Katherine Blunt
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Writer at Freelance
@WSJ reporter covering Google/Alphabet and more. Author of California Burning. Articles, book reviews: https://t.co/94UrJsEars @katherineblunt.bsky.social
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2 days ago |
wsj.com | Katherine Blunt
Shares in Google-parent Alphabet rose 3.7% Monday after the U.S. and China reached an agreement to temporarily roll back some tariffs. The Trump administration recently closed the so-called de minimis loophole for Chinese imports, which had allowed imported goods valued below $800 to enter the U.S. free of tariffs. Google said last month that it expected that change to affect its ad business as Asian retailers pull back on ad spending.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Jennifer Hiller |Katherine Blunt
Tariffs create new challenges for an industry overwhelmed by the sheer number of projects in line to connect to the nation’s power gridThe U.S. needs massive amounts of electricity to power the AI race, but it is getting harder to deliver. Investors and developers are putting financing decisions on hold as they try to determine how much more their projects will cost to complete. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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4 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Katherine Blunt
The Trump administration has pledged to boost the oil-and-gas industry, in part by cutting support for renewable-energy and emissions-reduction initiatives. A transition to cleaner energy will continue regardless, many executives and analysts say, but legislative uncertainty and policy changes are expected to slow the changeover.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Katherine Blunt
Coal industry workers stood behind President Trump in the White House on Tuesday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)President Trump signed executive orders Tuesday meant to expand the production and use of coal in the U.S. after years of decline. The orders aim to boost coal mining, leasing and exports and pushes for greater use of coal-fired power generation, among other things.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Katherine Blunt
March 17, 2025 5:30 am ETIn the days after the deadly Eaton fire in Los Angeles, investigators at Southern California Edison were all but convinced that none of the power lines the utility operates in the area had sparked the blaze. Evidence is emerging that they might have overlooked an unlikely culprit: a dead power line unintentionally brought back to life. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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This Friday, I'm giving a lunch hour talk at Stanford GSB about wildfire challenges in California and beyond. Come join us, or register to watch online. https://t.co/k9ELuLrmUV
It remains to be seen whether power lines played a role in the fires in LA, but as the winds picked up this week, the utilities in the area took different approaches. SCE proactively cut power. LADWP did not. It doesn't have a plan for that. My latest: https://t.co/qtus7JIVWS
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