http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:21:20 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/08/04/oil-companies-continue-post-banner-profits-fighting-in-iran-drives-prices-higher/stories/20260804114 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/08/04/oil-companies-continue-post-banner-profits-fighting-in-iran-drives-prices-higher/stories/20260804114#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:30:45 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/08/04/oil-companies-continue-post-banner-profits-fighting-in-iran-drives-prices-higher/stories/20260804114 NEW YORK — Big oil companies continue to book massive profits as fighting in Iran disrupts energy markets and sends oil and gasoline prices sharply higher. The per-gallon price is displayed electronically over the various grades of fuel available from a pump at a QT gasoline station July 30 in Greenwood Village, Colo. Young men ride motorcycles along the shore as a tractor pulls equipment from the water and commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, July 27. Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2021. FILE- A truck enters the Exxon Mobil Baytown Olefins Plant April 29 in Baytown, Texas. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/07/18/gas-is-nearly-4-again-and-diesel-just-topped-5-it-s-not-what-you-think/stories/20260718013 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/07/18/gas-is-nearly-4-again-and-diesel-just-topped-5-it-s-not-what-you-think/stories/20260718013#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:15:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/07/18/gas-is-nearly-4-again-and-diesel-just-topped-5-it-s-not-what-you-think/stories/20260718013 U.S. gas prices have rocketed higher during the on-again, off-again war with Iran. A motorist purchases gas at a station on June 9, 2026. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/07/12/premium-gas-expensive-americans-filling-cars/stories/20260712030 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/07/12/premium-gas-expensive-americans-filling-cars/stories/20260712030#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:30:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/07/12/premium-gas-expensive-americans-filling-cars/stories/20260712030 The price displayed above that third button on the gas pump averaged more than $5.40 for several days this spring. American drivers still couldn’t get enough. A customer pumps gas at a gas station in Los Angeles. Gas prices are showcased at the pump at a Wawa gas station in Aston, Pa., in May. A billboard shows an advertisement for Ethyl gasoline at a Diamond D-X Service Station in Madison, Wis., in May, 1935. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/21/solar-cold-storage-helps-african-farmers-cut-losses-and-reach-global-markets/stories/20260621059 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/21/solar-cold-storage-helps-african-farmers-cut-losses-and-reach-global-markets/stories/20260621059#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/21/solar-cold-storage-helps-african-farmers-cut-losses-and-reach-global-markets/stories/20260621059 NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan farmer Yvonne Anyonyi Mumiah walks in the early morning between rows of rosemary, basil, and other crops destined for European supermarkets. She once worried that transport delays or extreme heat could spoil much of her harvest, but now relies on a solar-powered cool storage service to keep her produce fresh. Workers arrange fresh herbs inside a solar-powered cold room at Citadel Agri Merchants in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya, on May 22. Citadel Agri Merchants Managing Director Yvonne Anyonyi Mumiah gestures during an interview in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya, on May 22. View of solar-powered cold storage units at Citadel Agri Merchants in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya. Soko Fresh CEO Denis Karema speaks in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya, on May 22. Workers carry fresh herbs from Soko Fresh solar-powered cold rooms at Citadel Agri Merchants in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya, on May 22. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/18/federal-regulators-back-trump-plan-speed-power-ai-data-centers/stories/20260618099 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/18/federal-regulators-back-trump-plan-speed-power-ai-data-centers/stories/20260618099#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:02:57 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/18/federal-regulators-back-trump-plan-speed-power-ai-data-centers/stories/20260618099 WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers. Fans, part of a cooling system, are visible on the roof of a data center on April 27 in Hillsboro, Ore. Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is visible on Jan. 13 in Newton County, Ga. Amazon Web Services data center is visible at night in 2024 in Boardman, Ore. The xAI data center is seen in 2025 in Memphis, Tenn. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/04/trump-announces-700-million-new-support-struggling-coal-industry/stories/20260604133 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/04/trump-announces-700-million-new-support-struggling-coal-industry/stories/20260604133#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:16:01 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/04/trump-announces-700-million-new-support-struggling-coal-industry/stories/20260604133 WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry, announcing a plan Thursday to spend nearly $700 million to support ​coal-fired power plants and coal exports. The coal-burning TransAlta power plant is shown near Centralia, Wash., in 2011. The former Oakland Army Base pier at left and the Port of Oakland at lower right, are pictured in Oakland, Calif., in 2016. An aerial image of Consumer Energy's J.H. Campbell Generating Complex is seen in Ottawa County, Mich., in 2024. President Donald Trump speaks as Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, from left, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin and Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., listen at an event about coal on June 4 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks as President Donald Trump, foreground, and from left, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, listen at an event about coal on June 4 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/01/america-s-pile-of-emergency-oil-is-shrinking-fast/stories/20260528097 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/01/america-s-pile-of-emergency-oil-is-shrinking-fast/stories/20260528097#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:27:37 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/06/01/america-s-pile-of-emergency-oil-is-shrinking-fast/stories/20260528097 When he launched his presidential campaign in late 2022, then-candidate Donald Trump blasted his successor for aggressively releasing oil from America’s emergency stockpile ahead of the midterm elections. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage on October 19, 2022, in Freeport, Texas. The sun rises behind a crude oil storage facility on May 5, 2020, in Cushing, Oklahoma. The silhouette of contractors are seen working to replace piping above a subterranean salt cavern at the US Department of Energy's Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, on June 9, 2016. US Department of Energy personnel examine wellheads located on top of oil-filled subterranean salt caverns at the Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, on June 9, 2016.