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Prime Minister Jean Castex yesterday (September 30) announced a series of ‘price protection’ measures to counter rising energy prices in France. In October, the regulated rate for gas is increasing by 12.6%. This rate is set by the Economy and Energy Ministries and the Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) and applied by Engie, while other providers may use it to inform their tariffs. Certain formulas are used, linked to factors like the cost of supply and prices on the world markets. Nearly three million Engie customers on regulated tariffs will be affected by the increase. All households not on...

Greens Thwart Gasoline Production By Steven Milloy Four-plus-dollar gasoline is forcing Americans to realize that we need increased domestic oil production to meet our ever-growing demand for affordable fuel. But even if the greens lose the political battle over drilling offshore and in places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, they nevertheless are way ahead of the game as they implement a back-up plan to make sure that not a drop of that oil ever eases our gasoline crunch. The Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC, successfully pressured the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block ConocoPhillips’...