Ben Lefebvre

Washington, D.C.

Energy Reporter at POLITICO

Politico energy reporter. Native Detroiter, former WSJ Houston and ICIS Tokyo. I didn't pay for this checkmark.

Articles

Trump takes Middle East ceasefire to trade war strategy

4 days ago | politico.com | Ben Lefebvre |Phelim Kine |Megan Messerly |Daniel Desrochers

‘It was my Great Honor to make this happen!’ Trump says of ceasefire. President Donald Trump is selling a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran as a boon not just for stability in the region — but also for China. | Kamran Jebreili/AP President Donald Trump is marrying peace in the Middle East with a subject close to his heart — trade deals.
'The White House should be worried': Oil prices soar after Israel's attack on Iran

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Ben Lefebvre

No matter how the fighting unfolds, it promises to increase prices at the gasoline pump just as voters’ natural gas and electricity bills are already set to rise. President Donald Trump, who campaigned heavily last year on cutting energy prices, has started complaining publicly about the global markets not comporting with his priorities.
Heinrich: ‘Republicans are going to own increased energy prices’ | U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico

2 weeks ago | heinrich.senate.gov | Ben Lefebvre

Democrats are going to make increasing energy prices an issue for Republicans in the next election cycles, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member Martin Heinrich said Tuesday. President Donald Trump promised to bring down energy prices during his campaign, but congressional Republicans are threatening to cut incentives for renewable energy and battery projects.
Heinrich: ‘Republicans are going to own increased energy prices’

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ben Lefebvre

Democrats are going to make increasing energy prices an issue for Republicans in the next election cycles, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member Martin Heinrich said Tuesday. President Donald Trump promised to bring down energy prices during his campaign, but congressional Republicans are threatening to cut incentives for renewable energy and battery projects.
BLM official escorted out of building after DOGE conflict

1 month ago | politico.com | Ben Lefebvre

The removal of Mike Nedd, BLM’s deputy director for administration and programs, is the latest upheaval in personnel at the agency that is critical for oil and gas production. Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Mike Nedd during Tuesday's House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing on oil and gas development.
Interior Department job cuts spark conflict with DOGE appointee

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Ben Lefebvre

DOGE-driven staff cuts inside the Interior Department have set off a turf battle over how to deploy personnel at the Bureau of Land Management — raising concerns the vacancies would undermine President Donald Trump's promise to boost domestic fossil fuel and minerals production.
The Saudis are hurting the US oil industry. Trump’s unlikely to talk about it.

1 month ago | politico.com | Ben Lefebvre

The dynamic is yet another example of how external forces, including the Saudis’ commanding role in the world’s oil markets, continue to complicate Trump’s frequent calls for a new American “golden age.” Trump’s current stance on energy appears to confirm what U.S. oil executives have been fearing: If caught between higher production and low prices, he’ll pick the latter, said Bob McNally, founder and president of the consulting firm Rapidan Energy Group and a former energy adviser to...
The Saudis are hurting the US oil industry. Trump’s unlikely to talk about it.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Ben Lefebvre

President Donald Trump’s campaign promise of U.S. “energy dominance” is running into a flood of OPEC crude oil — a surge of fuel production pushed by the Saudi leaders greeting him during his Mideast trip this week. But don’t expect Trump to complain about the cartel’s plan to raise output by nearly a million barrels per day in June, according to three people familiar with the trip who were granted anonymity to describe private discussions.
E&E News: State Department cuts bureau tasked with expanding US energy exports

2 months ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Ben Lefebvre
Powraca zagrożenie dla Polski. Kulisy poufnych rozmów Amerykanów. "Wielkie ustępstwo Trumpa"

2 months ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Ben Lefebvre |Felicia Schwartz

Zniesienie sankcji i ponowne uruchomienie Nord Stream 2 przyniosłoby Moskwie korzyści finansowe i wielkie zwycięstwo dyplomatyczne. Oznaczałoby również niezwykłe ustępstwo ze strony Trumpa. Jedna z osób zaznajomionych z rozmowami toczącymi się w Białym Domu powiedziała POLITICO, że odzyskanie przez Rosję dawnych wpływów w Europie będzie "masakrą dla amerykańskich producentów [ropy i gazu]".