The Duke Faculty and Administration Damaged the Intellectual Foundations of Higher Education

US Utilities Requested $9.2BN In Rate Hikes In Q2, Up 26% From Previous Year By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive Electric and gas utilities in the second quarter asked state regulators to approve $9.2 billion in rate hikes, up 26% from the $7.3 billion in rate increase proposals filed in the same period last year, according to an updated report released Tuesday by the advocacy group PowerLines. In the first half this year, utilities asked for $18.6 billion in rate hikes, down from about $25 billion in the same period last year, according to data...

WTI Extends Gains As US Oil Product Exports Hit Record Highs, Huge SPR Release, Production Dips Oil prices are modestly higher this morning, erasing overnight losses on Trump's 'ceasefire extension' after Iran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. While headline roulette continues to drive oil prices incrementally, this morning's inventory/supply data from DOE will provide some color on how the API Crude -4.5mm Cushing +700k Gasoline -5.2mm Distillates -4.6mm DOE Crude +1.925mm Cushing +806k Gasoline -4.57mm - 10th weekly draw in a row Distillates -3.43mm - 4th weekly draw in a row Crude stocks unexpectedly saw a build last week...

Flesh-Eating Screwworm Cases Rise To 15 After New Detections In Texas: USDA Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on June 21 that three more cases of the flesh-eating New World screwworm have been detected in Texas, bringing the total in the United States to 15. The latest cases involved a lamb in Crockett County and two calves in Edwards County, Texas. The USDA said in a post on X that it would immediately begin releasing sterile flies outside the affected areas in Crockett...