Insights and Stories of Timothy Gardner

A tugboat passes shipping containers being unloaded and stacked on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2021.

Proposed U.S. port fees on China-built ships choking coal, agriculture exports

Mar. 19, 2025 at 4:24 pm CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding using massive fees on China-linked ship visits to American ports is causing U.S. coal inventories to swell and stoking uncertainty in the embattled agriculture market, as exporters struggle to find ships to send goods abroad.

White House not ruling out a U.S. carbon tax

Oct. 19, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Jeff Mason Timothy Gardner Trevor Hunnicutt

Trump-backed Canadian railway to Alaska faces high hurdles

Sep. 28, 2020 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel Timothy Gardner

U.S. court finds for California’s work with Quebec on carbon market

Jul. 17, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

By Timothy Gardner

Trump administration scales back U.S. water protections

Jan. 23, 2020 at 2:18 pm CST

By Timothy Gardner Valerie Volcovici

U.S. upholds ethanol mandate

Nov. 16, 2012 at 3:25 pm CST

The United States on Friday upheld its program to turn a large share of the corn crop into ethanol for motor fuel, saying it did not cause undue economic harm despite steep competition for depleted U.S. grain supplies after the worst drought in 50 years. In August, as drought seared […]

By patrick-rucker Timothy Gardner

U.S. seen unlikely to hit advanced biofuel goal

Oct. 11, 2011 at 3:58 am CDT

The United States will likely fail to reach its long-term mandate for making advanced ethanol from trees, grasses and crop waste unless producers innovate significantly, a scientific advisory group said last week. The National Research Council’s comments are the latest sign that backers of alternative fuels must wait longer for […]