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Trump invokes Cold War law to channel $700 million into US coal, including first new plants since 2013

President Donald Trump announced $700 million in federal support for the declining US coal industry on Thursday, using a 1950 national-security law to fund plant upgrades, two new power stations and a West Coast export terminal.

Washington · Oakland · Anchorage

Donald Trump Chris Wright Patrick Drupp Margie Alt

Energy & Trade·May 28

Poland Lowers Maximum Fuel Prices on Thursday Amid Ongoing Iran Crisis and Government Tax Cuts

Polish energy minister Miłosz Motyka announced lower maximum fuel prices for Thursday, with diesel dropping the most as wholesale costs decline. The move offers relief for drivers despite ongoing instability from Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Warsaw

Miłosz Motyka Karol Nawrocki Michał Grabka

Energy & Trade·May 28

Poland slashes fuel prices ahead of weekend as government extends CPN price-cap programme

Maximum prices for petrol and diesel in Poland will fall on Friday 29 May, with diesel seeing the steepest cut of 20 groszy per litre, as the government's CPN intervention programme nears its scheduled expiry.

Warsaw

Miłosz Motyka Andrzej Domański

Energy & Trade·May 27

UK energy price cap to jump 13% in July as Middle East conflict drives wholesale gas costs higher

British households will see their energy bills rise by an average of £221 a year from July after regulator Ofgem lifted the price cap by 13%, citing soaring wholesale gas prices driven by the conflict in the Middle East.

London · Strait of Hormuz

Tim Jarvis Ed Miliband Keir Starmer Rachel Reeves Ned Hammond Donald Trump

Energy & Trade·May 26

Confindustria's Orsini warns of EU 'industrial desert' and demands energy reform at annual assembly

Confindustria president Emanuele Orsini issued a stark warning about European deindustrialisation and called for a 'great act of responsibility' from politicians during the annual assembly in Rome, attended by President Mattarella and Premier Meloni.

Rome

Emanuele Orsini Sergio Mattarella Giorgia Meloni Roberta Metsola Adolfo Urso

Energy & Trade·May 26

How Saxony-Anhalt firms weather US tariffs: specialisation, Swiss rivals, and passing costs to Americans

While German exports to the US plunged nationwide in 2025, companies in Saxony-Anhalt have kept their American business stable — and some are even expanding — by selling specialised goods that customers cannot easily replace.

Halle · Zerbst · Dessau · Bitterfeld

Eckhard Schmidt Birgit Stodtko Volker Treier