Energy Department

• U.S. Races to Sell Venezuelan Oil, Transforming Ties With Former Foe - U.S. officials brokered the sale of hundreds of millions dollars worth of Venezuelan oil to stabilize the country’s economy after capturing its president.
• Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last? - Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.
• Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry - The Energy Department ordered two coal-burning power plants to remain open, and the Environmental Protection Agency gave utilities more time to tackle toxic coal ash.