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

Forget tariffs - Beijing is already choking off US exports on the sly

1 week ago | politico.eu | Phelim Kine |Ben Lefebvre |Marcia Brown

Beijing is showing the Trump administration that tariffs aren’t the only weapon in a trade war. Long before President Donald Trump fired the opening shots of a new U.S.-China trade war from the White House Rose Garden last week, Beijing had been working to perfect its stealth campaign blocking key U.S. agriculture and energy exports.
Forget tariffs - Beijing is already choking off US exports on the sly

1 week ago | politico.com | Phelim Kine |Ben Lefebvre |Marcia Brown

“A tariff, you can just pay it, and things just get more costly,” said Ben Lilliston, director of rural strategies and climate change at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. “But this is a full restriction on your ability to send product to that country.” The Chinese government knows where it can pinch U.S. exporters hardest.
Forget tariffs - Beijing is already choking off US exports on the sly

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Phelim Kine |Ben Lefebvre |Marcia Brown

Beijing is showing the Trump administration that tariffs aren’t the only weapon in a trade war. Long before President Donald Trump fired the opening shots of a new U.S.-China trade war from the White House Rose Garden last week, Beijing had been working to perfect its stealth campaign blocking key U.S. agriculture and energy exports.
Markets tumble on global tariffs — but Trump White House isn’t flinching - POLITICO

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Megan Messerly |Daniel Desrochers |Ben Lefebvre |Jack Detsch

Americans watched in horror as their 401(k)s plunged Thursday morning after the markets opened.
Lawmakers and industry groups blast away at DOE project kill list

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | James Bikales |Josh Siegel |Kelsey Tamborrino |Ben Lefebvre

1 day agoCNN — President Donald Trump is using the power of the federal government to intimidate or neuter potential sources of opposition to him: The legal establishment, academia and prominent cultural institutions, the media, the judiciary, the Democratic Party, Congress and independent government …
Energy Department’s project hit list draws bipartisan pushback from lawmakers

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | James Bikales |Josh Siegel |Kelsey Tamborrino |Ben Lefebvre

The Energy Department is facing resistance from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for considering killing several energy projects funded by the Biden administration.
E&E News: Judge reinstates ANWR oil leases voided by Biden

4 weeks ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Ben Lefebvre

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Energy Department considering cutting hydrogen projects in Democratic states

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Zack Colman |Ben Lefebvre |Kelsey Tamborrino |James Bikales

The first tranches of funding for the seven selected hubs in the $7 billion program were delivered to recipients before the Biden administration left office. The sites were envisioned to help speed development of hydrogen as a clean fuel that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in difficult-to-decarbonize industries, such as fertilizer production, steel making, and electricity generation.
Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Zack Colman |Ben Lefebvre |Kelsey Tamborrino |James Bikales

8 hours agoHow John Roberts Has Empowered a Lawless PresidencyThe Chief Justice’s rebuke of Donald Trump over his calls to impeach judges obscures Roberts’s own role in fostering the destruction in Washington.
Energy Department considering cutting hydrogen projects in Democratic states

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Zack Colman |Ben Lefebvre |Kelsey Tamborrino |James Bikales

2 hours agoTrump team's Signal fiasco is embarrassing. But not as bad as Biden's blunders. | OpinionThe Signal story isn't as devastating as some would like it to be. But neither should it be ignored, especially inside the Trump administration.