👤 Tim McDonnell

2026-10-13 · Semafor · Politics

Trump’s Russian energy strategy could backfire

24 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left

2026-09-17 · Semafor · Politics

Russia sanctions advance, as the US deepens economic pressure

22 outlets covered this event · leans right

2026-09-15 · Semafor · Politics

No energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia yet

11 outlets covered this event

2026-10-22 · Semafor · Politics

Trump and an oil shock aren’t enough for Texan drillers

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

2026-10-15 · Semafor · Other

Big Law talent battle for data center expertise moves South

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2026-10-15 · Semafor · Economy/Business

Fossilflation is a permanent risk to the US

no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly left

2026-09-06 · Semafor

🔮 “Having a firm that can be nimble from leadership down is what will make you successful or not.” assertive

2026-09-08 · Semafor

🔮 Maritime shipping lanes may not be the most important chokepoint facing the global oil market. speculative

2026-09-08 · Semafor

🔮 But he still won’t put its money anywhere that lacks “an economic framework and ecosystem where we feel comfortable” — a description he’s willing to apply to Iraq, for example, but not yet to Venezuela. assertive

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 Global investment in low-carbon hydrogen will reach a new high this year, but the nascent industry is close to hitting a bureaucratic cap on its growth, an industry group report warned. mixed

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 Rising natural gas prices wrought by the Iran war will boost global coal consumption to a new record of nearly 9 billion metric tons this year, the International Energy Agency reported. assertive

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 “Now the situation has dramatically changed,” DTEK’s Maxim Timchenko told journalists: The company will continue to shop for LNG imports, but aims to leverage Ukraine’s vast gas storage facilities far from the front line to make lucrative arbitrage trades with Europe. assertive

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 All the big banks, and even the US Energy Information Administration, raised their 2027 price forecasts this week, and several issued research notes making similar arguments about a “new normal” of prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. mixed

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 Meanwhile, the US House is set to vote this week on the Russia sanctions bill championed by the late Sen. Lindsay Graham — but it could be undermined by drooping Republican support and growing Democratic opposition. assertive

2026-09-17 · Semafor

🔮 US President Donald Trump is expected to sign new legislation to step up economic pressure on Russia’s energy sector, over the objections of Democrats worried about handing him new trade powers. mixed

2026-09-23 · Semafor

🔮 “People assume that if you use these billions of dollars and build these clean energy systems, that the demand will just come. assertive

2026-10-05 · Semafor

🔮 There will still be plenty of losers among data-center financiers, he said. assertive

2026-10-06 · Semafor

🔮 NextEra could be back in the throne soon, however, if US regulators approve its proposed $67 billion merger with Dominion. mixed

2026-10-06 · Semafor

🔮 This year, however, an exceptionally strong and possibly even record-breaking El Niño weather pattern — driven by warm ocean surface temperatures in the Pacific — is expected to make for a warm and wet winter in Europe. mixed

2026-10-13 · Semafor

🔮 On Friday, Trump announced the US would waive sanctions on Russian diesel exports until the spring and permit it to release 300,000 metric tons of diesel into the global market, before announcing an energy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv. assertive

2026-10-15 · Semafor

🔮 If the Fed chooses to raise interest rates to tamp today’s inflation down, capital-intensive renewables will suffer. assertive

2026-10-22 · Semafor

🔮 High fuel prices could be a decisive disadvantage for US President Donald Trump in the looming midterm elections. assertive