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Benoît Morenne

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

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Benoît Morenne @benmorenne.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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...
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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.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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...
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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.
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Benoît Morenne @benmorenne.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
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...
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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.
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Benoît Morenne @benmorenne.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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...
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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 ...
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Benoît Morenne @benmorenne.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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...
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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.
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Jennifer Hiller @jenhiller.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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...
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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.
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