Litigation to test EU's plan to build carbon-storage market
June 01, 2026
| Louis de Briant
Fifteen legal challenges brought by EU oil and gas producers against the bloc's Carbon Capture and Storage framework are set to test the legal foundations of a key pillar of the Net-Zero Industry Act. The case... (more story)
Jurisdictional lines at heart of US data center hookup talks
May 29, 2026
| Emma Whitford
US state utility regulators are awaiting federal guidance that could standardize how energy-intensive artificial intelligence data centers hook up to the electric grid. The process, which kicked off last fall,... (more story)
EU grid-funding overhaul faces mounting backlash from member states
May 22, 2026
| Louis de Briant
European Commission plans to set aside 25 percent of income generated by bottlenecks on cross-border power lines are facing growing resistance from several member states and grid operators, which warn that the... (more story)
SpaceX US securities filing reveals xAI details, insight into AI regulatory risks
May 21, 2026
| Mike Swift
From space-based AI data centers to unvarnished disclosures about a wide spectrum of legal and regulatory risk around xAI's Grok chatbot, the S-1 securities filing by SpaceX in advance of its initial public st... (more story)
Australian energy ministers mull national data-center rules
May 11, 2026
| Sean Maguire
Australian energy ministers are set to consider changes to national energy policy in response to a rapid growth of data centers. The Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council met Friday and planned to disc... (more story)
China's first-ever blocking order targets spillover of US sanctions
May 07, 2026
| MLex Staff
China has activated its blocking mechanism for the first time, ordering companies not to comply with US Iran-related sanctions imposed on five Chinese refiners. The move marks the first public use of China’s 2... (more story)
Can fossil-fuel talks in Colombia move the needle with top polluters absent?
April 28, 2026
| Louis de Briant
Representatives from more than 50 countries are meeting in Colombia to advance efforts to reduce the use of fossil fuels. But the absence of the major emitters like China, India, and the US, means the focus is... (more story)
US push to create AI, tech supply chains faces big hurdles
April 24, 2026
| Bradley Dress
The Trump administration is pushing forward with a major new initiative to create an alternative system for emerging technologies and an export program for artificial intelligence materials, but both efforts w... (more story)