A natural gas supply disruption forcing Michigan residents to lower thermostats and automakers to suspend operations could bolster President Donald Trump’s effort to keep coal plants operating possibly by invoking national security powers.

Interestingly, as many of us experience temperatures colder than those in Antarctica during this cold snap, the impact on heating costs will be negligible as heating demand will drop quickly and significantly as temperatures warm up as early as this weekend.

The three largest automakers in the U.S. suspended operations, or dialed them back, at several plants on the coldest day of the year after a fire at a natural gas facility in Southeast Michigan drastically reduced how much heating fuel the utility could supply.

When we asked the nation's top financial newsletter advisors for their top energy picks, they came back with a half-dozen. They're part of the new MoneyShow.com 2019 Top Picks Report with over 100 investing ideas available free at MoneyShow.com.

The shale boom has created a world awash with crude, putting a lid on prices and markedly reducing U.S. dependence on imported energy. But there’s a growing problem: America is producing the wrong kind of oil.

We still have time to avert the worst impacts of climate change, but heatwaves are now an inevitable part of Australia’s future