe emissions rules, and resume approvals of LNG exports. w/ Collin Eaton and @pattersonscott.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

14.01.2025 17:37 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since Stalin. era.

EVAN GERSHKOVICH IS BACK WHERE HE BELONGS — on the byline of a WSJ article.

So great to see Evan publishing stories again.

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

13.12.2024 02:22 — 👍 1161    🔁 233    💬 11    📌 9
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Trump’s Energy Secretary Pick Preaches the Benefits of Climate Change Fracking CEO Chris Wright points to positive changes produced by global warming, in contrast with what some oil giants say.

Trump's energy secretary nominee Chris Wright says climate change "brings almost as many positive changes as there are negative changes...a little bit warmer isn’t a threat." The biggest U.S. oil companies disagree. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

08.12.2024 18:10 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 4
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Enron Rises from the Ashes. Wait, What? Enron is back. Sort of. Maybe. Exactly 23 years after the infamous Houston-based energy company filed for bankruptcy, an Enron.com website popped up on the internet Monday—complete with a promotional ...

23 years after the infamous Houston-based Enron filed for bankruptcy, an Enron.com website popped up on the internet Monday. The new Enron appears to be the brainchild of Gen Z artist Connor Gaydos, who became famous as one of the leaders of Birds Aren’t Real.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

02.12.2024 21:54 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Oil Billionaires Bet on Trump’s Energy Agenda Donald Trump’s plan to bolster fossil fuels and weaken environmental agencies is drawing support from powerful oil-and-gas backers.

Hi Antonia, that is the correct word! Hamm has his own oil lobby, the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance (DEPA). More on it in this story if you're interested www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

22.11.2024 16:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Trump’s Oil and Gas Donors Don’t Really Want to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Fossil-fuel tycoons helped return Donald Trump to the presidency. Now, they are seeking to lock use of their products for years to come.

Trump wants oil companies to “drill, baby, drill” on the first day of his presidency, but his fossil-fuel benefactors have a different agenda: They say they need help shoring up demand for their products—not pumping more fossil fuels. w/Collin Eaton (free link) www.wsj.com/business/ene...

22.11.2024 15:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Trump’s Choice for Energy Secretary Is a Fracking Booster and Climate Skeptic Chris Wright’s nomination elevates a pugnacious branch of the oil-and-gas industry that mostly hasn’t pledged to build out low-carbon energy businesses, unlike giants Exxon and Chevron.

Shale is ascendant. Trump’s choice for energy secretary, Chris Wright, says there’s no energy transition or climate crisis, and fossil fuels can improve global energy poverty. Story from Benoit Morenne and Collin Eaton: (free link) www.wsj.com/business/ene...

17.11.2024 22:57 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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