The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.
By Brad Plumer and Claire Brown 09/28/26
Early last year, a top coal lobbyist sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright with a dire warning.
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The New York Times has tracked the climate actions and significant statements of President Trump and his administration during the first 100 days of Mr. Trump’s second term. They catalogued that coverage here.
We incorporated all of their coverage into what follows.
Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules
By Maxine Joselow 09/26/26
The Trump administration will move on Monday to sharply scale back fuel-efficiency rules for new cars and light trucks, gutting one of the government’s most significant efforts to reduce gasoline consumption and speed the country’s…
The Former Fracking Executive Selling Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Vision
By Brad Plumer 09/23/26
With oil and gasoline prices spiking amid President Trump’s war with Iran, it was an awkward moment for optimism about the world’s energy situation.
Gold Statues and Staff Cuts: How Trump Has Disrupted America’s Parks
By Maxine Joselow 09/19/26
Ever since Theodore Roosevelt ventured into the wilderness of California’s Yosemite Valley in 1903 and emerged with a sweeping conservation policy, presidents in both parties have valued the country’s national parks.
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
By Catrin Einhorn 09/16/26
In what would be a seismic shift, the Trump administration is quietly moving to strip a core protection of the Endangered Species Act, according to an internal memo obtained by The New York Times.
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
By Catrin Einhorn 09/16/26
In what would be a seismic shift, the Trump administration is quietly moving to strip a core protection of the Endangered Species Act, according to an internal memo obtained by The New York Times.
Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
By Catrin Einhorn 09/16/26
In what would be a seismic shift, the Trump administration is quietly moving to strip a core protection of the Endangered Species Act, according to an internal memo obtained by The New York Times.
FEMA Could Still Lose More Jobs Despite Court Ruling
By Scott Dance 09/15/26
Unionized workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency won a big victory in federal court last week, but the ruling isn’t likely to stop the Trump administration’s plans to push more of the agency’s work…
E.P.A. Erases Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 09/13/26
The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas, the Trump administration announced Monday.
States Sue Over Trump’s Cuts to Endangered Species Rules
By Maxine Joselow 09/09/26
Twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over what they called the most severe cuts to protections for wildlife in the half-century since the passage of the Endangered Species…
Trump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands
By Maxine Joselow 09/04/26
The Trump administration on Friday took another step toward stripping federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands, which help filter drinking water for many communities and provide critical habitat for birds, fish and other…
Patagonia Sues Trump Over Utah National Monument
By Maxine Joselow 09/02/26
The outdoor apparel company Patagonia joined conservation and tribal groups to sue President Trump on Wednesday, seeking to overturn his move to shrink Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah by more than one million…
West Point Climate Professor Says He Was Fired for Refusing to ‘Defy Science’
By Michael C.Bender and Greg Jaffe 08/26/26
After 17 years of teaching science at West Point, Dr. Adam Kalkstein says he was suddenly ordered last year to cut from his curriculum information about the human causes of climate change, according to a…
E.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Data Centers
By Maxine Joselow 08/25/26
The Trump administration is moving to make it harder for communities to weigh in on proposed data centers, even as a backlash against the behemoth projects grows across the country.
Environmentalists Sue to Halt First Sale of Seabed-Mining Rights
By Quinn Glabicki 08/18/26
A coalition of environmentalists and community advocates sued the federal government Tuesday in an effort to halt the first-ever commercial sale of deep sea mining leases in American waters.
Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests
By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow 08/18/26
The Trump administration on Tuesday advanced a plan to open nearly 45 million acres of wilderness in national forests to road construction and logging, removing protections that had been in place for a quarter century.
Mining Claims Staked on Land That Trump Cut From Monuments
By Maxine Joselow 08/14/26
About a month after President Trump sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, at least nine mining claims have been staked on land that is no longer protected from development, public records…
Californians Criticize Federal Efforts to Control the State’s Coast
By Livia Albeck-Ripka 08/10/26
For more than half a century, the California Coastal Commission has been entrusted with protecting the state’s 840-mile shoreline, which is integral to the state’s identity and economy.
Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Lift Freeze on Wind Power
By Brad Plumer 08/06/26
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Pentagon to lift its freeze on reviewing onshore wind projects and to end some of the delays that have brought U.S. wind power development to a standstill.
Trump Administration to Pay German Firm $1.2 Billion to Cancel Wind Leases
By Brad Plumer 08/06/26
The Trump administration will pay the German energy firm RWE $1.22 billion to abandon plans to build wind farms off the coasts of New York, California and Louisiana, the company announced on Thursday.
Interior moves to ease Obama-era Arctic drilling requirements
By Carlos Anchondo 08/04/26
The Trump administration announced plans Monday to roll back an Obama-era rule on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean — part of its efforts to tap into Alaska’s energy resources.
The U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency Just as Prices Are Rising
By Brad Plumer 07/21/26
The Trump administration is dismantling a wide array of federal energy-efficiency programs at the same time that war in Iran is raising oil prices, climate change is fueling record heat that is driving up demand…
Trump Attacks Nation’s Top Scientific Body Over Climate Chapter in Manual
By Karen Zraick 07/20/26
President Trump has jumped into the fray over a hotly contested chapter on climate science in a reference manual for judges.
Tribes and Environmental Groups Push Back on Trump Rule to Diminish Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
By Kiley Price 07/16/26
Environmental groups and tribes are suing the Trump administration over a new rule eliminating the majority of habitat protections for imperiled wildlife protected by the Endangered Species Act.
This California Oil Pipeline Was Dormant for 11 Years. Trump Reopened It.
By Soumya Karlamangla 07/13/26
On a hillside trail near Santa Barbara, Calif., songbirds chirped in the arching branches of oak trees. The bright blue Pacific Ocean lapped at the secluded cliffs below. Given the breathtaking views, it was easy…
Trump Administration Taps Climate Science Critic to Oversee Flagship Report
By Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer 07/11/26
The Trump administration has appointed a critic of mainstream climate science to oversee the federal government’s flagship report on how climate change affects the United States.
Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining
By Catrin Einhorn and Maxine Joselow 07/10/26
The Trump administration on Friday moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining, real estate development and other activities in what environmentalists characterized as the most severe erosion of protections for…
Trump dismantled a federal climate website. These women rebuilt it.
By Jenae Barnes, Climate Reporter 07/08/26
Rebecca Lindsey is no stranger to challenging the status quo. From an early age, she built a reputation for being outspoken. Her mother, a teacher, encouraged an inquisitive spirit on Lindsey and her sister Mary,…
Trump’s Top Air Pollution Regulator to Resign
By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 07/07/26
The top air pollution regulator at the Environmental Protection Agency told employees on Tuesday that he is leaving the Trump administration, according to a recording of his remarks obtained by The New York Times.
Trump administration can remove history and climate info from US parks, court says
By Uwa Ede-Osifo 07/03/26
The Trump administration does not have to reinstate materials related to climate change, immigration and slavery that it has removed from national parks, a US appeals court ruled on Thursday. It’s the latest twist in…
Trump administration moves to gut energy efficiency rules for home appliances
By Evan Halper 07/02/26
As punishing heat sends the U.S. power grid to the brink and Americans reel from rising electricity costs, the Trump administration is moving to weaken efficiency standards for home appliances proven to cut power demand…
After bold pledge, EPA shelves microplastics testing in U.S. drinking water
By Susanne Rust 06/30/26
For the next five years, the Environmental Protection Agency has indicated it will not require public water utilities to test for microplastics or pharmaceuticals in drinking water, according to a proposed rule published in the…
Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects
By Brad Plumer 06/17/26
The Interior Department said on Wednesday that it would pay the energy developer Invenergy hundreds of millions of dollars to abandon plans to build wind farms in the Atlantic and Pacific, in the third such…
Trump Offers Funds for First New U.S. Coal Plants in 13 Years
By Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer 06/04/26
President Trump on Thursday announced $700 million in new federal funding for the country’s struggling coal industry, including money that would help build the first two new coal-burning power plants in the United States in…
Cash Back for Replacing a Gas Stove With Electric? Not Anymore.
By Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer 06/01/26
The Energy Department has issued new guidance that could prevent people from receiving rebates for replacing gas appliances with electric ones.
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
By Eric Niiler 06/01/26
The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global climate.
S.E.C. Proposes to Kill Climate Change Disclosure Rule
By Maxine Joselow 05/29/26
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed to repeal a contentious rule that would have required thousands of companies to disclose the risks they face from a warming planet and how their operations contribute…
Trump Eases Restrictions on Climate ‘Super Pollutants’
By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow 05/21/26
President Trump announced on Thursday that his administration is easing restrictions on the potent planet-warming chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators — restrictions put in place because of a bipartisan law Mr. Trump signed during…
Here’s What It Costs to Keep a Coal Plant Open
By Claire Brown 05/14/26
It’s been almost a year since the Energy Department began issuing emergency orders to prevent aging coal plants from closing as planned.
Trump’s NOAA cuts would save less than a day and a half of Iran War spending
By Emily Atkin 05/07/26
Our good friends at the Popular Information newsletter have calculated the real cost of the Iran War so far: $72 billion for the first 60 days, or about $1.2 billion in taxpayer dollars per day.
More Than 150 Wind Projects Stall as Pentagon Delays Reviews
By Brad Plumer 05/04/26
The Trump administration is blocking more than 150 onshore wind farms across the United States by delaying military reviews that were once considered routine, according to a leading industry trade group.
How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.
By Lisa Friedman 04/27/26
For more than a half-century, a prestigious scientific arm of the federal government did groundbreaking research aimed at saving American lives. It studied fertility, asthma, wildfires, drinking water, climate change and myriad other health threats.
Trump Administration Will Pay More Energy Firms to Cancel Wind Farms
By Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer 04/27/26
The Trump administration will pay energy companies hundreds of millions of dollars to abandon their plans to build two wind farms off the U.S. coast, the Interior Department said Monday, in a repeat of a…
60 Countries to Meet on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels but Are Excluding the U.S.
By Lisa Friedman 04/27/26
Ministers from nearly 60 countries are gathering this week in the Colombian city of Santa Marta for what is being called the first global conference on phasing out fossil fuels.
Trump ousts National Science Board members
By Carolyn Y. Johnson 04/25/26
Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Donald Trump.
Trump invokes war powers to juice fossil energy, grid
By Hannah Northey and Christa Marshall 04/21/26
President Donald Trump invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act on Monday to shore up federal funding for a host of energy projects — involving oil, gas, coal and the grid — as the White…
Ending The Green New Scam
04/16/26
President Trump is committed to eliminating funding for the globalist climate agenda while unleashing American energy production. The President’s FY 2026 Budget eliminates funding for the Green New Scam.
EPA stopped tracking emissions. So this university stepped in.
By Jean Chemnick 04/16/26
The University of Maryland published an inventory of U.S. greenhouse gases Wednesday, filling a hole created when EPA abandoned the process last year.
Lawmakers greet remarriage of offshore energy agencies with concern, shrugs
By Ian M. Stevenson 04/15/26
Lawmakers this week offered a mix of reservations and support — and more than a few shrugs — to the Interior Department's plan to unify two agencies that manage offshore energy.
Another green group steps into ‘God Squad’ fight
By Ian M. Stevenson 04/14/26
Defenders of Wildlife sued the Trump administration Tuesday about its use of a seldom-used committee of federal officials to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species concerns.
Cruz, Lummis back Trump’s big climate repeal in court
By Alex Guillén 04/14/26
Two prominent Senate Republicans are throwing their weight behind the Trump administration’s repeal of the greenhouse gas endangerment finding. A “friend of the court” brief filed Monday evening by Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and…
Trump administration holds up NOAA grant funding
By Rachel Frazin 04/13/26
The Trump administration is holding up some National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant funding. Earlier this month, the University of Colorado released a statement saying that a federal pause on grant funding has put…
Trump administration’s rush to roll back environmental rules hits a MAHA wall
By Jake Spring and Lauren Weber 04/13/26
The Environmental Protection Agency is sitting on dozens of approvals for uses of “forever chemicals” at the direction of Administrator Lee Zeldin, over fears that it could anger Make America Healthy Again activists, according to…
Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington
By Maxine Joselow 04/09/26
Climate change is a hoax perpetrated by “leftist politicians.” Fossil fuels are the greenest energy sources. More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will be harmless.
‘Exceedingly reckless’: Deepwater Horizon vets slam Trump offshore overhaul
By Ian M. Stevenson 04/08/26
Lax oversight and political pressure. Cozy government and industry relationships. The deadly Deepwater Horizon offshore oil disaster in 2010 spurred a reckoning with what investigators called systemic problems with the Minerals Management Service, the federal…
EPA finalizes tweak to Biden methane rule
By Jean Chemnick 04/07/26
EPA announced Monday that it had finalized a minor update to Biden-era methane standards for oil and gas operations. The rule, which EPA cast as a reversal of “burdensome, unworkable Biden-era oil and natural gas…
Trump’s offshore wind opposition was never really about the whales
By Maria Gallucci 04/07/26
The Trump administration has often evoked the plight of whales in its efforts to undermine U.S. offshore wind development — despite there being no evidence that wind-farm activities are harming the giant mammals.
Trump Moves to Restart Offshore Oil Production in California
04/06/26
American oil executives told Trump administration officials that the energy crisis from the Iran war is likely to get worse — that the disruption to energy flows out of the Strait of Hormuz, where 20%…
Feds to close Grand Rapids lab that does global-leading research on forestry, climate change
By Dan Kraker 04/03/26
The Trump Administration announced a massive reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service this week that will result in the closure of two research facilities in northeast Minnesota, including an office in Grand Rapids that leads…
Trump budget attacks renewables, boosts ‘energy dominance’
By Andres Picon 04/03/26
The White House released its fiscal 2027 budget request Friday morning, unveiling plans to continue waging its longstanding war against renewable energy and climate initiatives while boosting support for artificial intelligence and fossil fuels.
Trump’s Budget May Target Climate Programs. Here’s What Still Survives.
By Lisa Friedman 04/02/26
President Trump has tried to cut funding for virtually every federal program that addresses climate change. But Congress has been pushing back, sometimes with surprising bipartisan support.
Trump vs. the world on energy prices
By Claire Brown 04/02/26
In remarks to the nation on Wednesday, President Trump had been expected to lay out a timeline to end the conflict in Iran. Markets rose and oil prices fell ahead of his speech.
Exclusive: Most of the projects DOE canceled are still in limbo
By Maeve Allsup 04/01/26
Since the second Trump administration took office in January 2025, the Department of Energy has announced the termination of 356 awards, representing $12.5 billion in federal funding. Another 300 awards, totalling $12.2 billion, have been…
U.S. panel votes to exempt Gulf of Mexico drilling from Endangered Species Act
By Jake Spring 03/31/26
A committee led by the interior secretary known as the “God Squad” voted Tuesday to exempt oil and gas companies from complying with the Endangered Species Act when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a…
The ‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Offshore Drilling
By Maxine Joselow 03/31/26
A powerful panel of Trump administration officials voted unanimously on Tuesday to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from measures to protect endangered whales and other imperiled species.
Defenders Slams Unlawful God Squad Vote to Strip Endangered Species Act Protection from Wildlife in the Gulf
03/31/26
Defenders of Wildlife strongly opposes today’s vote by the Endangered Species Committee, or God Squad, to condemn species to extinction in the name of a fictitious “national security emergency.”
‘As Horrific as It Is Illegal’: Trump ‘God Squad’ Blasted for Attack on Endangered Species
By Jessica Corbett 03/31/26
The Trump administration’s so-called “God Squad” swiftly came under fire from conservationists on Tuesday after voting unanimously for an “unprecedented” exemption allowing fossil fuel operations in the Gulf of Mexico to ignore policies intended to…
Average Gasoline Price Hits $4 in U.S., a ‘Headache’ for Drivers and Trump
By Emmett Lindner 03/31/26
Gasoline in the United States crossed an average of $4 a gallon on Tuesday, a threshold it hadn’t reached since August 2022, continuing a series of nearly uninterrupted increases since the Middle East war began…
Vermont Hits Back at Trump’s Effort to Block ‘Climate Superfund’ Law
By Karen Zraick 03/30/26
The Justice Department and the state of Vermont faced off in a federal courtroom on Monday over the state’s landmark 2024 “climate superfund” law, which will require fossil fuel companies to pay for the mounting…
Why the Endangered Species ‘God Squad’ Is Meeting After 35 Years
By Zahra Hirji 03/30/26
In an executive order on his first day back in office, President Donald Trump directed an obscure panel of senior federal agency leaders called the Endangered Species Committee to start meeting regularly. The committee has…
Federal Court Strikes Down President Trump’s Attacks Against Endangered Species Act
03/30/26
A federal court struck down President Trump’s attacks against the Endangered Species Act (ESA), restoring key values of the bedrock environmental law to the status it held for decades before the first Trump administration attacked…
Judge nixes Trump changes to Endangered Species Act regs
By Niina H. Farah 03/30/26
A coalition of environmental groups scored a win Monday in a long legal battle when a federal court in California tossed out a set of regulatory rollbacks that undercut Endangered Species Act protections. The ruling…
He Helped Write the Clean Air Act. He Fears for Its Future
By Karen Zraick 03/28/26
When the Trump administration took the extraordinary step this year of killing the government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, it made a simple argument: The Clean Air Act doesn’t allow it.
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles
By Kiley Price 03/27/26
The Trump administration is turning to the nuclear option on endangered-species protections in the name of national security. A rarely tapped panel nicknamed the “God Squad” will meet Tuesday to discuss whether overriding Endangered Species…
Trump’s $1B offshore wind payout to TotalEnergies sparks legal concerns
By Maria Gallucci 03/26/26
The Trump administration’s unusual deal to pay TotalEnergies to abandon its U.S. offshore wind ambitions might not be the last of its kind. Earlier this week, the Interior Department said it would reimburse the French…
What We Don’t Know About Trump’s $1 Billion Deal With Total Could Kill It
By Emily Pontecorvo 03/26/26
President Trump’s Day One moratorium on offshore wind leasing and permitting was vacated by a federal judge in December. Weeks later, the president issued stop-work orders on five offshore wind projects that were under construction,…
As Doctors See the Costs of Climate Change, Trump Plays a Deadly Game of Denial
By Jessica A. Knoblauch 03/26/26
In the summer of 2019, a man’s car broke down while driving along the 405 freeway in Washington State. As he waited for the tow truck amid the sweltering heat, his body started breaking down…
Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science
By Eric Niiler 03/25/26
Kate Marvel, a widely known climate scientist and author, has resigned from her position at NASA, citing the Trump administration’s attacks on climate science in the United States.
Trump administration to pay $1 billion to stop two East Coast wind farms
By Evan Halper and Jake Spring 03/23/26
The Trump administration reached an agreement to pay $1 billion to French energy firm TotalEnergies to stop developing two offshore wind farms off the coast of New York and North Carolina, instead directing the investments…
As Attacks Shake Markets, Trump Seeks to Reassure Americans
By Tony Romm and Others 03/19/26
Global markets experienced a day of gyrations on Thursday as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran entered its 20th day, amid fears of a deepening global energy crisis and as oil prices surged to $119 a…
Trump’s Homeland Security Pick Says He’d End Policy That Slowed Disaster Aid
By Scott Dance 03/18/26
Senator Markwayne Mullin, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, said Wednesday that if confirmed he would “absolutely” revoke a policy that has drastically slowed the flow of federal disaster aid under…
Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan
By Lisa Friedman and Rebecca F. Elliot 03/14/26
The Trump administration on Friday approved a $5 billion oil drilling project in ultradeep waters of the Gulf of Mexico over protests from Democrats and environmental activists who said the venture posed significant risks to…
War in Iran Has Put Middle East Water Supplies at Risk
By Mira Rojanasakul and Others 03/14/26
Two weeks into the war in Iran, two water desalination plants in the region have been damaged in military operations, raising concerns over the vulnerability of a system that serves as a lifeline for millions…
Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab
By Eric Niiler 03/13/26
The Trump administration is reviewing proposals to break up one of the world’s leading climate and weather laboratories, transfer its work to universities and private companies, take away its aircraft, and sell its property in…
Trump Administration Fires New Shot in Fight Over California Clean Car Rules
By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 03/12/26
The Trump administration on Thursday filed a new lawsuit against California over its strict limits on planet-warming pollution from cars, arguing that the restrictions would unlawfully force a rapid transition to electric vehicles in the…
War in the Middle East Threatens Global Food Production
By Peter S. Goodman 03/07/26
The longer the conflict in the Middle East continues, the greater the likelihood that people around the globe will pay more for food. And those in the most vulnerable countries could face hunger.
Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently
By Catrin Einhorn 03/05/26
Scientists and other experts were preparing a first-of-its-kind assessment of the health of nature in the United States when President Trump returned to the White House.
Careful With That Wild-Caught Tuna
By Jeva Lange 03/04/26
It started with the cats.In the seaside town of Minamata,on the west coast of the most southerly of Japan's main Islands,Kyushu,the cats seemed to have gone mad-convulsing,twirling,drooling,and even jumping into the ocean in what looked…
Trump Bets That ‘Energy Dominance’ Will Make War in Iran Less Costly
By Brad Plumer and Others 03/03/26
The Trump administration has said that it has more leeway to act aggressively in the Middle East because the world is flush with oil and gas, thanks in part to record U.S. production, and has…
Who Could Profit From an Energy Crisis?
By Claire Brown 03/03/26
Concerns about an energy supply crunch are mounting after an Iranian official threatened on Monday to “set on fire” any ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that conveys 20 percent of…
As Electric Bills Rise, Trump Says Tech Companies Should Pay More
By Brad Plumer 02/25/26
In a nod to voter frustration over rising electricity prices, President Trump on Tuesday said he was negotiating pledges from major tech companies to pay a greater share of the energy costs associated with new…
He Was a Climate Activist. One Day, the F.B.I. Came Knocking.
By Hilary Howard 02/20/26
On a recent frosty February morning, 200 miles north of New York City, a middle-aged man had just had his tea and toast and opened his laptop. He heard a knock on his door. When…
With ‘Tremendous’ Deals at Stake, Trump Is Bringing Russia in From the Cold
By Anton Trojanovski 02/19/26
After Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States and much of the West all but severed economic ties to Moscow.
Historic Climate Rollback Makes U.S. a Global Outlier on Tailpipe Rules
By Hiroko Tabuchi 02/16/26
The momentous end to the federal government’s legal authority to fight climate change makes it official.
Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in Vehicles
By Amanda Holpuch 02/15/26
The federal Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that manufacturers would no longer earn a credit for installing engines that automatically turn off when vehicles come to a complete stop and restart when drivers take…
A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not Clear Who.
By Eric Niiler 02/13/26
The U.S. National Science Foundation said on Thursday that the management and operations of a supercomputer used by more than 4,000 climate and weather scientists across the country would be transferred from a leading research…
Trump Erased a Bedrock Climate Rule. Here Come the Lawsuits.
By Karen Zraick 02/13/26
When the Trump administration erased one of the nation’s bedrock scientific principles on climate change this week, it set up a legal battle that’s all but certain to hinge on the Supreme Court.
Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate
By Jake Spring, Ambrosia Wojahn and Brady Dennis 02/12/26
Nearly 17 years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten the public’s health and welfare, the agency on Thursday rescinded the landmark legal opinion underpinning a wave of…
What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation
By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow 02/12/26
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday made a critical announcement. It repealed the scientific determination that gives the government the authority to combat climate change.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
By Lisa Friedman 02/12/26
President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal government’s legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heating the…
Trump Orders the Pentagon to Buy More Coal-Fired Electricity
By Brad Plumer 02/11/26
President Trump on Wednesday directed the Pentagon to start buying more electricity from coal-burning power plants as part of his efforts to revive the declining coal industry.
The E.P.A. Is Barreling Toward a Supreme Court Climate Showdown
By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 02/10/26
It is often said in Washington that Donald Trump’s advisers, cabinet members and allies are playing to an audience of one: the president.
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow 02/09/26
In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress were racing to pass the biggest climate law in the country’s history and President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was declaring that global warming posed a “clear and…
Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing
By Maxine Joselow 02/06/26
President Trump moved on Friday to allow commercial fishing in the only marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, an area the size of Connecticut that is home to dolphins, endangered whales, sea turtles and…
Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects
By Maxine Joselow 02/02/26
A federal judge on Monday struck down the Interior Department’s order to halt work on a multibillion-dollar wind farm off the coast of New York State, the fifth time the courts have ruled against the…
A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
By Lisa Friedman 01/30/26
A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government…
How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History
By Maxine Joselow and Jennifer Schuessler 01/23/26
At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the Trump administration took down an exhibit on the contradiction between President George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people and the Declaration of Independence’s promise of liberty.
Energy Dept. Says It Is Canceling $30 Billion in Clean Energy Loans
By Brad Plumer 01/22/26
The Energy Department said on Thursday that it was in the process of revising or canceling more than $83 billion in loans for clean energy technologies that had been approved under the Biden administration.
At Davos, Talk of Climate Change Retreats to the Sidelines
By David Gelles 01/22/26
All week at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, talk about climate change and renewable power has been relegated to the sidelines.
China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy
By Peter S. Goodman 01/22/26
In a long, rambling address that was by turns bombastic, aggrieved and self-congratulatory, President Trump pronounced last rites on American leadership of the liberal democratic order forged by the United States and its allies after…
Big Oil’s Complicated Calculus for Investing in Venezuela
By Peter Coy 01/17/26
“I’ll probably be inclined to keep Exxon out,” President Trump told reporters on Sunday. “I didn’t like their response. They’re playing too cute.”
Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.
By Claire Brown and Brad Plumer 01/16/26
Over the past eight months, the Energy Department has taken the extraordinary step of ordering that generators at five coal-burning power plants that had been headed for retirement stay open and keep running.
In a Setback for Trump, Judge Says N.Y. Wind Farm Can Resume Construction
By Lisa Friedman 01/15/26
President Trump’s attempts to torpedo offshore wind farms suffered a second blow this week when a federal judge ruled on Thursday that construction for the $5 billion Empire Wind project off Long Island could resume.
E.P.A. Moves to Limit States’ Ability to Block Pipelines
By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 01/13/26
The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to limit the ability of states to block the construction of oil and gas pipelines, coal export terminals and other energy projects that could pollute local waterways.
Everyone Wants the Arctic
By Katrin Bennhold 01/13/26
Officials from Denmark and Greenland are going to the White House today to discuss the future of Greenland. They say the island is not for sale; President Trump has made clear he wants to annex…
Trump Cuts to Energy Projects in Blue States Were Unlawful, Judge Rules
By Brad Plumer 01/12/26
A federal judge on Monday ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to terminate millions of dollars in clean-energy grants last fall was “unlawful” because the cuts primarily targeted Democratic-led states.
Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Latest Effort to Stop Offshore Wind Project
By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow 01/12/26
A federal judge on Monday ruled that construction could resume on a $6.2 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, striking down the Trump administration’s decision last month to halt work on the…
Billions at Stake in the Ocean as Trump Throttles Offshore Wind Farms
By Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer 01/10/26
It was three days before Christmas, and Patrick Crowley was getting ready for a holiday party when he got a shocking text. Mr. Crowley, the president of the Rhode Island A.F.L.-C.I.O., learned that the Trump…
Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate Policies
By David Gelles 12/23/25
From the moment President Trump won re-election last year, it was clear that major upheavals were coming for the nation’s climate and energy policies. Few could have predicted just how sweeping the overhauls would be.
How Trump’s First Year Reshaped U.S. Energy and Climate Policy
By Brad Plumer and Others 12/22/25
In his first year back in office, President Trump has rapidly reshaped America’s climate and energy landscape. His administration dismantled a wide range of climate and pollution regulations, began to overhaul how the federal government…
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
By Lisa Friedman and Others 12/17/25
The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, one of the world’s leading Earth science research institutions.
The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels
By Eric Lipton and Rebecca F.Elliott 12/12/25
The executives dining at the White House to celebrate President Trump’s $300 million ballroom — and their role in financing it — were a who’s who of American industry. Many hailed from companies that are…
Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants
By Scott Dance 12/11/25
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that the Trump administration could not unilaterally cancel a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant program that states used for disaster preparation, imposing a potential hurdle in the administration’s…
A Proponent of Election Conspiracy Theories Will Take a Top Role at FEMA
By Scott Dance 12/10/25
A leading proponent of election fraud conspiracy theories is set to oversee federal disaster response as the Trump administration prepares to drastically reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to a person familiar with the…
E.P.A. Erases Mention of Humans Causing Climate Change From Some Web Pages
By Lisa Friedman 12/09/25
The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly removed the fact that human activity is driving climate change from a handful of pages on its website.
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
By Lisa Friedman and Others 12/03/25
President Trump on Wednesday threw the weight of the federal government behind vehicles that burn gasoline rather than electric cars, gutting one of the country’s most significant efforts to address climate change and thrusting the…
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
By Lisa Friedman and Others 12/03/25
President Trump on Wednesday threw the weight of the federal government behind vehicles that burn gasoline rather than electric cars, gutting one of the country’s most significant efforts to address climate change and thrusting the…
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow 11/26/25
The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday that it would delay a requirement that the oil and gas industry limit emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas.
Stop Trump’s Extinction Plan
11/23/25
The Endangered Species Act is the world's most successful conservation law, and it's under attack again. The Trump administration just proposed four new rules that would gut the Act and drive imperiled plants and animals…
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
By Maxine Joselow 11/22/25
The environmental rollbacks came one after the next this week, potentially affecting everything from the survival of rare whales to the health of the Hudson River.
Emergency: Trump Greenlights More Offshore Drilling
11/20/25
The Trump Administration just announced a massive plan to open more than a billion acres of our public coastal waters to new offshore drilling — including places that have been protected for decades.
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling
By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 11/20/25
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow new oil and gas drilling across nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. coastal waters, including a remote region off Alaska in the northern Arctic where…
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling
By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 11/20/25
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow new oil and gas drilling across nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. coastal waters, including a remote region off Alaska in the northern Arctic where…
Wetlands need your support
11/20/25
The Trump administration just announced redefining what constitutes "water of the United States.” This new definition will remove protections for the majority of our nation's wetlands and waterways, leaving thousands of acres of these critical…
Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act
By Maxine Joselow and Catrin Einhorn 11/19/25
The Trump administration proposed on Wednesday to significantly limit protections under the Endangered Species Act, the bedrock environmental law intended to prevent animal and plant extinctions. Taken together, four proposed new rules could clear the…
Trump Wanted to Abolish FEMA. His Own Advisers Disagree.
By Maxine Joselow and Scott Dance 11/19/25
A task force formed by President Trump to consider changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency has recommended that it should not be abolished, according to four people briefed on the matter, a position that…
Even Trump’s EPA can’t get it quite right on this silly wetlands law
By Damien Schiff 11/19/25
When the Supreme Court ruled in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency in 2023, which I argued on behalf of Michael and Chantell Sackett, it finally brought clarity and common sense to a part of environmental…
Trump Officials Are Policing Words and Foiling Deals at G20 Summit
By John Eligon 11/15/25
Using the word “transition” in a document about the need to adopt clean energy sources was a nonstarter for Trump administration officials at a Group of 20 meeting this year, said Thabang Audat, the chief…
Former FERC commissioners urge Supreme Court to uphold agency independence
By Ethan Howland 11/14/25
The U.S. Supreme Court should uphold Humphrey’s Executor, a precedent that provides tenure protection to members of independent agencies, a bipartisan group of 11 former commissioners at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told the court…
He Helped Cities Anticipate Damage From Storms
By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey 11/13/25
I’m a marine policy researcher who studies how we can make coastal areas safer from big storms and sea level rise.
Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness
By Lisa Friedman 11/13/25
The Trump administration announced Thursday that oil and gas drilling would be allowed in a fragile expanse of tundra and wetlands in northern Alaska that is home to caribou, grizzly bears and thousands of migratory…
The Global Climate Leadership Vacuum
By Claire Brown 11/13/25
In the weeks following President Trump’s re-election, there was a lot of talk about who would fill the global climate leadership vacuum left behind by the Biden administration.
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
By Lisa FriedmanMax Bearak and Jeanna Smialek 11/12/25
More than 100 nations were poised last month to approve a historic deal to slash pollution from cargo ships. That’s when the United States launched a pressure campaign that officials around the world have called…
States That Rely on the Colorado River Miss Deadline to Agree on Cuts
By Scott Dance 11/11/25
The seven states that rely on the Colorado River for drinking water missed a Tuesday deadline to agree on reduced shares as the river’s flow continues to decline dramatically. But the states and the U.S.…
Newsom Criticizes Trump’s Offshore Oil Drilling Proposal
By Jamie Leventhal 11/11/25
During the United Nations climate summit on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California responded to President Trump’s proposal to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast, declaring it “dead on arrival.”
Groups Sue to Reverse Trump’s Cuts to Energy Projects in Democratic States
By Zach Montague 11/10/25
A coalition of clean energy groups and the city of St. Paul sued the Trump administration on Monday, challenging what they described as nakedly partisan funding cuts during the government shutdown that wiped out around…
10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are
By Somini Sengupta 11/07/25
Almost exactly 10 years ago, a remarkable thing happened in a conference hall on the outskirts of Paris: After years of bitter negotiations, the leaders of nearly every country agreed to try to slow down…
Trump Can Reconsider Permit for Offshore Wind Farm, Judge Rules
By Maxine Joselow 11/04/25
A federal judge in Washington ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration may reconsider the Biden-era approval of SouthCoast Wind, a wind farm planned off the coast of Nantucket, Mass.
E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program
By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 11/01/25
Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has quietly retreated from plans to eliminate Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels help consumers to choose energy efficient dishwashers, refrigerators and other…
He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
By Maxine Joselow 10/31/25
Until recently, Forrest Smith was the sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up dozens of abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks across the country.
White House removes Atlantic from oil lease consideration after political backlash
By Ben Lefebvre 10/31/25
The Interior Department has removed the federal waters off the Atlantic coast from President Donald Trump’s upcoming offshore drilling plan after Republicans in the region pressed to keep oil and natural gas rigs away from…
China’s Pause on Rare Earth Controls: What to Know
By Keith Bradsher 10/30/25
China has agreed to stand down on enforcing some of its recent limits on exports of critical minerals, but apparently not all of them.
Washington’s Oil Dilemma Returns: How to Hurt Moscow Without Raising Gas Prices
By Georgi Kantchev and Laurence Norman Follow 10/28/25
The Trump administration’s recent oil sanctions have revived a dilemma for the West: how to hurt Moscow’s war chest without inflicting economic self-harm.
How Long Will it Take to Build a Nuclear Power ‘Renaissance’ in the U.S.?
By Claire Brown 10/23/25
Nuclear energy has emerged as a rare point of agreement between some Democrats and Republicans, and even between some climate advocates and the Trump administration. The greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear power are low, and…
Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
By Maxine Joselow 10/23/25
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining tracts of pristine wilderness in the United States.
Energy Dept. tells employees not to use words including ‘climate change’ and ‘green’
By Rebecca Hersher and Julia Simon 10/22/25
The Department of Energy has told employees to avoid using certain words, including "climate change," "green" and "sustainable," according to an internal email sent to staff and obtained by NPR. The details of the email…
How China Raced Ahead of the U.S. on Nuclear Power
By Brad Plumer and Harry Stevens 10/22/25
China is quickly becoming the global leader in nuclear power, with nearly as many reactors under construction as the rest of the world combined. While its dominance of solar panels and electric vehicles is well…
In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes on Pace to Break a Record
By Scott Dance 10/22/25
The Trump administration this year stopped updating a federal database that tracked the cost of extreme weather and informed an annual list of hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters that each caused at least $1 billion…
The Former Lobbyists Making Key Decisions at the E.P.A.
By Hiroko Tabuchi 10/21/25
It’s been a busy year at the Environmental Protection Agency. Especially for former lobbyists.
Fed Rescinds Mandate That Banks Plan for Climate Risks
By Scott Dance and Stacy Cowley 10/17/25
Federal regulators have rescinded a requirement that the nation’s largest financial institutions factor climate risks into their long-term planning, a policy dating from the Biden administration that Federal Reserve Board staff called “distracting” and “not…
Subsidizing Fossil Fuels, but Not Clean Energy
By David Gelles 10/16/25
All year, the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been rolling back tax credits for clean energy projects, part of a broad effort to stymie the growth of wind, solar and electric vehicles.
Carbon Dioxide Levels Jumped by a Record Amount, U.N. Says
By Raymond Zhong and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey 10/16/25
The average level of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere climbed by the largest amount on record between 2023 and 2024, the World Meteorological Organization said on Thursday.
In Georgia, Trump’s Cuts to Solar Projects Hit Some of His Voters
By Maxine Joselow 10/11/25
When Jennifer McCoy entered a drawing for the free installation of solar panels on her home, she was desperate for help with electric bills that have soared to more than $500 a month.
An Immense Solar Project Just Got Canceled Under Trump
By Maxine Joselow 10/10/25
An enormous solar power project in the Nevada desert that would have been one of the world’s largest has been canceled, according to the Interior Department.
A Crushing Year for Science in America
By Alan Burdick 10/09/25
By most metrics, 2025 has been the worst year for the American scientific enterprise in modern history.
Trump Aimed Shutdown Cuts at Democrats, but G.O.P. Districts Are Hit, Too
By Catie Edmondson 10/06/25
When Russell T. Vought, the White House budget director, announced last week that he was canceling $8 billion in federal funding for energy projects, it was clear that his directive was aimed at hurting Democrats…
Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States
By Brad Plumer and Maxine Joselow 10/02/25
The Energy Department said on Wednesday night that it would cancel more than $7.5 billion in Biden-era awards for hundreds of energy projects, with the vast majority located in states led by Democrats.
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
By Brad Plumer and Lisa Friedman 09/29/25
The Trump administration on Monday outlined a coordinated plan to revive the mining and burning of coal, the largest contributor to climate change worldwide.
Unexpected Critics of Trump’s Attacks on Wind Energy: Oil Executives
By Rebecca F. Elliott 09/27/25
Oil and gas executives are expressing concern about the Trump administration’s attacks on offshore wind, including attempts to block the construction of projects off the East Coast.
What World Leaders Told Us About Trump, China and Climate Change
By Claire Brown and David Gelles 09/25/25
At our annual Climate Forward live event yesterday, we hosted a series of conversations with world leaders, chief executives and activists about the state of our warming world.
Federal Judge Rejects Administration Efforts to Tie State Disaster Funds to Immigration Cooperation
By Anna Griffin 09/24/25
A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled on Wednesday that President Trump could not punish states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts by denying them disaster mitigation money.
Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’
By Somini Sengupta and Lisa Friedman 09/23/25
President Trump went on a rant against climate change at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, calling it the “greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” and saying that the scientific consensus on…
Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide
By Hiroko Tabuchi 09/23/25
The Department of Defense has quietly delayed its cleanup of harmful “forever chemicals” at nearly 140 military installations across the country, according to a list of sites analyzed by The New York Times.
The Trump Administration’s Expansive Push to Sell Out Public Lands to the Highest Bidder
By Drew McConville and Others 09/22/25
Thanks to an outpouring of opposition from across the political spectrum, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) was forced to withdraw language from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that would have sold millions of acres…
Trump takes on a key climate science finding
By Claire Brown 09/18/25
A major new analysis issued Wednesday by the nation’s leading scientific advisory body, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, found that the evidence linking rising emissions to negative human health outcomes is “beyond…
A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
By Maxine Joselow 09/18/25
When the Trump administration said last week that it would stop requiring thousands of industrial facilities to report their planet-warming pollution, the move fit a growing pattern: If data points to a problem, stop collecting…
Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger
By Brad Plumer 09/17/25
The nation’s leading scientific advisory body issued a major report on Wednesday detailing the strongest evidence to date that carbon dioxide, methane and other planet-warming greenhouse gases are threatening human health.
It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.
By David Wallace-Wells 09/16/25
Ten years ago this fall, scientists and diplomats from 195 countries gathered in Le Bourget, just north of Paris, and hammered out a plan to save the world. They called it, blandly, the Paris Agreement,…
Trump’s Tax Bill Is Empowering Anti-Renewables Activists
By Jael Holzman 09/12/25
A war of attrition is now turning in opponents' favor.
Two Valuable Satellites Are in ‘Perfect Health.’ They May Be Scrapped.
By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey 09/05/25
Starting back in the Bush administration, the United States has spent more than $800 million launching powerful climate-monitoring satellite technology into space.
Why Trump’s war on offshore wind spooks noncombatants
By Ben Geman 09/05/25
The Trump team's move to halt a nearly complete offshore wind project and yank permits for others is worrying interests beyond just that sector.
Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
By Karen Zraick 09/04/25
The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on “polluter pays” laws and lawsuits that try to force fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of climate change.
Trump’s War Against Wind Energy: A Timeline
By Emily Pontecorvo 09/04/25
The Trump administration's war on the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry has kicked into high gear over the past week,with a stop work order issued on a nearly fully-built project, grant termination and court filings…
Halting Revolution Wind could be a disaster for New England’s grid
By Jeff St. John 09/03/25
The Trump administration’s latest attack on an offshore wind project could make New England’s electricity less reliable and more expensive. Late last month, the administration halted work on the nearly complete Revolution Wind project off…
Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects
By Matthew Daly, Associated Press 08/29/25
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
EPA plans to dramatically reduce wetland protection
By Miranda Willson 08/28/25
The Trump administration will soon propose a new Clean Water Act rule that could eliminate federal protections for many wetlands across the U.S., according to an internal EPA presentation obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News.
Trump’s Campaign to Reverse Global Climate Progress
By Daniel E. Slotnik and Parin Behrooz 08/27/25
President Trump is not just trying to stop the transition away from fossil fuels in the U.S. He is pressuring other countries to retreat from their pledges to fight climate change and to burn more…
US Renewable Investments Fell 36% on Trump’s Policies, BNEF Says
By Tope Alake 08/26/25
US investments in renewable energy projects plunged this year as developers responded to White House policy shifts targeting the sector. Investments fell by $20.5 billion, or 36%, in the first half of the year from…
FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump
By Maxine Joselow 08/26/25
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday suspended around 30 employees after those workers wrote to Congress warning that the Trump administration had gutted the nation’s ability to handle hurricanes, floods and other extreme weather…
How Close Are Manatees to Extinction?
By Lois Parshley 08/25/25
The Indian River Lagoon, a long braid of brackish mangroves and shifting islands, runs along Florida’s Atlantic coast. It is home to 4,300 species, including many of the state’s remaining manatees, whose large, paddle-tailed bodies…
Brazil Wanted America’s Help Mining Rare Earths. Then Came Tariffs.
By Ana Ionova 08/21/25
Tucked under layers of clay and rock, Brazil has a bounty that much of the world covets: millions of tons of rare earth minerals needed to build drones and robots, electric cars and guided missiles.
Trump admin orders dirty, expensive coal plant to stay open even longer
By Jeff St. John 08/21/25
The Trump administration has extended its order to keep a Michigan coal-fired power plant running until November, well past its planned closure in the spring. It’s the latest move in a push to force dirty,…
Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts
By Harry Stevens 08/08/25
The Environmental Protection Agency said it would stop updating research that hundreds of companies use to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions after the agency suspended the database’s creator because he had signed a letter criticizing…
The U.S. must regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants, factories and vehicles. Refusing to do so defies sound science and violates the Clean Air Act.
By Michael Thomas 08/06/25
President Trump has been a vocal opponent of wind energy for more than a decade. But up until recently, his policies have never matched his rhetoric.
Trump Will Slow, but May Not Stop, the Rise of Electric Vehicles
By Jack Ewing 08/03/25
Sales of Teslas are plunging. General Motors and other automakers are increasing production of big pickups and sport utility vehicles. Republicans have killed incentives for electric vehicle purchases.
In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding
By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman 07/29/25
Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Tuesday the Trump administration would revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change.
Energy Dept. Cancels Loan Commitment to Contested Transmission Project
By David Gelles 07/23/25
The Energy Department on Wednesday said it had terminated a commitment to provide a $4.9 billion loan guarantee to a company building a contentious transmission line across the Midwest.
FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’, Colleagues Said
By Lisa Friedman 07/22/25
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue unit has resigned, telling colleagues he was frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles the Trump administration imposed that delayed the agency’s response to deadly flooding…
U.S. Is Missing the Century’s ‘Greatest Economic Opportunity,’ U.N. Chief Says
By Max Bearak 07/22/25
The United Nations secretary general’s speech on Tuesday was billed as a rare, optimistic one on the future of climate change.
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
By Lisa Friedman 07/22/25
The Trump administration has drafted a plan to repeal a fundamental scientific finding that gives the United States government its authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions and fight climate change, according to two people familiar with…
Seabed-Mining Firm Faces Legal Questions Over Controversial Trump Policy
By Max Bearak 07/21/25
Two months ago, President Trump took an extraordinary step toward issuing permits to mine vast tracts of the ocean floor in international waters where valuable minerals are abundant.
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow 07/18/25
The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do…
Why Trump’s War on Solar Power Will Fail
By Bill McKibben 07/18/25
The era of federal support for an energy transition, supposed to last a decade under the Inflation Reduction Act, will mostly come to a close on New Year’s Eve, when the cost of clean energy…
After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
By Rebecca Dzombak 07/17/25
More than 11,100 feet above sea level, surrounded by nothing but black rocks, white clouds and blue sky, the Mauna Loa Observatory is in a Goldilocks spot for studying the atmosphere.
E.P.A. Delays Required Cleanups of Toxic Coal Ash Landfills
By Maxine Joselow 07/17/25
The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that it would give utility companies an additional year to begin cleaning up contamination from toxic coal ash landfills across the country. Coal ash, a byproduct of burning…
20 States Sue Trump Administration Over Ending FEMA Funding for Disaster Mitigation
By Maxine Joselow 07/16/25
A coalition of 20 states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over its decision to shut down a multibillion-dollar grant program aimed at protecting communities from floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response
By Lisa Friedman and Others 07/13/25
In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps that are diluting the country’s ability to anticipate, prepare for and respond to catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather…
In Flash Flood Hotspots, Many Federal Meteorologist Positions Remain Unfilled
By Hiroko Tabuchi and Mira Rojanasakul 07/11/25
In recent days, flash floods have wreaked havoc across the country. In New Mexico. In North Carolina. And in Texas, where by many accounts, the National Weather Service acted appropriately as it issued increasingly urgent…
Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change
By Maxine Joselow 07/08/25
The Energy Department has hired at least three scientists who are well-known for their rejection of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, according to records reviewed by The New York Times.
How the Trump administration is already cutting off climate research
By Scott Dance 07/05/25
A $15 million federal grant was supposed to help scientists better understand how the warming climate is harming plants and animals, setting many on paths toward extinction. But the Trump administration shelved it earlier this…
How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again
By Thomas L. Friedman 07/03/25
Can you hear it — that roar coming from the East? It’s the sound of 1.4 billion Chinese laughing at us.
Biden’s climate law boosted red states. Their lawmakers are now gutting it.
By Toluse Olorunnipa 07/02/25
In a December speech on his economic legacy, President Joe Biden predicted that clean energy investments stemming from his signature climate law were “so deeply rooted in the nation” that it would be “politically costly…
Trump administration shutters major federal climate website
By Matthew Glasser and Daniel Peck 07/02/25
A major federal climate website has been shut down by the Trump administration, multiple agencies have confirmed with ABC News. The website of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which hosts numerous climate change reports…
Key climate change reports removed from US government websites
By Associated Press 07/01/25
Legally mandated US national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to learn what to expect in…
Trump’s climate research cuts are unpopular, even with Republican voters
By Karin Kirk 07/01/25
As the Trump administration takes steps to dismantle climate research across NASA, NOAA, the EPA, and other agencies, recent polling shows that this move is deeply unpopular. In May 2025, registered voters were asked whether…
Trump administration shuts down U.S. website on climate change
By Ian James and Noah Haggerty 07/01/25
The Trump administration on Monday shut down a federal website that had presented congressionally mandated reports and research on climate change, drawing rebukes from scientists who said it will hinder the nation’s efforts to prepare…
Trump administration wants to axe all of NOAA’s climate research
By Rachel Frazin 07/01/25
The Trump administration wants to zero out climate research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), according to a newly released budget document.
Trump’s Policy Bill Could Put the U.S. Further Behind China
By David Gelles 07/01/25
In an article we published yesterday, Somini Sengupta, Brad Plumer, Keith Bradsher and I took a deep dive into the stunning divergence between the U.S. and China’s energy strategies.
The Senate is about to destroy clean energy to give tax cuts to billionaires
By Michael Thomas 06/30/25
Climate and clean energy advocates thought they had already seen the worst case scenario in previous versions of the Senate’s sweeping reconciliation bill. They were wrong.
An Energy Star inside U.S. homes is under attack from Trump, with the cost to homeowners uncertain
By Bob Woods 06/29/25
Donald Trump, as both a citizen and president, has railed against modern dishwashers, washing machines, light bulbs, showerheads and toilets, claiming that onerous government regulations render them less effective and more expensive.
As FEMA Shrinks, a Grassroots Disaster Response Is Taking Shape
By Emily Cochrane and Allison Joyce 06/26/25
They were just drills, but each felt urgent and real. A group of volunteers searched a wooded area for someone who had been injured and stranded, ready to provide aid. Then they practiced a river…
Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard
By Emily Badger and Others 06/22/25
The federal government spends billions funding research at Harvard, part of a decades-old system that is little understood by the public but essential to American science.
Trump Confirms Wind Ban While Overturning the California Waiver
By Jeva Lange 06/13/25
President Trump said Thursday that his administration is “not going to approve windmills unless something happens that’s an emergency.” The comments — made during the White House East Room signing of legislation overturning California’s authority…
Trump targets California with bill blocking ban on sales of gas cars
By Matt Viser 06/12/25
President Donald Trump signed a measure Thursday that blocks California from enforcing a ban on sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state, escalating tensions with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who challenged Trump’s decision in…
EPA moves to repeal limits on greenhouse gas emissions by power plants
By Jake Spring 06/12/25
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday a proposal to eliminate Biden-era regulations restricting power plant greenhouse gas pollution, a move that would significantly increase U.S. emissions that contribute to climate change.
Trump Blocks California E.V. Rules in Latest Move to Rein In the State
By Laurel Rosenhall and Lisa Friedman 06/12/25
President Trump signed joint resolutions of Congress on Thursday that block California’s effort to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles, his latest attempt to reduce the power of the nation’s most populous state.
As Trump Unwinds Federal Oversight, States Become Battlegrounds for Environmental Data
By Sharon Kelly 06/11/25
Secret chemicals. A hush-hush atmosphere surrounding airborne pollution. Non-disclosure agreements preventing open discussion of industry impacts.
DOJ finds Trump can abolish areas protected as national monuments
By Jake Spring 06/11/25
Trump administration officials have concluded that President Donald Trump has the authority to entirely abolish protected areas set aside as national monuments by past presidents, according to a legal opinion released Tuesday by the Department…
Trump Poised to Repeal Biden Curbs on Power Plant Pollution
By Ari Natter and Jennifer A Dlouhy 06/11/25
The Trump administration will propose scrapping Biden-era climate mandates requiring the nation’s power plants to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.
Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the G.O.P. Tax Bill
By Brad Plumer 06/11/25
Over the past two decades, more than 5 million U.S. households from California to Georgia to Maine have put solar panels on their roofs, drawing energy from the sun and reducing their electric bills.
Musk may be gone, but the war on the public good is here to stay
By David Wallace-Wells 06/11/25
A few months ago, it seemed obvious that the biggest story of Donald Trump’s second term as president was Elon Musk becoming his co-pilot, steering what was often called the DOGE blitzkrieg. Last week —…
A Florida Weatherman’s Hurricane Plea Went Viral. Here’s Why.
By Judson Jones 06/08/25
A meteorologist who has spent his career warning South Florida about hurricanes had a new warning for viewers last week: He’s not sure he can do it this year.
Executive Order: Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
06/06/25
This executive order suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) until it is determined that the further entry of refugees aligns with the interests of the U.S. The order aims to strengthen the country's capabilities to handle…
Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives
By Seth Borenstein and Others 06/06/25
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would put a “dagger through the heart of climate-change religion” and introduce a “Golden Age” for the…
Coal and Gas Plants Were Closing. Then Trump Ordered Them to Keep Running.
By Claire Brown and Harry Stevens 06/06/25
A 63-year-old coal-fired power plant was scheduled to permanently close its doors in Michigan on June 1. So was an oil- and gas-powered plant that was built in the 1960s in Pennsylvania.
Trump Approves Expansion of Scandal-Hit Coal Mine
By Hiroko Tabuchi 06/06/25
The Trump administration on Friday greenlighted the expansion of a scandal-hit underground coal mine in Montana, one of the nation’s largest, cutting short a federal environmental review and putting into action a key element of…
Mosaic Takes Strategic Action to Restructure and Recapitalize with the Support of Its Lender to Position the Company for the Future
06/06/25
Solar Mosaic (the "Company" or "Mosaic"), a fintech platform for U.S. residential solar and energy-efficient home improvements, today announced the Company filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Chapter…
Executive Order: Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements
06/06/25
This executive order directs the U.S. to formally withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and any related agreements or pacts under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It outlines steps to rescind…
NASA scientists describe ‘absolute sh*tshow’ at agency as Trump budget seeks to dismantle top US climate lab
By Andrew Feedman 06/05/25
NASA scientists are in a state of anxious limbo after the Trump administration proposed a budget that would eliminate one of the United States’ top climate labs – the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies,…
The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
By Somini Sengupta 06/03/25
Who could argue with setting a “gold standard” for science? Actually, thousands of scientists from around the country. President Trump has ordered what he called a restoration of a “gold standard science” across federal agencies…
DOE Orders Another Zombie Fossil Fuel Plant to Stay Online
05/31/25
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order Friday to mandate that a dirty and outdated power plant outside of Philadelphia continue operating beyond its planned closure. The Eddystone power plant, located between Philadelphia…
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program
By Rebecca Dzombak 05/31/25
The Trump administration’s proposed budget for 2026 ends funding for one of the country’s cornerstone biological and ecological research programs. Known as the Ecosystems Mission Area, the program is part of the U.S. Geological Survey…
$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says
By Alexa St. John and Isabella O' Malley 05/29/25
More than $14 billion in clean energy investments in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed this year, according to an analysis released Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s pending megabill has raised fears over the…
Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025
By Marianne Lavelle 05/29/25
Businesses have cancelled or delayed more than $14 billion of investments in U.S. clean energy projects so far this year, reflecting their uncertainty and pessimism over federal support amid President Donald Trump’s climate policy retreat,…
Youth Climate Activists Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Orders
By Karen Zraick 05/29/25
Young people who sued state governments over climate change have begun a legal challenge aimed at President Trump’s spate of executive orders on climate and the environment. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in…
N.Y. Natural Gas Pipelines Get a Second Chance Under Trump
By Rebecca F. ElliottBenjamin Oreskes and Brad Plumer 05/29/25
A pipeline company is reviving plans to build two natural gas pipelines into New York State, a major reversal that amounts to a bet that the Trump administration will be able to strong-arm states into…
As the EPA Downsizes, Our Health Could Suffer
By Shelia Hu 05/28/25
The nation’s corps of federal health researchers is under siege. Drastic budget cuts, reorganizations, and reductions in force (RIFs) are hollowing out the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
Trump axes Biden-era climate guidance in NEPA reviews
By Jennifer Yachnin 05/28/25
The Trump administration said Wednesday it will further truncate environmental reviews by eliminating Biden-era guidance to consider greenhouse gas emissions and climate change when weighing new energy projects.
Trump administration denies North Carolina request for Hurricane Helene relief at level Biden approved
By Luke Barr 05/28/25
The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied North Carolina's request for the agency to match 100% of the state funds for Helene cleanup, according to a letter sent from the acting FEMA administrator to the governor…
Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants
By Lisa Friedman 05/24/25
The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York…
The GOP Tax Bill Is a Dangerous Gamble at a Precarious Moment
By Robinson Meyer 05/23/25
When President Barack Obama signed the Budget Control Act in August of 2011, he did not do so happily. The bill averted the debt ceiling crisis that had threatened to derail his presidency, but it…
Can Offshore Wind Survive the Tax Credit Purge?
By Emily Pontecorvo 05/23/25
On Monday, President Trump lifted his stop work order on Empire Wind, an 810-megawatt wind farm under construction south of Long Island that will deliver renewable power into New York’s grid. But by Thursday morning,…
Trump Orders Faster Build-Out of Nuclear Power Plants
By Brad Plumer 05/23/25
President Trump signed four executive orders on Friday aimed at accelerating the construction of nuclear power plants in the United States, including a new generation of small, advanced reactors that offer the promise of faster…
House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts?
By Dan Gearino 05/22/25
Early this morning, the House voted 215-214 to pass a sweeping budget reconciliation bill with provisions that include a cancellation or phaseout for just about everything that was in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Here’s What’s in the Big Domestic Policy Bill to Deliver Trump’s Agenda
By Margot Sanger-Katz and Others 05/22/25
House Republicans approved a domestic policy bill to enact President Trump’s agenda, prevailing by a single vote after a bitter fight over tax and spending priorities that had divided their conference.
Upending norms, the Senate votes to undo California’s EV rules
By Camila Domonoske 05/22/25
The Senate has overruled the guidance of the parliamentarian, a nonpartisan staffer who interprets the Senate's rules, and voted 51 to 44 to overturn a waiver allowing California to set its own air pollution standards…
The House’s 11th Hour Cuts to Clean Energy Tax Credits, Explained
By Emily Pontecorvo 05/22/25
Trump’s tax bill passed the House early Thursday morning, after a marathon session in the Rules Committee that began early Wednesday morning and stretched late into the night. The final floor vote came down to…
Trump Administration Wrongly Impounded Infrastructure Aid, Watchdog Finds
By Tony Romm 05/22/25
The Trump administration violated the law when it halted funding under a $5 billion federal infrastructure program, according to a nonpartisan government watchdog, which concluded on Thursday that officials should restore the aid for electric…
Trump’s Funding Threats Build a Case for Private High-Speed Rail
By Brian Kahn and Eliyahu Kamisher 05/22/25
California has helped create much of the technology powering the 21st century. But travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco by train still feels trapped in the past.
Why are more FEMA disaster aid requests being denied?
By John Ryan 05/21/25
Several states that have recently experienced natural disasters have asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency for federal disaster aid but have been either partially or fully denied with little explanation.
‘Plenty of time’ to solve climate crisis, interior secretary tells representatives
By Dharna Noor 05/20/25
The US has “plenty of time” to solve the climate crisis,” the interior secretary, Doug Burgum, told a House committee on Tuesday.
In Reversal, Trump Officials Will Allow Huge Offshore N.Y. Wind Farm to Proceed
By Brad Plumer and Benjamin Oreskes 05/19/25
The Trump administration on Monday allowed construction to restart on a huge wind farm off the coast of Long Island, a month after federal officials had issued a highly unusual stop-work order that had pushed…
The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial
By David Gelles 05/19/25
When the Trump administration declared two weeks ago that it would largely disregard the economic cost of climate change as it sets policies and regulations, it was just the latest step in a multipronged effort…
Trump orders the government to stop enforcing rules he doesn’t like
By Maxine Joselow and Others 05/18/25
At the Transportation Department, enforcement of pipeline safety rules has plunged to unprecedented lows since President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
GOP bill makes heavy cuts to green energy credits in its fine print
By Rachel Frazin 05/16/25
Congressional Republicans’ phase-out of the tax credits for climate friendly energy sources are expected to decimate the incentives and raise U.S. emissions. While the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill,” which faces an uncertain future and a…
After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
By Judson Jones and Amy Graff 05/16/25
A National Weather Service office in eastern Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms were moving through much of the eastern United States, according to the union that represents…
FEMA—and the Nation’s Disaster Safety Net—Gets Cut Adrift
By Rob Moore 05/15/25
America’s disaster safety net is unraveling. The Trump administration has made major cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is one of the leading climate resilience agencies and is critically important for preparing…
How the Trump Administration Bakes Climate Denial into U.S. Policy
By Molly Bergen 05/14/25
The science explaining how fossil fuels contribute to climate change has been clear for decades. Now that communities around the country (and the globe) are experiencing more frequent and severe weather events, the realities of…
The Trump Administration Plans to Undo Standards on Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in the U.S. Drinking Water Supply
By Georgina Gustin 05/14/25
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to rescind and postpone rules limiting “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were enacted under the Biden administration and designed to prevent millions of people from exposure to…
USDA Reverses Course, Commits to Restore Purged Climate Webpages in Response to Farmers’ Lawsuit
05/13/25
Late last night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reversed course and committed to restore climate-focused webpages purged from its websites after Earthjustice and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit…
Senate Republicans: House GOP’s energy tax credit cuts won’t work
By Josh Siegel 05/13/25
Senate Republicans are pushing back on the House GOP’s proposed rollback of Democrats’ clean energy credits and say there will have to be changes to earn their support.
House GOP wants to cut parts of the Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others
By Tim De Chant 05/13/25
Republican leadership in the Ways and Means committee of the U.S. House of Representatives released Monday night a draft of a reconciliation bill that seeks to undo much of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
A Clean Energy Boom Was Just Starting. Now, a Republican Bill Aims to End It.
By Brad Plumer and Harry Stevens 05/13/25
Sprawling wind farms in Wyoming. A huge solar factory expansion in Georgia. Lithium mines in Nevada. Vacuums that suck carbon from the air in Louisiana.
Interior Department Weighs Less Conservation, More Extraction
By Alexander Nazaryan 05/13/25
The Trump administration is proposing a drastic reimagining of how public lands across the United States are used and managed, according to an Interior Department document leaked to the public in late April. The document,…
GOP to Phase Out Biden Energy Credits to Pay for Tax Cuts
By Ari Natter 05/13/25
House Republicans are proposing to eliminate a tax credit for electric vehicles and phase out incentives to develop clean-energy projects to help pay for President Donald Trump’s massive tax package.
Stop the Attack on Climate-Saving Giant Sequoia Forests
05/13/25
Giant sequoias are among the oldest living beings on Earth—some have stood for over 3,000 years. They’ve survived storms, droughts, and centuries of wildfire. But they cannot survive political decisions that prioritize logging and development…
Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back.
By Karen Zraick 05/12/25
The Agriculture Department will restore information about climate change that was scrubbed from its website when President Trump took office, according to court documents filed on Monday in a lawsuit over the deletion.
The House GOP Tax Proposal Would Effectively Kill The IRA
By Emily Pontecorvo 05/12/25
The House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees tax policy, released its initial proposal to overhaul the nation’s clean energy tax credits on Monday afternoon. These are separate and in addition to the extensive cuts…
The 5-Minute Fix
By Amber Phillips 05/11/25
A major focus of this Trump administration has been trying to dismantle government efforts to lower carbon emissions. The administration and Republicans in Congress have already rolled back incentives for everything from electric cars to…
What’s the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero.
By Lisa Friedman 05/10/25
The White House has ordered federal agencies to stop considering the economic damage caused by climate change when writing regulations, except in cases where it is “plainly required” by law.
U.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather
By Rebecca Dzombak and Hiroko Tabuchi 05/08/25
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday it would stop tracking the cost of the country’s most expensive disasters, those which cause at least $1 billion in damage.
DOGE’s Attacks on National Parks Let Public Lands Slip from Public Hands
By Susan Cosier 05/07/25
Eric Anderson thought it was strange when, in late January, his employer, the National Park Service (NPS), called him and his crew back to their home offices in Indiana, Montana, and Colorado. They had been…
100 Days of Trump 2.0: Renewable Energy Siting and Permitting
By Matthew Eisenson 05/05/25
President Trump retook the White House in the midst of a booming transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. In the first 100 days, the second Trump Administration has taken drastic measures to curb the…
100 Days of Trump 2.0: Carbon Management and Negative Emissions
By Kori Silverman-Roati and Others 05/01/25
The second Trump Administration’s first 100 days dealing with carbon management and negative emissions can be summed up in one word – incoherence. The administration has shown some signs of support for efforts to capture…
100 Days of Trump 2.0: A Campaign Against Environmental and Climate Justice
By Olivia Guarna 05/01/25
The first hundred days of President Trump’s second term brought on a coordinated, sweeping, and devastating campaign against federal efforts to advance environmental and climate justice. The administration launched this campaign on its very first…
100 Days of Trump 2.0: The US Weakens Regulations Addressing the Financial Cost of Climate Change
By Cynthia Hanawalt 04/30/25
Under new leadership appointed by the Trump administration, federal agencies have weakened key regulations meant to protect the economy from the financial harms of climate change. Some of the targeted regulations seek to manage climate…
100 Days of Trump 2.0: Silencing Science [Again]
By Dana Willbanks 04/30/25
One hundred days into Donald Trump’s second term, there are many similarities between his administration’s assault on science in the present and the assault on science we witnessed during his first term. At the very…
100 Days of Trump 2.0: Considerations for Cities and Community Partners
By Amy Turner 04/30/25
The first 100 days of the second Trump administration have proved volatile for local governments working to advance ambitious climate action. We have seen the freezing or termination of federal grants and other financial assistance,…
100 Days of Trump 2.0: The Inflation Reduction Act
By Olivia Guarna and Amy Turner 04/29/25
Amid the chaos and upheaval that has thus far defined the second Trump administration, one thing is crystal clear: the President of the United States is determined to undermine the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The…
100 Days of Trump 2.0: Laying the Groundwork for Future Climate Litigation Battles
By Margaret Barry 04/29/25
The second Trump administration’s efforts to roll back the United States’ actions to address climate change began with a barrage of executive orders and presidential memoranda on Inauguration Day, and that onslaught has continued over…
All Authors Working on Flagship U.S. Climate Report Are Dismissed
By Brad Plumer and Rebecca Dzombak 04/28/25
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
The Trump Administration Wants Seafloor Mining. What Does That Mean?
By Rebecca Dzombak and Others 04/25/25
Life at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is slow, dark and quiet. Strange creatures glitter and glow. Oxygen seeps mysteriously from lumpy, metallic rocks. There is little to disturb these deep-ocean denizens.
Trump deep sea mining order violates law, China says
By Esme Stallard 04/25/25
Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters. The move to allow exploration outside its national waters has been met by condemnation from…
Trump vs. science
By Alan Burdick 04/25/25
Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired to run the National Science Foundation five years ago, has quit. He didn’t say why, but it was clear enough: Last weekend, Trump cut more than 400…
Offshore Drilling 101
By Shelia Hu 04/24/25
Offshore drilling is risky business. It can have devastating impacts on oceans and coastal communities. It’s also expensive. But fossil fuel companies are willing to pay the price to access the potentially large reserves under…
Trump’s Attempts to Bring Back Coal Will Fail
By Christy Walsh 04/17/25
President Trump promised yet again to artificially prop up coal and gas. This flies in the face of common sense and benefits only the fossil fuel barons who backed his election. It will harm everyone…
Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing
By Rebecca Dzombak and Lisa Friedman 04/17/25
President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of…
By Redefining ‘Harm,’ Agencies Aim to End Longstanding Wildlife Protections
By Lisa Friedman 04/16/25
Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil. Trump officials have proposed changing…
Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So
By Brad Plumer and Lisa Friedman 04/11/25
President Trump this week directed 10 federal agencies — including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Energy Department and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — to implement a novel procedure to scrap a wide array of longstanding…
White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled
By Austyn Gaffney 04/11/25
Trump administration officials are recommending the elimination of the scientific research division at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to internal documents obtained by The New York Times and several people with knowledge of…
Trump Tackles His Longtime Pet Peeve: Weak Shower Heads
By Yan Zhuang 04/11/25
How long does it take you to wet your hair in the shower? A few seconds? A minute? The president of the United States, who has long complained about being unable to coax more than…
E.P.A. Is Said to Plan Deep Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
By Lisa Friedman 04/10/25
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the virtual elimination of a 15-year-old federal program that requires thousands of power plants, oil refineries, cement factories and other large industrial facilities to publicly report their greenhouse gas…
Trump Threatens Climate Policies in the States
By Lisa Friedman 04/09/25
First, the Trump administration moved to dismantle federal climate regulations. Now it has launched an assault on efforts at the state and local levels, where many leaders are still working to try to avoid the…
Trump Administration Cuts Research Funding, Claiming It Creates ‘Climate Anxiety’
By Brad Plumer and Austyn Gaffney 04/09/25
The Trump administration announced it is cutting nearly $4 million in federal funding for climate change research at Princeton University, saying that the work promoted “exaggerated and implausible climate threats” and increased “climate anxiety” among…
Trump Administration Cuts Funding and Staff for Flagship Climate Report
By Brad Plumer 04/09/25
The Trump administration has cut funding and staffing at the program that oversees the federal government’s premier report on how global warming is affecting the country, raising concerns among scientists that the assessment is now…
Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal
By Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer 04/09/25
President Trump signed four executive orders on Tuesday to try to bolster the country’s declining coal industry, including the lifting of restrictions on mining and burning of the dirtiest fossil fuel.
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach”: Trump’s New Executive Order Could Jeopardize California Energy Laws
By Zachary Fayne and others 04/09/25
On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) entitled “Protecting American Energy From State Overreach.” The goal of the new, energy-focused EO is to remove what the Trump administration characterizes as “illegitimate…
Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Reviving a Struggling Coal Industry
By Brad Plumer and Mira Rojanasakul 04/08/25
President Trump signed a flurry of executive orders Tuesday aimed at expanding the mining and burning of coal in the United States, in an effort to revive the struggling industry. One order directs federal agencies…
Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True.
By Lisa Friedman 04/01/25
President Trump announced on Monday that he planned to relax limits on pollution from cars, saying that the move wouldn’t “mean a damn bit of difference to the environment.”
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
By Lisa Friedman 03/17/25
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, according to documents reviewed by Democrats on the House Committee on Science, Space…
E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose
By Lisa Friedman and Hiroko Tabuchi 03/12/25
In a barrage of pronouncements on Wednesday the Trump administration said it would repeal dozens of the nation’s most significant environmental regulations, including limits on pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, protections for wetlands, and the…
E.P.A. Cancels Climate Grants, Intensifying Battle Over $20 Billion
By Claire Brown 03/12/25
The Environmental Protection Agency said that it was canceling $20 billion in grants for climate and clean energy programs that have been frozen for weeks, a move that was labeled illegal by nonprofit groups that…
NRDC Scorecard Highlights Winning State Transportation Policies
By Mark Drajem 03/11/25
A new scorecard ranking state transportation policies highlights the ways they can drive progress by building a system that provides convenient, affordable and clean travel options for all.
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
By Lisa Friedman 03/11/25
The Trump administration intends to eliminate Environmental Protection Agency offices responsible for addressing the disproportionately high levels of pollution facing poor communities, according to a memo from Lee Zeldin, the agency administrator.
U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change
By Brad Plumer 03/10/25
Before a packed crowd of oil and gas executives on Monday, Chris Wright, the new U.S. energy secretary, delivered a scathing critique of the Biden administration’s energy policies and efforts to fight climate change and…
LNG Export Projects Threaten a World Heritage Site in Mexico
By Shelia Hu 03/03/25
In the 1940s, Novelist John Steinbeck described the Gulf of California as “ferocious with life.” World-famous oceanographer Jacques Cousteau reportedly dubbed the gulf the “the world’s aquarium.” They were right. Known locally as the Sea…
Trump Picks Another Trade Fight With Canada Over Lumber
By Ana Swanson 03/01/25
President Trump on Saturday initiated an investigation into whether imports of lumber threaten America’s national security, a step that is likely to further inflame relations with Canada, the largest exporter of wood to the United…
Can Trump Reverse the Climate Endangerment Finding?
By David Doniger 02/26/25
President Trump’s assault on the nation’s climate protection policies is going even further than he dared in his first term. Acting under Trump’s Day One Unleashing American Energy executive order, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
Trump’s USDA Sued for Erasing Webpages Vital to Farmers
02/24/25
Today, Earthjustice and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, representing the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY), NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), and the Environmental Working Group (EWG), sued the U.S.…
E.P.A. Unfreezes at Least Some Climate Spending
By Brad Plumer 02/21/25
The Trump administration is beginning to unfreeze funding for at least one federal program aimed at reducing the pollution that is driving climate change. Some school districts on Thursday said they were able to access…
Trump Administration Trashes Public Protections in Permitting Process: “Reckless Deregulation at Its Worst”
02/21/25
The Trump administration has revoked the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) regulations that guide federal environmental reviews, ending nearly 50 years of precedent. These regulations provided clarity, consistency, and efficiency in how federal agencies assess…
White House launches ‘energy dominance’ council to promote fossil fuels
By Heather Richards 02/14/25
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday establishing a White House energy council to promote the nation’s energy industries amid already record-high oil and natural gas production.
Trump Nominates Oil and Gas Advocate to Run Bureau of Land Management
By Coral Davenport 02/12/25
President Trump has nominated Kathleen Sgamma, a professional advocate for the oil and gas industry, to run the Bureau of Land Management, an agency within the Interior Department that oversees grazing, logging, drilling and wildlife…
S.E.C. Moves to Kill Climate Disclosure Rule
By Matthew Goldstein 02/11/25
The acting chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mark Uyeda, took the first step on Tuesday to rolling back a rule that would require thousands of publicly traded companies to provide investors with detailed…
Back to plastic: Trump announces US policy ‘to end the use of paper straws’
By VOA News 02/10/25
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday declaring that it is “the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws.” Former President Joe Biden’s administration, in an attempt to phase…
Trump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States
By Coral Davenport and Madeleine Ngo 02/07/25
A new federal order that freezes a Biden-era program to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations has confounded states, which had been allocated billions of dollars by Congress for the program.
‘BACK TO PLASTIC’: Trump Vows to Keep the Government on Plastic Straws
By Hiroko Tabuchi 02/07/25
President Trump said on Friday that he would stop a plan by the Biden administration to phase out plastic straws in favor of paper ones across the federal government, saying they don’t work and it’s…
The E.P.A. orders a review of funding from the 2022 climate law.
By Lisa Friedman 02/07/25
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered an immediate internal review of grants and other money the agency distributed under the country’s biggest climate law, suggesting that the Biden administration “egregiously” mishandled the funds, according to…
Water Affordability: 2024 Year in Review
By Larry Levine and Cyndi Roper 02/06/25
As attention to our nation’s safe drinking water needs continues to grow, so too does attention to the nation’s water affordability challenges, particularly for low-income households. To succeed in providing universal access to safe water,…
E.P.A. Tells More Than 1,000 They Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’
By Lisa Friedman 02/03/25
The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 Environmental Protection Agency employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws and other programs that they could be fired at any time.
Trump Orders a U.S. Exit From the World’s Main Climate Pact
By Max Bearak 01/29/25
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the pact among almost all nations to fight climate change. By withdrawing, the United States will join Iran,…
Transportation Secretary Seeks Rollback of Biden’s Fuel Economy Standards
By Mark Walker 01/29/25
The newly confirmed transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, signed an order on Tuesday seeking to roll back key fuel economy standards set by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. The order is the latest effort by the…
Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water
By Zach Montague and Catrin Einhorn 01/27/25
The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and claimed its authority to overrule…
Trump’s Inflation Fix Centers on Energy Emergency That Doesn’t Exist
By Alan Rappeport and Colby Smith 01/24/25
President Trump has put unleashing American energy production at the center of his economic agenda, saying that ramping up fossil fuel production will lower inflation and end a cost of living crisis that has seen…
Trump Says California Failed to Send Water to L.A. to Fight Fires, but Experts Say He’s Wrong
By Heather Knight and Others 01/23/25
President Trump has repeatedly blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California leaders for the fires that devastated Los Angeles. The president has charged that the state’s Democrats have stubbornly refused to send enough water to…
U.S. Wind Power Faces Huge Challenges After Trump Orders a Crackdown
By Brad Plumer 01/21/25
President Trump launched a broad attack on the wind power industry in the United States, with a sweeping executive order that could block not just new offshore wind farms in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans…
Trump’s Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback and Doubt
By Jack Ewing 01/21/25
If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse. He will erase tax credits for electric-vehicle purchases, federal grants for chargers, and subsidies and loans to…
Trump Signs Orders to Promote Fossil Fuels and End Climate Policies
By Lisa Friedman and Others 01/20/25
Hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Trump signed a barrage of executive orders to grant his administration new powers to promote fossil fuels and to withdraw support for renewable energy, signaling that the United…
From the Biodiversity COP16 to the Climate COP29: Building Equitable Accountability, Alignment, and Adequacy on Finance
By Yamide Dagnet and Others 11/08/24
The United States just went through its most consequential election. While the outcome raises questions about what the re-election of Trump means for U.S. engagement in global climate talks moving forward (in view of his…
Leading to a Greener Tomorrow
11/06/24
Now is the time for the environmental movement to build on the momentum of the past four years and seek solutions that bring people together in defense of the irreplaceable natural resources—clean air, fresh water,…
This Is Not Your Father’s Automobile Industry
By David Doniger 02/15/23
In a historic step, leading automakers just stood up in favor of California’s legal authority to set tailpipe emissions standards.
Coloradans Deserve to Move More Freely and Breathe Easier
By Carter Rubin 09/09/21
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is proposing a new greenhouse gas reduction rule this fall that would require the state and its regions to cut climate-warming pollution from transportation by investing more in sustainable…
NRDC and Partners Go to Court on EPA’s Methane Surrender
By David Doniger 09/15/20
As enormous fires engulf the West and hurricanes pummel the South, Andrew Wheeler, the former oil and gas lobbyist running Trump's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has taken another step to let climate-polluting industries off scot-free—this…
Public Lands Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis
Alison Kelly 07/14/20
America’s public lands should be part of the climate change solution—not part of the problem.
States, NGOs Ask Court to Restore State Clean Car Standards
By David Doniger 06/29/20
A coalition of states and public health and environmental groups attacked the Trump administration's efforts to block standards set by California and other leading states to curb climate-warming pollution from new cars and trucks, in…
NRDC Sues Over Energy Dept.’s Illegal Refusal to Update Light Bulb Energy-Saving Standards
By Emily Deanne 02/25/20
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today asked a federal court to force the U.S. Department of Energy to implement updated energy-saving standards for nearly every household light bulb sold in America. The government’s repeated,…
Why Trump’s Dirty Cars Gambit Will Lose in Court
By David Doniger 09/17/19
President Trump seems dead set on blowing up the historic clean car peace treaty forged ten years ago between the automobile industry, the federal government, and leading states.
EPA’s Free Pass for Oil and Gas: Another Climate Surrender
By David Doniger 08/29/19
Climate change is already causing unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, storms, and floods. Today, Hurricane Dorian is barreling down on Florida, and the Amazon, Alaska, and Siberia are on fire. And the world’s climate scientists are…
NV Ends Legislative Session Full of Action on Clean Energy
By Patricia Valderrama and Noah Long 06/12/19
Nevada concluded its 2019 Legislative Session last Monday after passing a series of bills that position the Silver State to lead on renewable energy, climate, efficiency standards, and electric vehicles. Each of these bills takes…
Illegal Car Standards Rollback Built on Faulty Reasoning
By Luke Tonachel 10/25/18
The Trump administration is attempting to roll back commonsense clean car and fuel economy standards with arguments held together with little more than twine and masking tape. They have no chance against the storm of…
Massachusetts Approves New EV Program
By Noah Garcia 09/11/18
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities just approved National Grid’s $25 million proposal to support electric vehicles (EV) in the Commonwealth by providing charging infrastructure where residents live, work, and play. As one of the…
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces the American Cities Climate Challenge to Support Mayors Tackling Climate Change in the United States
06/01/18
Today, Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action and co-chair of America’s Pledge, announced the $70 million American Cities Climate Challenge, a major new effort to expedite progress in reducing…
A Race to Save Our Planet: Bloomberg Announces Multimillion-Dollar City Climate Challenge
06/01/18
It’s been one year since President Trump abandoned U.S. leadership on climate—but now, with Michael Bloomberg, 20 of America’s mayors will lead the country forward.
The List: Scott Pruitt’s Lies & Distortions—So Far
05/15/18
When EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday morning, it’s likely his penchant to lie about his ethical problems and mischaracterize his dangerous agenda will be front and center—again.
Victory! Feds Ordered to Reinstate Updated CAFE Penalties
By Irene Gutierrez 04/23/18
In a win for consumers and the environment, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of NRDC, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, and overturned a Department of Transportation attempt to indefinitely…
2017 Anti-Environmental Budget Riders
11/28/17
Once again, the Republican leadership, especially in the House, is advancing a Big Polluter Agenda to undermine just about every basic environmental protection current law provides to the American people. It appears no environmental law…
Cities Stand United on Paris Agreement at COP-23
By Shelley Poticha 11/09/17
Facing a new reality in the wake of monster storms, unprecedented flooding, dangerous and record-breaking heat and drought, wildfires and other challenges, cities stand determined to set their own framework for climate action.
Implementing the Paris Agreement: 1st Year Progress Report
By Han Chen 11/02/17
More than 160 countries have formally joined the Paris Agreement, and are moving forward to implement policies to tackle climate change. Some of the world’s largest emitters are taking bold action. While President Trump keeps…
Is America Actually Out of the Paris Agreement?
By Brian Palmer 08/30/17
President Trump today notified the United Nations Secretary General of his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. The letter is the first official step in the withdrawal process, and it commences…
Trump Can’t Stop This: Climate Action in the Northwest
By Elisheva Mittelman and Kevin Steinberger 08/30/17
With the rise of science denial in our nation’s capital, the responsibility for climate action has fallen to state and local leaders. The northwestern states have proudly picked up the mantle. (This blog series will…
Trump’s Top 3 Excuses If Climate Report Is Approved
By Aliya Haq 08/11/17
Earlier this week, the New York Times published a piece on a major climate report awaiting final clearance from the White House on August 18. On the heels of that story, an international report released…
Eyes on Paris Climate Agreement
By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz 04/17/17
All eyes are on the United States with the question of whether President Trump will decide to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. And no wonder, Trump has turned his decisions on climate action into…
Kill the Renewable Energy Industry? The Midwest Says “NO!”
By Susan Cosier 01/17/17
On the final day of the Illinois State Assembly’s 2016 session, a bill was passed that environmentalists can celebrate—one that significantly increases incentives for renewable energy and energy-efficiency requirements. Though the Democratic-led congress debated the…
The Upcoming War on Our Health and Environment
By Rhea Suh 01/13/17
Americans must come together to fight the assaults on our health and environment by the GOP and the new administration.
NRDC’s Suh Calls on Americans to Fight Trump Admin. and GOP Assaults on Health, Environment
01/05/17
Natural Resources Defense Council President Rhea Suh today called on Americans to join an all-out fight for our nation’s health and environmental protections that could face the worst executive and legislative assault in history by…
States Have Legal Authority to Lead on Clean Energy
By Jackson Morris and John Moore 12/10/16
Several fossil fuel power companies and related trade associations filed a lawsuit in October challenging a controversial part of the state’s groundbreaking new Clean Energy Standard: the contentious Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) program to help…
Will Our Next EPA Administrator Be a Former Coal Lobbyist?
By Rhea Suh 12/05/16
As early as this week, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name a new administrator to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. We don't know who he'll tap, but we've seen nothing but worrisome signs…
The Clean Air Act and Climate Change: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
By David Doniger 11/18/14
It's a great pleasure to speak with you today about the Clean Air Act and climate change, to take stock of where we've been and where we're going.
Shooting with Blanks at the OK Corral
By David Doniger 02/23/12
Next week a rogues’ gallery of science-denying industry associations, right-wing advocacy groups, Tea Party backers, and ultra-conservative elected officials get their day in court – two days, actually – to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s…
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How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals
By Nicholas Kusnetz 09/15/26
Before its abrupt dismantling last year, the U.S. Agency for International Development was one of the world’s largest funders of conservation, climate resilience and other environmental programs. The money aimed to curb deforestation in the…
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How the End of USAID Eroded Global Environmental Goals
By Nicholas Kusnetz 09/15/26
Before its abrupt dismantling last year, the U.S. Agency for International Development was one of the world’s largest funders of conservation, climate resilience and other environmental programs. The money aimed to curb deforestation in the…
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Trump’s EPA is ending one of the nation’s biggest climate protections
By Jake Spring 09/14/26
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday repealed Biden-era rules to limit the carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that drive climate change, arguing it will save consumers money on electricity bills, while environmentalists say it…
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Judges Rule Trump Can’t Just Make Up An Emergency to Keep Coal Plant Open
By Tom McKay 09/12/26
Donald Trump’s administration loves declaring arbitrary emergencies to justify pretty much every part of its agenda, from immigration and tariffs to energy policy. On Friday, a panel of three federal judges ruled that he can’t…
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National Science Foundation and White House Sued for Refusing to Release Government Records
09/10/26
Today, Union of Concerned Scientists, represented by Earthjustice, and Environmental Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for withholding information…
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Trump moves to ease environmental rules for data centers
By Amy Harder 09/10/26
The Trump administration is reshaping regulations to make data centers — and the fossil-fuel power fueling them — easier to build. Critics say the changes could increase pollution and reduce public input.
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As Hostilities Flare and Oil Prices Spike, U.S. Consumers Pay at the Pump
By Marianne Lavelle 09/08/26
Hours after President Donald Trump predicted on Truth Social that oil prices would fall precipitously once the United States wins its war with Iran, strikes on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure by Iranian-backed Houthis Tuesday caused…
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The Worst Case Is Still on the Table
By Andrew Dessler 09/05/26
The Trump administration is continuing it’s war on climate science. This time, instead of attacking climate science in general, as they tried (and failed) to do with the DOE Climate Working Group, they are going…
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Trump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands
By Maxine Joselow and Andrew Mangum 09/04/26
The Trump administration on Friday took another step toward stripping federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands, which help filter drinking water for many communities and provide critical habitat for birds, fish and other…
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Trump administration ratchets up its fight to get more oil flowing from California
By Amy Taxin 09/03/26
The Trump administration is ratcheting up its fight to get more crude flowing through California and reverse the state’s efforts to move away from fossil fuels.
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New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects
By Marianne Lavelle 09/03/26
When the Trump administration last fall unveiled its cornerstone policy for carrying out the Clean Water Act—new language spelling out the reach of the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority—it said one of its goals was to…
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The Trump EPA Is a Toothless Friend of Polluting Industries, Analysis Shows
By Peter Aldhous 09/01/26
By its own account, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is doing a fantastic job. In a March report on its performance in the last fiscal year, the agency boasted that it had concluded 2,127 civil…
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BLM will offer parcels near Aurora Reservoir for oil and gas drilling
By Mark Jaffe 08/31/26
Planned oil and gas development near the Aurora Reservoir — which has been vigorously opposed by local residents — is poised to grow as the federal government will auction off 600 acres of mineral leases…
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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks
By Damian Carrington 08/31/26
Turkmenistan has started plugging the mega-leaks of methane that spew from its ageing oil and gas facilities, the latest UN data shows, in a move hailed as a breakthrough.
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Trump Administration Speeds Up Environmental Review for 800-Mile Alaska Oil Pipeline
By Lisa Sorg 08/28/26
The Trump administration is expediting an environmental review of the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline System that would reauthorize the project for another 30 years, including the pipeline, pump stations, access roads, bridges and a fuel gas…
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Trump rollback of US forest protections could accelerate extinction of 400 endangered species
By Maya Yang 08/28/26
More than 400 endangered animal and plant species could face accelerated extinction after the Donald Trump administration’s decision to rescind a rule that has protected old-growth forests for more than two decades.
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Trump administration considering deal to give up part of Yosemite National Park
By Jake Spring 08/28/26
The Trump administration is considering a deal that would give a small part of Yosemite National Park in California to a Nevada-based private developer, which is seeking to build a road to gain direct access…
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Trump administration relied on flawed logic to justify scrapping vehicle emission rules, study says
By Alexa St. John 08/27/26
The Trump administration relied on flawed logic to justify scrapping vehicle emissions standards this year, making errors in how it accounted for fuel savings, the price of technology and mileage, according to a new study…
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Trump to meet refiners, fuel retailers as Iran war boosts gas prices ahead of midterms, sources say
By Jarrett Renshaw 08/27/26
President Donald Trump is expected to meet with U.S. refiners and fuel retailers next week to highlight efforts to lower gasoline prices, as his administration seeks to ease pressure on consumers from the Iran war…
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Rooftop Solar Is Having a Rough One
By Dan Gearino 08/27/26
Rooftop solar installers feel like a dog that’s been repeatedly kicked. President Donald Trump has made solar more expensive—or at least slowed the long-term decline in costs—by imposing tariffs on imported photovoltaic panels and other…
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Power plant endangerment repeal enters White House review
By Jean Chemnick 08/26/26
The White House is reviewing a new proposal to permanently end EPA’s regulation of power plants’ carbon emissions. What happened: The supplemental proposal entered White House review on Monday, according to the Office of Management…
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Arctic drilling in Alaska won’t get environmental review in new proposal
By Adam Federman 08/26/26
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order singling out the state of Alaska and its abundant stores of oil, gas and minerals. “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” called for…
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Trump’s energy policy could cost US 540 GW of renewables, says NRDC
By Diana DiGangi 08/26/26
Aspects of the Trump administration’s energy policy — such as the rollback of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, the introduction of new tariffs and offshore wind lease buybacks — could cause the U.S to lose…
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Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan
By Steven Rodas 08/24/26
Three days was all it took for the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan to see a legal challenge from, somewhat ironically, Nevada.
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Europe Chastised Trump’s Climate Rollback. Now It’s Delaying Its Own Green Goals.
By Benoit Morenne and Matthew Dalton 08/23/26
When President Trump shredded U.S. climate policies last year, much of the Western world chastised him for ignoring climate change. Now, Europe, the U.K. and Canada are walking back their own environmental regulations.
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Chop Wood, Carry Water 8/20
By Jess Craven 08/21/26
I got an email from CAP Action this morning and thought I’d share just a bit of it, as it gives a good overview of where we are right now:
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Tell The Trump Admin Hands Off The CA Coast!
08/21/26
Please help protect California's Coastal Program! Use the form below to submit your official public comment to NOAA in support of California and its coast.
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Trump seeks to open millions of acres of national forests to roads
By Jake Spring 08/18/26
The Trump administration Tuesday proposed a full repeal of a rule that for decades has prevented road-building and logging inside tens of millions of acres of near-pristine national forests, a move that environmental advocates fear…
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Wright’s Hairsplitting Statements About Canceled Energy Grants in Blue States
By Jessica Mcdonald 08/14/26
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has repeatedly denied that politics were involved in the termination of more than 280 grants last October. A court filing made public in July, however, shows that Energy Department lawyers admitted…
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The threat isn’t over: Tell Trump to keep his hands off science!
08/13/26
When the best available science is replaced by political preferences, everyone pays the price. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has just proposed major changes in its procedures for awarding research grants. Essentially, the proposed changes—which…
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US to offer 81 million acres in Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale
By Nichola Groom and Others 08/12/26
The Trump administration on Wednesday will offer more than 81 million acres (32.8 million hectares) in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drillers as part of an effort to boost domestic energy production…
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Bulldozing begins at Big Bend National Park for border construction
By Jake Spring and Others 08/12/26
Government contractors are bulldozing parts of the iconic and environmentally sensitive Big Bend National Park as the Trump administration pushes forward with a $46.5 billion effort to expand a massive wall and other security infrastructure…
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Trump administration ends NOAA support for annual Arctic Report Card
By Yereth Rosen 08/12/26
The Trump administration has pulled federal support from the Arctic Report Card, an annual, peer-reviewed report that has been published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration since 2006.
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Trump’s Anti-Wind Crusade Is Boosting US Gas
By Ruth Liao 08/11/26
US President Donald Trump has long shown contempt for wind power, dismissing the turbines as expensive eyesores and claiming — without evidence — that wind farms cause cancer.
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Can Tariffs Boost U.S. Solar Component Production?
By Alan Ohnsman 08/10/26
W elcome back to Current Climate. The Trump administration’s haphazard use of tariffs has complicated sourcing strategies and raised prices for U.S. manufacturers, as it’s seldom easy to find domestic suppliers who can seamlessly replace…
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Top Science Body Deletes Climate Chapter From Judges’ Manual
By Karen Zraick 08/10/26
The nation’s top scientific body has removed a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after an outcry from critics on the right, including President Trump.
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How Trump and Congress Are Attacking the Endangered Species Act – and What You Can Do
By Bala Sivaraman 07/31/26
For over 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has prevented thousands of plant and animal species from disappearing, including bald eagles, gray wolves, grizzly bears, and humpback whales. It’s no surprise that 84% of Americans…
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Tell the Bureau of Land Management: Maintain protections for Chaco Canyon
07/30/26
Chaco Canyon is an irreplaceable cultural landscape, home to thousands of archaeological sites, important wildlife habitat and internationally recognized dark skies. Opening the surrounding public lands to new oil and gas leasing and mining could…
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Should we feel good about the trajectory of clean energy post-Trump?
By David Roberts 07/29/26
The Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats’ historic climate bill, was signed into law by Joe Biden on August 16, 2022. Several people I know devoted their lives and hearts to the fight for that bill,…
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The EPA halted a study on gas stoves and asthma. But even partial results were striking.
By Jake Spring 07/29/26
Paul Moore’s house is old. It was built around 1900 as a hunting lodge near where Cleveland would develop, and his grandparents bought the home around 50 years later, converting it over the years into…
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Trump Has Lost More Than the Iran War
By Jennifer Rubin 07/29/26
Donald Trump’s entire premise for the disastrous, illegal war against Iran — namely, that the U.S. military could topple the Iranian regime, permanently eradicate its nuclear weapons and missile programs, and thereby remake the Middle…
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The path forward for the clean energy transition
By Lily Bermel 07/28/26
When President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, much of the climate world declared America’s energy transition dead. The law rescinded most of the grants and loans from 2022’s Inflation…
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Report Shows How Trump’s Fossil Fuel Agenda Is ‘Making Everyone’s Lives More Expensive’
By Stephen Prager 07/28/26
As President Donald Trump’s push for artificial intelligence data centers sends demand for natural gas soaring, a report released Tuesday projects that wholesale prices will likely double by the late 2030s if his energy and…
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What is the US-Saudi Arabia nuclear deal and why is it causing concern?
By Jonathan Yerushalmy 07/23/26
The US and Saudi Arabia have agreed a landmark deal that would use American technology and expertise to establish a civilian nuclear program in the Gulf country, a move that has caused alarm across the…
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1 big thing: Meet the new player in the climate litigation wars
By Ben Geman 07/22/26
The America Leads Alliance, a group battling state and local climate lawsuits against oil companies, has hired the well-connected firm Bracewell LLP to lobby, a new filing shows.
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Can Offshore Wind Survive the Headwinds?
By Ben Tracy 07/21/26
America is entering a new era of electricity demand. The explosive growth of artificial intelligence, sprawling data centers, electric vehicles, and the broader electrification of the economy are all driving a sharp increase in power…
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Trump Made the Renewable Power Market Weird
By Matthew Zeitlin 07/21/26
The renewables market is in a state of flux.On the one hand,the tax credits that were a key piller of wind and solar project financing have started to expire,while the race to be up and…
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Trump threatens National Academies with debarment. Here’s what it is.
By Lesley Clark and Chelsea Harvey 07/21/26
The oil industry and its allies gained a major supporter in their yearslong effort to derail climate science programs at the National Academies: the president of the United States...
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Biggest US Power Grid Faces Breakup Risk as FERC Weighs Fate
By Jennifer A Dlouhy and John Ainger 07/21/26
A frustrated Trump administration wants major changes to the operator of America’s largest power grid — perhaps even breaking it apart — as federal regulators meet this week to discuss the organization’s fate.
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Trump Quietly Deleted the Government’s Official Guide to Cutting Your Energy Bills
By Kate Yoder 07/20/26
If you wanted to save some money by learning how to check your home for air leaks, poor insulation, and power-hungry lightbulbs, the Department of Energy’s website was ready to help. And if you needed…
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Trump officials can’t revoke grants due to new agency goals, judge rules
By Natalie Schwartz 07/20/26
A federal judge ruled Friday that federal officials can’t cancel existing grants simply because they don’t align with new government priorities, marking a victory for a coalition of 21 attorneys general and three governors that…
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U.S. judge rejects Trump’s justification for terminating thousands of grants
By Jeffrey Mervis 07/20/26
A federal judge ruled Friday that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) cannot cancel active research grants solely because of a shift in the administration’s priorities, as it has done to billions…
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US judge says Trump administration cannot revoke grants that conflict with its priorities
By Nate Raymond 07/18/26
A federal judge on Friday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cannot rely on a White House budget office regulation to terminate billions of dollars in grants because they no longer align with the…
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Nebraska Nonprofit Sues EPA Over Terminated Solar Grant
By Environment and Energy Leader 07/16/26
The Center for Rural Affairs, a Nebraska nonprofit, filed a breach-of-contract complaint against the United States in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on June 18, seeking monetary damages after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
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CSLDF Opposes Trump Administration’s Attempts to Politicize Federal Grants
By Sangita Keshavan 07/14/26
Yesterday, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund submitted a comment to the Office of Management and Budget, opposing its proposed rule amending the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance (“Proposed Rule”). The Proposed Rule raises serious…
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Trump announces pardons for pollution violators prosecuted for “fixing their car”
By Sarah N. Lynch and Gabe Kaminsky 07/03/26
President Trump on Friday announced pardons for six people whom he said had been wrongfully prosecuted for "fixing their car" in what he called an act of "weaponization and stupidity" by federal prosecutors.
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The Wind and Solar Tax Credits Are About to Expire. Will They Come Back?
By Emily Pontecorvo 07/02/26
As many Americans celebrate the country's 250th birthday this weekend,the clean energy industry will be mourning a death.
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Trump Is Trying to Strangle Money-Saving Standards for Appliances
By Emily Pontecorvo 07/02/26
The Department of Energy Proposed sweeping changes to its rules for updating efficiency standards for its household appliances on Thursday.
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Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which the Trump administration seeks to limit
By Mark Axelrod 06/30/26
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common sense to first get a detailed picture of who they are and where they are. My research shows what can be…
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Court rules against Trump administration on air pollution limits
By Amudalat Ajasa 06/26/26
Qiyam Ansari woke from a medically induced coma to the sound of beeping medical equipment. The last thing he remembered was walking up the stairs with a bowl of cereal when he started to feel…
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Trump’s ‘Short-Sighted’ Cuts Jeopardize Philadelphia’s Clean Energy Future
By Daniel Perrin 06/24/26
During the Biden administration, clean energy developers in the Philadelphia area planned to take advantage of new, expanded federal support for renewable projects for years. Now, as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans roll back…
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Trump Administration Backtracks on Removing Ocean Sensors
By Leslie Kaufman 06/19/26
The Trump administration is dropping near-term plans to dismantle a $386 million federal ocean-observing system after encountering resistance from scientists and Congress.
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OASES To Coordinate Research, Enforce Trump Science Policy Across EPA
By Emma Gardner 06/18/26
EPA’s new research office, the Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions (OASES), is emerging as an agency-wide “coordinating hub” and enforcer of President Trump’s science policies, raising doubts about its capacity to conduct original…
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Wind Industry Goes for Broke Against Trump
By Jael Holzman 06/18/26
Major energy developers are going all in against the Trump administration in court,in what appears to be the first time many are publicly challenging the president in spite of any potential risk of retaliation.
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US Residential Solar Installations Set to Stall for Years
By Zahra Hirji 06/15/26
The US residential solar industry is cratering after President Donald Trump eliminated a key tax credit for homeowners to install solar panels last year — and it’s dragging down residential battery additions, according to a…
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Don’t Look Up: Trump is Desperate To Hide Ocean Warming
By Sam W 06/11/26
I’ve spoken before about Climate Tipping Points.See, there are systems in our global climate that feed into each other and influence each other to the degree that if one falls, it starts a domino effect…
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How Trump’s Cuts to FEMA and NWS Are Leaving Communities Defenseless Against Extreme Weather Disasters
By Margaret Cooney and Levon Lespier 06/10/26
Federal agencies help Americans prepare for, survive, and recover from extreme weather disasters, but the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Federal Emergency Management Agency weaken that lifeline…
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Trump Funds Two New Coal Plants and Extends Another Dozen, Citing ‘Energy Dominance’
By Steven Rodas 06/05/26
Thursday’s flurry of coal news from energy officials included $425 million to extend the life of 12 coal plants in several states, such as $50 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the…
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Trump Is Scrapping 900 Deep-Sea Sensors Used to Track El Niño
By Matthew Phelan 06/03/26
The National Science Foundation will begin dismantling a sprawling network of over 900 deep-sea sensors stationed in Pacific waters off the coasts of Oregon, Washington state, and Alaska, as well as Atlantic sites off North…
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Trump Scraps Ocean Sensors Providing Crucial Data on Climate, Flooding
By Leslie Kaufman and Eric Roston 06/03/26
The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle most of a $386 million federal ocean-observing network will leave scientists without an irreplaceable source of data used to understand how climate change is affecting crucial currents and marine…
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Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Youth Climate Case Against Trump
By Dana Drugmand 06/03/26
A federal appeals court has sided with the Trump administration and 19 Republican-led states in a constitutional challenge to several of President Donald Trump’s executive orders designed to boost fossil fuels, concluding that the youth…
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‘Absolutely Crazy’: Horror as Trump Moves to Dismantle Crucial Ocean Monitoring System
By Julia Conley 06/02/26
In what a number of scientists suggested was the Trump administration’s latest effort to stop tracking the changing climate in hopes of convincing the public that the climate emergency isn’t happening, the National Science Foundation…
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Trump’s Illegal Home Rebate Guidance Keeps Families Hooked on Gas While Fueling Utility Profits
By Seth Nelson 06/01/26
The Department of Energy today quietly released long-awaited guidance on several home rebate programs created by the Inflation Reduction Act, including the Home Electrification and Appliances Rebate program—also known as the High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate…
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EPA Beats States’ $7B Solar Grant Cancellation Suit In Wash.
By Rachel Riley 06/01/26
A Washington federal judge sided with the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday in a multistate challenge of the U.S. government's cancellation of a Biden-era solar energy grant program, concluding she cannot resolve the dispute because…
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Trump Admin Uses Iran War Oil Shock to Push Drilling in Alaskan Wilderness
By Michael Arria 05/31/26
The Trump administration and fellow Republicans are citing the Iran war as a pretext for oil drilling in Alaska, in an attempt to rapidly implement longstanding policy goals in the state.
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Why Kate Marvel left NASA
By Emily Atkin 05/28/26
Kate Marvel spent more than a decade at NASA studying the future of life on Earth. Then the Trump administration made that job feel impossible.
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Defying Trump, California continues to bet big on offshore wind
By Hayley Smith 05/24/26
While the Trump administration takes extraordinary measures to halt the development of offshore wind power in the United States, Southern California is advancing a $4.7-billion plan to deploy hundreds of towering wind turbines in waters…
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UN General Assembly backs world court climate ruling, US among nations opposing
05/21/26
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution reinforcing states' obligations to combat climate change, a long-awaited move toned down under pressure from major greenhouse gas emitters.
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Trump to ease rule on climate super pollutants, says move will cut costs
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Jake Spring 05/21/26
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday a rollback of two Biden-era regulations on refrigerants that are potent drivers of climate change, as the White House argues that deregulation can help tame inflation ahead of the…
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Oil prices fall after Trump says Iran negotiations in final stages
05/20/26
Oil prices fell 6% on Wednesday after Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran were in the final stages, though investors remain wary about the outcome of peace talks as disruption to Middle Eastern supply…
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Trump ‘Fabricated’ Timeline in Offshore Wind Deal, House Democrat Says
By Emily Pontecorvo 05/20/26
The Trump administration justified its nearly $1 billion settlement agreement with Total Energies to effectively buy back the French Company's U.S. offshore wind leases by citing national security concerns raised by the Department of Defense.
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Scientists Ditch Worst-Case Climate Scenario, With Ridicule From Trump
By Eric Roston 05/19/26
It’s not often that scenarios used by scientists to anticipate the impacts of climate change get wide public attention. But a recent journal article on warming scenarios has provoked discussion globally, including in the White…
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Trump Says Holding Off on New Iran Strikes After Gulf Appeal
By Eltaf Najafizada and Catherine Lucey 05/18/26
President Donald Trump said he called off a strike on Iran planned for Tuesday after an appeal by the leaders of Persian Gulf allies, who called for more time to pursue a diplomatic resolution.
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EPA wants to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
By Jake Spring and Brady Dennis 05/18/26
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed repealing limits on four types of “forever chemicals” in drinking water, while delaying regulations on two others, drawing swift criticism from both environmental activists and the Make America…
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Trump officials plan to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
By Tom Perkins 05/18/26
The Trump administration has announced a plan to kill Biden-era drinking water limits on four Pfas “forever chemicals”, and to delay the implementation of standards for two other compounds.
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Senate confirms Steve Pearce to lead the BLM in a party-line vote
By Amanda Eggert 05/18/26
The U.S. Senate narrowly voted to approve Steve Pearce’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Pearce, a 78-year-old Republican, has deep ties to the oil and gas industry and a record of supporting…
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Trump’s Tax Law Is Slowing Down Projects and Piling Up Legal Work
By Matthew Zeitlin 05/15/26
Certainty,certainty,certainty-three things that are of paramount importance for anyone making an investment decision.
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Trump administration readying a plan to impose Colorado River water cuts on western states
By Ian James 05/15/26
After months of pressing western states to come to their own agreement, the Trump administration told their leaders it’s drawing up a 10-year plan for dealing with water shortages on the Colorado River.
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How Long Can the US Be the Oil Supplier of Last Resort?
By Javier Blas 05/13/26
What do the Federal Reserve and the US oil industry have in common? In today’s war-torn market, both are the supplier of last resort. One provides dollars; the other barrels. But that’s where the similarities…
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These Homeowners Got an Energy-Bill Lifeline. Trump Yanked It Back
By Leslie Kaufman 05/13/26
In late 2024, Gretchen Holloway was approved for a new federally funded program that promised to cut her $900 utility bills by helping repair her nearly century-old home.
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China’s Rare-Earth Card Looms Over Trump-Xi Summit
By Christina Lu 05/12/26
Of all of the tools in China’s trade war arsenal, perhaps its most potent is its grip over rare earths, the materials that underpin technologies ranging from semiconductor chips to F-35 fighter jets.
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Interior Cancels Rule That Put Conservation On Equal Footing With Development
By Matthew Brown 05/11/26
The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned…
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Trump’s EPA Seeks Looser Construction Rules for Gas Plants, Data Centers and Factories
By Charles Paullin 05/11/26
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed changes Monday that would allow gas power plants, data centers and factories to begin construction on non-polluting components such as piping, wiring, cement pads and other support structures…
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Don’t let the EPA weaken coal ash safeguards
05/08/26
After decades of fighting, the Environmental Protection Agency finally established and strengthened coal ash regulations, but now they want to let polluters off the hook. Trump’s EPA is moving to gut these hard-won protections that…
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Enough With The Corruption
05/08/26
During Trump’s campaign, he made a “deal” with Big Oil: If they raised $1 billion, he would make it worth their while. Executives got in line. Now, Trump is delivering for them -- not the…
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250+ onshore wind projects stalled as Pentagon freezes permitting
By Kathryn Krawczyk 05/08/26
For the past 15 years, onshore wind projects have followed the same process to get the Department of Defense’s permission to build. Now, that familiar route has been closed off, effectively jeopardizing all new wind…
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3 Ways Trump Is Driving Electricity Bills Up
By Ben Arnoldy 05/07/26
Electricity bills are rising, and Trump is making it much worse. For the last 20 years, electricity demand remained fairly flat, but now demand is surging, driven partly by artificial intelligence companies building data centers.…
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Emails show Interior delivered new drilling permits for Burgum’s billionaire ally
By Jimmy Tobias and Julia Kane 05/07/26
On April 23, 2025, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s aide received a text message from an employee at Continental Resources, the oil and gas behemoth founded by billionaire Harold Hamm. The Continental employee was writing to…
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Trump Is Getting Away With Murdering an American Industry
By Jael Holzman 05/07/26
President Donald Trump is now effectively blocking any new wind projects in the United States,according to the main renewabls trade group,using the federal government's power over all things air and sky to grind a routine…
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Trump’s FEMA Council Backs Overhaul of Disaster Response
By Zahra Hirji and Lauren Rosenthal 05/07/26
President Donald Trump’s task force for reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday recommended sweeping changes to how the federal government responds to natural disasters.
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Shale Drillers Finally Heed Trump’s Call to Start Pumping More Oil
By Kevin Crowley and David Wethe 05/06/26
Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, reporters Kevin Crowley and David Wethe look at how US shale companies have started talking about boosting output.
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Enviros say Supreme Court decision boosts states’ ‘climate superfunds’
By Lesley Clark 05/06/26
A recent Supreme Court decision allowing a soldier to sue a military contractor in state court undercuts the Trump administration’s efforts to erase state climate laws, New York state and a coalition of environmental groups…
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SEC Rule to End Biden-Era Climate Policy Sent to White House
By Lydia Beyoud 05/05/26
The White House is reviewing a proposal from the Securities and Exchange Commission to formally end Biden-era climate disclosure rules for publicly-traded companies.
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Trump broke OPEC. He may regret it
By Ron Bousso 05/05/26
U.S. President Donald Trump’s military forays in Venezuela and Iran have weakened OPEC more than anyone thought possible just months ago. The White House may view this as a major win, but it may ultimately…
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Trump wants big boost to DOJ environment division
By Pamela King 05/05/26
The Trump administration has proposed a $25 million increase for the corner of the Justice Department that defends and executes the nation’s environmental laws.
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Trump Resurrects Keystone Pipeline Killed Over Climate Concerns
By Ellyn Lapointe 05/01/26
On his first day in office in 2021, then-president Joe Biden killed the Keystone XL Pipeline Expansion, a highly contentious project aimed at expediting transportation of crude oil from Alberta, Canada, into the United States.…
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Oil surges to its highest level in years as Trump eyes an extended Iran blockade
By Cris Tolomia 04/30/26
Brent crude oil prices reached $126 a barrel overnight before pulling back early Thursday, the highest level in four years, as President Donald Trump signaled the U.S. naval blockade of Iran's ports would remain in…
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Why the Forest Service overhaul has people worried
By Alex Wigglesworth 04/30/26
I was on a road trip to visit a friend late in March when my phone started lighting up. The Trump administration had just announced a sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service. People —…
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FEMA’s disaster relief fund hits red zone ahead of hurricane season
By Nicole Sganga 04/30/26
With hurricane season just weeks away, FEMA has officially entered a financial danger zone — forcing the agency to limit spending to only the most urgent, life-saving needs amid the partial government shutdown.
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Offshore wind lease buyouts create troubling precedent, say former DOI officials
By Diana DiGangi 04/30/26
Deals made by the Trump administration to cancel offshore wind leases and “reimburse” the developers once they’ve made equal investments in fossil fuel infrastructure lack legal precedent, and in fact create new precedent that could…
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Trump met with oil firms on possible months-long extension of Iran blockade
By Timothy Gardner 04/29/26
U.S. President Donald Trump met with top officials from Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab and other energy companies on Tuesday to talk about possible steps to calm oil markets if the blockade of Iranian ports…
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Huffman, Raskin Launch Investigation into Trump’s Billion-Dollar Taxpayer-Funded Settlement to TotalEnergies
04/29/26
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) sent a letter to TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné announcing a formal investigation by Committee Democrats into…
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House Democrats to TotalEnergies: ‘We’re Coming for You’
By Emily Pontecorvo 04/29/26
Two House Democrats are going after Total Energies after the company ignored an earlier request to defend It's $1 billion settlement with the Trump administration to walk away from offshore wind.
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Senate Democrats launch probe of ‘God Squad’ decision
By Ian M. Stevenson 04/29/26
Senate Democrats on Tuesday launched an inquiry into the Trump administration's revival of the "God Squad," accusing the White House of misusing the process to dole out political favors to President Donald Trump's campaign supporters…
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How Trump and Congress Are Attacking the Endangered Species Act – and What You Can Do
By Bala Sivaraman 04/29/26
On Earth Day, the U.S. House of Representatives planned to vote on a bill to drastically weaken the Endangered Species Act. Earthjustice and our coalition of wildlife and environmental advocates worked to sound the alarm…
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Trump Says Iran Wants Hormuz Open in Tussle Over War’s End Trump Convenes Security Team to Discuss Iran’s Proposal
By Arsalan Shahla and Eltaf Najafizada 04/28/26
President Donald Trump said Iran has asked the US to lift a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz while the two sides negotiate an end to the two-month war, which has upended global energy…
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Iranian Oil Tankers Are Clustering Just Shy of US Blockade Line
By Weilun Soon 04/28/26
Tankers laden with Iranian oil are clustering off Chabahar, a port in Iran that’s outside the Persian Gulf but just shy of the US blockade line.
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Oil Giants’ Profits Soar as Trump’s Iran War Estimated to Deliver $1 Trillion Hit to World Economy
By Brad Reed 04/28/26
A fossil fuel industry watchdog is estimating that US President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran could deliver a $1 trillion hit to the global economy—while oil and gas giants reap the benefits.
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White House seeks high-tech pitches for NEPA reviews
By Hannah Northey 04/28/26
The White House is taking pitches from startups, researchers, nonprofits and tech companies on ways to modernize and accelerate environmental reviews and federal permitting.
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2 more offshore wind projects scrapped under Trump administration pressure
By Meris Lutz 04/28/26
Two U.S. offshore wind projects totaling up to 4.4 GW of planned capacity will not move forward after the developers entered into an agreement with the U.S. Interior Department in which the government said it…
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Trump’s Shady Wind Deals Aren’t Over Yet
By Emily Pontecorvo 04/28/26
The Trump administration inked two more agreements to cancel offshore wind leases and reimburse the former leaseholders nearly $1 billion on Monday,demonstrating that its previous deals with Total Energies was not a one-off legal settlement…
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How carbon removal tech is adapting to Trump’s energy agenda
By Amy Harder 04/27/26
The carbon removal industry is reframing its pitch to win support in the Trump era, by focusing on energy dominance over climate change.
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Power plant repeal: Coming soon, in two parts
By Jean Chemnick 04/27/26
Some utility industry insiders say they expect EPA to scrap former President Joe Biden’s power plant climate rule in the next two months, based on the draft rule’s arguments that carbon capture and natural gas…
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‘Enjoy your new sunset.’ A California campaign against offshore oil drilling targets Trump
By Philip Salata 04/26/26
Two oil rigs sharply silhouetted by a golden sun plunging into the Pacific Ocean – that’s the image on a new billboard in Clairemont marking the launch of a new campaign to oppose offshore drilling…
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Tell the Forest Service: Keep our national forests wild
04/24/26
Don’t rescind or alter the Roadless Rule. The 45 million acres of wild and roadless forests should remain protected from road-building, commercial logging and mining.
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The Trump administration wants to open precious East Coast forests to logging and mining
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco and Katie Myers 04/23/26
When most people think about national forests, they imagine vast Western landscapes: Alaska, the Rockies, the Pacific Northwest. But millions of acres of federal woodlands dot the eastern half of the country, too. These great…
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Federal Judge Breaks Trump’s Permitting Blockade
By Jael Holzman 04/21/26
A federal court seems to have struck down a swath of Trump administration moves to paralyze solar and wind permits. U.S. District Judge Denise Casper on Tuesday enjoined a raft of actions by the Trump…
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Endangerment finding takes effect, spotlight shifts to courts
By Jean Chemnick 04/21/26
EPA’s repeal of its so-called endangerment finding, which once demanded the agency regulate climate pollution, formally took effect Monday as opponents of the move pushed for legal intervention.
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Judge Halts Trump Actions Aimed at Throttling Renewable Energy
By Brad Plumer 04/21/26
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a series of decisions that wind and solar developers say have throttled hundreds of renewable energy projects across the country.
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Deepwater gas project review downplays climate after endangerment repeal
By Carlos Anchondo 04/21/26
The Trump administration is taking public comment on a planned offshore liquefied natural gas export project that would ship out 8.4 million metric tons of gas annually from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Federal judge strikes down some Trump administration actions that have slowed clean energy projects
By Jennifer McDermott and Matthew Daly 04/21/26
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down development of clean energy, including a requirement that all solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters be…
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Enviros sue over Trump green light to Gulf oil drilling
By Lesley Clark 04/20/26
Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration over the Interior Department’s approval of an ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico. The petition filed Monday in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
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Army Corps narrows its scope of regulated wetlands
By Miranda Willson 04/20/26
The Trump administration is still regulating federally protected wetlands, despite recent remarks from a senior official about the Army Corps of Engineers moving away from the practice.
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New Documents Undermine Trump Administration’s Claims About Offshore Wind Deal
By Emily Pontecorvo 04/19/26
When the Trump administration announced it was paying Total Energies nearly $1 billion to cancel the company's offshore wind leases,it painted the trade as a mutually beneficial trade:The government would reimburse the company for the…
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‘Get Rid of MAHA’: Trump Alliance Cracks as Climate Denialists Turn on RFK Jr.’s Movement
By Rachel Santarsiero 04/17/26
At the right-wing Heartland Institute’s International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) held in Washington, D.C., last week, speakers mocked their usual cast of environmental targets: Greta Thunberg, John Kerry, and of course, Al Gore. But…
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Congress presses DOE’s Wright on Energy Star, permitting reform
By Diana DiGangi 04/17/26
In his second day appearing before the House, Energy Secretary Chris Wright faced questions about potential avenues for permitting reform and aspects of the Trump administration’s proposed 2027 Energy Department DOE’s proposed budget, like the…
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US Rejects CenterPoint’s Bid to Close Indiana Coal Plant
By Ari Natter 04/17/26
The Trump administration rejected a request from CenterPoint Energy to allow a 60-year-old coal plant in Indiana to close, forcing the utility to keep operating a unit it says is costly and unreliable.
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House approves air pollution, permitting bills
By Amelia Davidson 04/16/26
The House approved legislation Thursday to ease air pollution and permitting requirements, part of the Republicans' quest to update the Clean Air Act. H.R. 6409, the "Foreign Emissions and Nonattainment Clarification for Economic Stability (FENCES)…
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Carbon-Capture Hub Gets Lifeline From Trump Administration
By Yusuf Khan 04/16/26
A project to suck carbon out of the atmosphere in Louisiana—which faced closure under the Trump administration—is among nearly 2,000 clean-technology initiatives getting a surprise funding lifeline after a Department of Energy review.
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Trump Brings Back Direct Air Capture Hubs
By Emily Pontecorvo 04/16/26
The Department of Energy is allowing the Direct Air Capture hub program created by the Biden administration to move forward,according to a list the department submitted to Congress on Wednesday.
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Trump’s Interior Dept. Crafted Talking Points For Mike Lee’s Public Land Sell-Off Scheme
By Chris D'Angelo 04/15/26
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee’s committee consulted with the Trump administration the day before Lee introduced his wildly unpopular bill to force a sell-off of up to 3.2 million acres of federal public lands across…
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Scoop: How Trump Is Paying Off TotalEnergies
By Emily Pontecorvo 04/15/26
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's announcement last month that the administration was cancelling two offshore wind leases and reimbursing the lessee,Total Energies,nearly $1 billion, raised a host of questions.
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The Trump Administration Is Failing to Tell Congress About the Status of Energy Projects
By Anna Kramer 04/15/26
Solar and wind energy developers say the Department of the Interior has been delaying their work. Now, the agency has blown past a congressionally-mandated deadline to report its progress on energy projects.
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How ‘National Security’ Became the New Justification for Drilling
By Miranda Green 04/15/26
My first adult visit to a national park was during a backpacking trip with friends to Yosemite. I was a political reporter for CNN at the time, which was also Trump’s first year of his…
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Managing disasters in this “bizarre moment”
By Emily Sanders 04/14/26
Super Typhoon Sinlaku is slamming the Northern Marianas Islands with life-threatening winds, rain, and floods. The monster storm came remarkably early in the year, hitting U.S. territories in the west Pacific that have long been…
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Greens see chance to protect species in ‘God Squad’ fight
By Ian M. Stevenson 04/13/26
The Trump administration’s move to exempt oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species considerations could hand environmentalists a public engagement opportunity, although one they would prefer not to have.
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Trump holds back federal aid for Americans’ energy bills
By Ariel Wittenberg 04/13/26
The Trump administration has not distributed more than $400 million meant to help low-income Americans pay heating and cooling costs, as the Iran war drives up energy costs and Senate appropriators demand that the funds…
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Caution: A Global Financial Meltdown is a High Probability
By David Houle 04/10/26
Clearly the war will have lasting economic consequences: -the Strait of Hormuz is basically shut down. Any traffic through the Strait will be a fraction of what it was on 2/27/26. Constraint will last for…
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Trump promised to cut electric costs in half. Bills in energy-rich West Virginia now top mortgages
By Margie Mason 04/10/26
Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her small house this winter has been staggering: Her February charge was $940.08 —…
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Unpacking Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Prop Up Coal
By Dan Gearino 04/09/26
At one time, the U.S. electricity grid ran mostly on coal. But coal-fired power plants have steadily been decommissioned. Power producers found the plants were too expensive to operate and carried risks tied to toxic…
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Lee Zeldin Touts EPA Rollbacks at Climate Denial Conference
By Zahra Hirji 04/09/26
Lee Zeldin touted his deregulatory record as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency before the staunchest supporters of his policies. The EPA chief, who has been floated as a possible pick for attorney general,…
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Chevron’s CEO made $104 million while America bombed Iran
By Emily Atkin 04/09/26
President Donald Trump has told Americans not to worry about the oil and gas price spikes caused by his war in Iran. “The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far,”…
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Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance
By Marianne Lavelle 04/09/26
In President Donald Trump’s telling, the United States has fuel enough to hover above the chaos that his attack on Iran has triggered in global energy markets.
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Environmental Groups Sue EPA For Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections
04/08/26
Today, environmental groups and Alaskan tribes sued the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency for unlawfully repealing the endangerment finding and motor vehicle emissions standards.
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The Forest Service “Reorganizes” Under Trump
By Bill McKibben 04/07/26
On a recent morning in central Vermont, where I live, it was raining, and the wood frogs had just begun to chorus. The sap run from the maple trees has started to dwindle as the…
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Faster but Not Fast Enough
04/07/26
This report assesses the progress that states have made in delivering electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure to the American public under three major federally funded programs: the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, the…
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The Total Wreckage of Trump’s Energy Policy
By Robinson Meyer 04/06/26
President Trump's war in Iran is not popular.More than half of Americans disapprove of the conflict,according to Nate Silver,while fewer than 40% approve it-a 17-point deficit that has dragged down the president's overall approval rating…
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The U.S. Plastics Industry Was in the Doldrums. Then the Iran War Began.
By John Keilman 04/05/26
About two weeks after the start of the Iran war, Dow Chief Executive Jim Fitterling told investors something they hadn’t heard in a while about one of the company’s most important products.
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As Trump doubles down on Iran war, markets shudder and oil prices climb
By Gerrit De Vynck, Ellen Francis and Victoria Craw 04/02/26
In the lead-up to President Donald Trump’s Wednesday night address, international markets rallied, betting Trump would use the broadcast to signal he was winding down the war in Iran that has triggered economic strain around…
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Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Only Possible When Hormuz Reopens
By Omar Tamo and Others 04/01/26
US President Donald Trump said he’ll only consider a halt to attacks on Iran when the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, sowing further confusion about how long he’s prepared to continue the war.
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The Trump Administration’s New Biofuels Targets Threaten Carbon-Rich Rainforests
By Georgina Gustin 03/31/26
President Donald Trump stood on the Truman Balcony at the White House during the “Great American Agriculture Celebration” last week and announced what he called a “historic” boost to the nation’s farmers.
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U.S. Allows Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Despite Blockade
By Jack Nicas and Eric Schmitt 03/29/26
The United States Coast Guard is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba, delivering a critical supply of energy to the island nation after months of an effective oil blockade by…
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The Trump administration ‘blacklisted’ SFGate over critical national parks coverage
By Alex Wigglesworth 03/26/26
If I had a nickel for every time an editor has sent me an SFGate story and asked me to match it, I’d be at least a couple dollars richer. The San Francisco-based news website…
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Shackled minds, shackled markets
By Sammy Roth 03/25/26
The Trump administration will pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion to abandon its plans to build wind farms off the East Coast, the Interior Department said on Monday at an energy conference…
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White House’s ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Wartime Mandate Meets Volatile Market Reality
By Katie Surma 03/24/26
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a long-time apostle of fossil fuel expansion, issued a blunt directive to the world’s largest oil and gas producers on Monday: Produce more, and do it now.
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Trump Team Hunts for Ways to Blunt Gas Price Increases
By Nancy Cook 03/24/26
Lower gasoline prices have been Donald Trump’s calling card in his second term — one highly visible economic bright spot for voters anxious about inflation at the grocery store, high interest rates and a labor…
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‘Emergencies’ requiring coal plants to stay open need not be imminent, DOE tells court
By Ethan Howland 03/23/26
The U.S. Department of Energy’s secretary has broad authority under the Federal Power Act to declare emergencies to keep power plants from retiring, and those emergencies don’t have to be imminent, DOE told a federal…
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White House energy adviser says oil companies ‘all on board’ with upping production
By James Bikales 03/23/26
The Trump administration has not received any pushback on its calls to ramp up oil production amid the war in Iran, one of President Donald Trump’s top energy advisers said Monday.
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Trump’s EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warn
By Todd Richmond 03/22/26
A year ago, federal environmental regulators told West Virginia officials that their plan to clear sulfur and smog from skies over the state’s national wilderness areas wasn’t good enough because a dozen coal plants didn’t…
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and His Likely Senate Appointee to Meet With Trump on Sunday
By Reese Gorman 03/21/26
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has chosen Alan Armstrong, an oil and gas executive, to finish out the remainder of Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s term, three sources told NOTUS.
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Iran War and the Price of Oil
03/20/26
The US and Israel’s war with Iran has stopped many ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, a vital shipping corridor especially for fossil fuels, leading to global oil and…
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Attacks on Qatar Make LNG’s Worst Nightmare a Reality
By Dan Murtaugh 03/19/26
Liquefied natural gas buyers who expected to feast on cheap fuel this year are adjusting to a harsh new reality after the latest attacks by Iran on the world’s biggest production plant.
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Interior raises $163M in record NPR-A oil and gas lease sale
By James Bikales 03/19/26
The Trump administration saw robust interest from the oil and gas sector in expanding drilling in Alaska on Wednesday, drawing more than $163 million in winning bids in the first lease sale in the National…
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Why Gas in California Is Almost $6 a Gallon — and Could Go Higher
By Matthew Zeitlin 03/19/26
California's gasoline market is world all its own.
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Trump is poised to take Iran’s Kharg Island. Here’s what could unfold next.
By Scott Waldman 03/19/26
A tiny Iranian island responsible for virtually all of the country’s oil exports is in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs.
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Geothermal Escapes Trump’s Renewable Crackdown, Boosts Fervo’s IPO Bid
By Michelle Maa 03/19/26
Tim Latimer is the rare clean-energy executive having a good time in Donald Trump’s America.
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UPDATE: Trump’s Interior Dept. Issues Sudden Waiver Allowing This Controversial Official To Work On Grazing
By Chris D' Angelo 03/19/26
Ethics officials at President Donald Trump’s Interior Department granted Karen Budd-Falen, the agency’s No. 3 official, a waiver on March 11 — the very day that Public Domain inquired about her recent work on grazing…
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Trump Administration Auctions Contested Arctic Lands for Oil Drilling
By Nicholas Kusnetz 03/19/26
Oil companies won the right to drill on more than 1.3 million acres across the Alaskan Arctic on Wednesday, including areas that local Alaska Native leaders consider critical to wildlife and subsistence hunting and land…
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EPA tied its climate rollback to low oil prices. Then came the Iran war.
By Jean Chemnick 03/18/26
The Iran war is blowing a hole in the Trump administration’s claims that eliminating climate rules for cars and trucks will save Americans money.
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When the EPA rolled back toxic air rules, it left this community in the path of pollution
By Ella Nilsen 03/18/26
Rainbow trout is a prized catch for fisherman on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, in the high plains of southeastern Montana.
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‘Projectile’ hit 350 metres from Bushehr nuclear reactor – IAEA
03/18/26
The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that "following information from Iran of a projectile incident on Tuesday evening, the IAEA can confirm that a structure 350 metres from the Bushehr NPP reactor was hit…
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Goldman Sachs Warns Oil’s Biggest Shock Will Hurt Fuels Most
By Nicholas Lua and Yongchang Chin 03/17/26
Skip to content Bloomberg the Company & Its ProductsBloomberg Terminal Demo RequestBloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Customer Support Subscribe Live TV Markets Economics Industries Tech Politics Businessweek Opinion Video More Asia Edition War With Iran: Latest…
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US Diesel Tops $5 a Gallon as War Disrupts Supply Chains
By Will Kubzansky and Alex Longley 03/17/26
US diesel rose above $5 a gallon for the first time since December 2022, the latest sign of surging fuel price pressures menacing the global economy as the war in Iran continues to disrupt energy…
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Trump’s pro-coal crusade hits a snag in Washington state
By Jeff St. John 03/17/26
In Washington state, the Trump administration’s crusade to force aging coal plants to stay online is meeting resistance from lawmakers — and confronting the reality that the state’s power grid is doing just fine without…
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A Major Offshore Wind Farm Just Finished Construction. Trump Is Already Plotting a Counterattack
By Ellyn Lapointe 03/17/26
Vineyard Wind, one of five major offshore wind projects the Trump administration attempted to halt in December, installed its final blade on Friday. This marked a major blow to President Trump in his diabolical war…
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US is quickly exhausting tools to absorb Iran war oil shock
By Ron Bousso 03/16/26
The U.S. is rapidly running out of shock absorbers to cushion the oil market from the loss of Middle Eastern crude supplies as the Iran war rages, raising the risk of a deeper global economic…
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Revolution Wind comes online, Vineyard Wind 1 completes construction
By Diana DiGangi 03/16/26
The embattled U.S. offshore wind industry cleared two more hurdles Friday as the 700-MW Revolution Wind offshore Rhode Island became the third offshore wind project to start delivering power, and the 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1…
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Administration Targeted Climate Lab in Effort to Free Trump Ally, Lawsuit Claims
By Eric Niiler 03/16/26
The Trump administration has targeted a climate and weather research lab as retribution against Colorado officials for imprisoning a county clerk backed by the president who was convicted of helping election deniers meddle with voting…
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US Planning First New Coal Power Plant Since 2013 in Alaska
By Will Wade and Jennifer A Dlouhy 03/16/26
Terra Energy Center is pouring $1 billion into a deal for a planned coal project in Alaska, marking the first investment in new US coal power in more than a decade.
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E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on a Cancer-Causing Gas
By Maxine Joselow 03/13/26
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed to weaken limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas, from manufacturing facilities that use it to sterilize medical devices.
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Say no to dismantling the Endangered Species Act!
03/13/26
A dangerous bill—H.R. 1897, the “Endangered Species Amendment Act of 2025”—could dismantle key protections under the Endangered Species Act. Introduced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, this bill prioritizes extraction and exploitation over science and puts iconic…
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Climate Justice Means No War with Iran
03/13/26
Donald Trump’s recent military strikes in Iran — carried out without clear congressional authorization — have already killed civilians, destroyed critical infrastructure, and pushed the United States toward another catastrophic Middle East war. This isn’t…
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US Starts Trade Probe Into China, EU in Trump’s Tariffs Revival
By Hadriana Lowenkron and Catherine Lucey 03/12/26
President Donald Trump’s administration started the first of several sweeping trade investigations that set the stage for new tariffs, the centerpiece of a push to replace levies struck down by the US Supreme Court.
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Iranian oil squeeze tests Trump’s war plans
By Marc Caputo 03/12/26
President Trump's advisers warn the Iran war could drag on longer if the regime succeeds in strangling the Strait of Hormuz and driving oil prices beyond his tolerance.
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Green Cement Startup Slashes Staff After Trump Cuts Support
By Akshat Rathi and Emma Court 03/12/26
Green cement startup Sublime Systems has laid off two-thirds of its current workforce after President Donald Trump’s administration canceled a crucial grant that would have supported the producer’s first major manufacturing facility.
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One Year After Green Bank’s Demise, Court Mulls Future of Grant-Based Climate Policy
By Marianne Lavelle 03/11/26
One year ago today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced he was terminating the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, one of the biggest climate initiatives of the Biden administration, after weeks of alleging the $20…
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Offshore wind farms race toward completion despite Trump’s attacks
By Maria Gallucci 03/11/26
All five offshore wind farms being built in the U.S. are on track to hit key construction and operational milestones this month — even as the Trump administration continues its campaign to halt their development.
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Washington State Just Outmaneuvered Trump’s Coal Order
By Emily Pontecorvo 03/11/26
Trump may have ordered Washington's last coal-fired power plant to stay open,but it's unlikely ever to operate ever again thanks to a crafty bid of policy the Evergreen just passed.
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Does tapping oil reserves reduce gas prices?
By Joseph Brusuelas 03/11/26
With oil prices remaining elevated as the war in the Middle East continues, the International Energy Agency on Wednesday announced the coordinated release of global petroleum reserves to reduce gas prices.
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Trump to Invoke Emergency Law for Offshore Oil Producer Sable
By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Nathan Risser 03/11/26
President Donald Trump is preparing to invoke Cold War-era powers to clear the way for renewed oil production off the southern California coast, a long-shot bid to help ease the global crude supply crunch spurred…
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World Races to Protect Oil Flows as Trump Hints at War’s End
By Arsalan Shahla and Others 03/11/26
The US and Israel’s war on Iran forced world governments to intervene to shore up energy supplies, even as President Donald Trump once again said fighting will end soon.
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Air pollution spikes as Trump doubles down on coal power
By Sean Reilly 03/10/26
Air pollution from coal-fired power plants spiked in 2025, a striking reversal of long-term progress in air quality as the Trump administration boosted coal use.
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White House plan to break up iconic U.S. climate lab moves forward
By Paul Voosen 03/10/26
In January, the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) made a surprising announcement: It would change the computational heart of its premier forecast model, which divides the atmosphere into virtual parcels and solves the physical equations…
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Mixed results for Trump’s fossil energy permitting sprint
By Mike Soraghan 03/10/26
Fossil fuel projects are sprinting through the permitting process under President Donald Trump, but it’s unclear whether that will lead to a bumper crop of pipelines, mines and oil wells.
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Stop Congress from selling out the Boundary Waters to a Chilean-owned mine
03/07/26
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota is a vast network of over 1,000 lakes and unspoiled forests stretching across more than one million acres. Generations of visitors have canoed, camped, and hiked…
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Energy industry greets White House data center pledge with a shrug
By Lisa Martine Jenkins 03/06/26
As he promised to do in his State of the Union address last week, President Trump on Wednesday secured commitments from leading technology companies to pay for their own power generation.
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How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming
By Nima Shokri and Salome M.S. Shokri-Kuehni 03/05/26
Tehran is moving to restrict – or effectively close – the strait of Hormuz to shipping, as part of the latest escalation in the war involving Iran.
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‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock
By Joanna Partridge 03/05/26
The global fertiliser supply chain could face significant disruption if the effective closure by Iran of the strait of Hormuz persists, prompting concerns from analysts about crop production and food security.
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Trump, tech giants say AI pledge will contain power costs
By Chuck McCutcheon 03/04/26
President Trump and tech CEOs expressed confidence Wednesday that they can contain soaring electricity rates with a new data center pledge that formalizes and expands on what companies already are doing.
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Climate Deniers Expected More Resistance to Trump’s Fossil Fuel Blitz
By Rei Takver 03/04/26
As Donald Trump assaults the legal foundation of America’s ability to regulate global warming emissions, climate deniers have been privately celebrating what they claim is the “silent” acquiescence of billionaires, Democrats, climate activists and even…
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Youth climate activists confront Trump’s energy agenda in court
By Lesley Clark 03/04/26
Young climate advocates doing battle against President Donald Trump’s energy priorities — and the fossil fuel projects the administration advances — will soon have their day in court.
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Coal plant DOE ordered to stay online unlikely to run given ‘flush’ power supplies: CEO
By Ethan Howland 03/04/26
The owner of Washington’s last coal plant, which Energy Secretary Chris Wright ordered to remain online past its planned retirement date of Dec. 31, said it is complying with the order but it is unlikely…
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Trump’s war on wind is killing the permitting reform oil and gas wants
By Nick Zenkin 03/03/26
Attacks on offshore wind have stalled bipartisan efforts to make it easier to build, and undermined his allies' legislative priorities.
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The National Park Service Saw Major Job Losses in the Last Year. More Changes Loom.
By Kiley Price 03/03/26
Just over a year ago, the Trump administration gutted staff across the National Park Service, triggering a series of protests around the country, a signal of the public’s deep passion for America’s “crown jewels.”
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Public Interest Groups Go to Court to Halt Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington’s Last Coal Plant Operating
03/03/26
Today, public interest groups filed a challenge in federal court to overturn an illegal emergency order issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) forcing Washington’s last coal plant to continue operating.
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Federal judge says Trump administration can’t kill NYC’s congestion pricing tolls
By Ramsey Khalifeh 03/03/26
President Donald Trump’s effort to stop the MTA’s congestion pricing program fell flat Tuesday after a federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of Transportation’s attempt to kill the tolls was unlawful.
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Federal Judge Rules Trump Can’t Kill Congestion Pricing
By David Meyer 03/03/26
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration does not have the authority to terminate New York's congestion pricing program — ending, for now, the president's year's-long campaign to quash the toll.
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Surging Gasoline Prices Create New Political Woes for Trump
By Ari Natter and Will Kubzansky 03/02/26
Gasoline and diesel futures surged on the first day of trading after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, threating to blot out one of the biggest bright spots of President Donald Trump’s energy…
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Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power
By Evan Halper 03/02/26
The X feed of right-wing firebrand and podcaster Katie Miller has all the signatures of an acolyte of President Donald Trump. She blasts out attacks on the “transing” of kids, taunts the mainstream media and…
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How Trump’s War Could Destabilize the Global Energy Market
By Matthew Zeitlin 02/28/26
For the second time in a year,the United States and Israel have launched a major aerial assault on Iran.Strikes were reported across the country earlier Saturday,targeting Iranian leadership and military infrastructure.
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How Trump’s War Could Destabilize the Global Energy Market
By Matthew Zeitlin 02/28/26
For the second time in a year,the United States and Israel have launched a major aerial assault on Iran.
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Renewable Energy Defies Trump’s Attacks, Reaching a New Record
By Kyle Stock 02/27/26
US utilities generated a record amount of energy from renewable sources last year, even as the Trump administration implemented a range of policies to stymie green energy.
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The awkward exception in EPA’s climate repeal: Methane
By Jean Chemnick 02/27/26
EPA’s plans to continue regulating methane emissions at oil and gas sites could complicate its legal defense of a broader rule to end climate regulation.
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Demand EPA Restore Reassigned Climate Experts Now
02/27/26
The climate crisis is already here — and the American people know it. According to recent polling, a majority of U.S. adults now say they expect to see catastrophic climate impacts in their lifetimes, underscoring…
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Stand Up For Clean Air
02/27/26
Donald Trump’s EPA just rolled back the Endangerment Finding, undermining decades of accepted science that formed the legal basis for the government to protect people from toxic pollution. This is the most pro-pollution action in…
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Trump announced a major deal on data centers. It’s still unclear what’s in it.
By Gabby Miller and Katherine Long 02/26/26
The Trump administration is ramping up the sales pitch for its plan to shield Americans from data centers’ energy costs.
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Big Oil Is Urging Trump to Stop Battle on Offshore Wind
By Benoit Morenne 02/26/26
Big Oil has an unusual ask for President Trump: Please stop your battle against offshore wind.
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Trump’s BLM Nominee Waffles On Public Land Sell-Off Stance
By Roque Planas and Chris D'Angelo 02/26/26
President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to head the Bureau of Land Management, Steve Pearce, offered contradictory explanations about his record of pushing for federal land sell-offs at his nomination hearing Wednesday.
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Donald Trump’s oil embargo reveals a solar boom in Cuba
02/26/26
“Sons of bitches!” exclaims Juan, a tour guide in Old Havana, when asked what he thinks of the Americans. While he would happily see the back of Cuba’s government, which does “nothing for the people”,…
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Why the tab for powering data centers will keep rising — despite Trump’s pledge
By Zack Colman and Peter Behr 02/25/26
Ordinary Americans are still on the hook for funding the U.S. data center boom — despite President Donald Trump’s promises Tuesday night and the tech industry’s pledges to shoulder more of the costs.
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Here’s a reality check on Trump’s AI pledge
By Zack Colman and Peter Behr 02/25/26
Ordinary Americans are still on the hook for funding the U.S. data center boom — despite President Donald Trump’s promises Tuesday night and the tech industry’s pledges to shoulder more of the costs.
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Trump Nominee Pledges No Major Sales of Public Land He’ll Manage
By Bobby Magill 02/25/26
Former Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) said Wednesday he doesn’t envision supporting a large-scale sell-off of federal land if he’s confirmed as the nominee for director of the Bureau of Land Management.
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EPA climate rollback could thwart Big Oil’s next Supreme Court fight
By Lesley Clark 02/24/26
The Trump administration’s decision to repeal a linchpin of climate policy could throw a wrench into an upcoming Supreme Court showdown over the oil and gas industry’s bid to quash climate lawsuits filed by local…
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These data center developers asked Trump for an exemption from pollution rules
By Naveena Sadasivam 02/24/26
When the developer Novva first announced that it was building Utah’s largest data center campus just south of Salt Lake City, the company’s CEO touted the many advantages of the region: among them a low…
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Trump’s Greenhouse Gas Rule Will Get a Court Test Sooner Than We Thought
By Emily Pontecorvo 02/23/26
A new Supreme Court case will test whether the Trump administaration's war on federal climate regulation also undercuts fossil fuel companies' primary defense against climate-related lawsuits.
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Interior scales back environmental regulations for public lands
By Rachel Frazin 02/23/26
The Interior Department, which is in charge of the nation’s public lands and waters, has completed a major scaling back of its environmental regulations.
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What the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Means for the Energy Transition
By Robinson Meyer 02/21/26
The Supreme Court just struck down President Trump's most ambitious Tariff Plan.
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Help stop drilling off coastal California
02/21/26
The Trump administration’s Interior Department just announced it’s seeking public comments on its dangerous plan for more offshore oil and gas drilling off the coast of southern and central California.
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Costs of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Rollback Could Outweigh Savings
By Zahra Hirji and Others 02/20/26
When President Donald Trump on Feb. 12 announced the “single largest deregulation in American history” — the repeal of climate emissions standards for all vehicles and the key scientific determination underpinning them, in one swoop…
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EPA endangerment repeal could expose industry to legal blowback
By Jean Chemnick and Lesley Clark 02/20/26
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has celebrated driving a dagger into the “heart of the climate religion,” but legal analysts say the agency’s move to revoke a landmark climate finding could open industry to a barrage…
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Clean Energy Looks to (Mostly) Come Out Ahead After the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling
By Matthew Zeitlin 02/20/26
Things are never simple when it comes to tariffs.While the Supreme Court's decision on Friday finding that the International Emergency Economic Power Act,better known as IEEPA,did not authorize Donald Trump's"fentanyl"tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico,and…
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Tense Paris Summit Leaves Western Energy Alliance Looking Shaky
By Grant Smith 02/20/26
President Donald Trump’s shake-up of major institutions from NATO to the United Nations has reached the world of energy.
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Trump climate health rollback likely to hit poor, minority areas hardest, experts say
02/20/26
In a stretch of Louisiana with about 170 fossil fuel and petrochemical plants, premature death is a fact of life for people living nearby. The air is so polluted and the cancer rates so high…
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Trump’s EPA to roll back rule limiting hazardous mercury from coal plants
02/20/26
The Trump administration announced on Friday it would roll back air regulations for power plants limiting mercury and hazardous air toxics at an event in Kentucky, a move it says will boost baseload energy but…
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U.S. renews threat to quit the International Energy Agency over net zero agenda
By Sam Meredith 02/19/26
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Thursday that the U.S. would “pressure” the International Energy Agency to move away from net zero — and quit from the global watchdog if it failed to do…
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US succeeds in erasing climate from global energy body’s priorities
By Elena Giordano 02/19/26
The United States has succeeded in removing climate change from the main priorities of the International Energy Agency, following a tense ministerial meeting in Paris that reflected a dramatic shift in political mood around the…
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BOEM proposes Gulf lease sale for August
02/19/26
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Thursday announced a proposed U.S. Gulf offshore oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Aug. 12, 2026.
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Climate Science, Tailpipe Rule Rollbacks
02/18/26
The Center for Biological Diversity and a broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its rollback of the landmark scientific finding that forms the core basis of federal climate…
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Environmental groups sue Trump’s EPA over repeal of landmark climate finding
By Dharna Noor 02/18/26
More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations.
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Trump’s Interior secretary ‘takes jurisdiction’ over case that reversed 3,500-well Wyoming gas field
By Mike Koshmrl 02/18/26
U.S. Department of the Interior administrative judges who invalidated approval of an $18 billion Sublette County gas field in January will no longer get the final say over the case. It will instead be decided…
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US Grants Funding To Boost Deployment Of Advanced Nuclear Technologies In Philippines
By David Dalton 02/18/26
The US is accelerating the deployment of advanced nuclear technologies to the Philippines with funding for the Asian nation’s major power utility to evaluate US small modular reactor (SMR) designs and develop a roadmap for…
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The DHS Shutdown Will Starve Local Disaster Response
By Jeva Lange 02/18/26
Congress left for recess last week without reaching an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security,the parent agency of,among other offices,Customs and Border Protection,Immigration and Customs Enforcement,and somewhat incongruously,the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Trump’s Interior secretary ‘takes jurisdiction’ over case that reversed 3,500-well Wyoming gas field
By Mike Koshmrl 02/18/26
U.S. Department of the Interior administrative judges who invalidated approval of an $18 billion Sublette County gas field in January will no longer get the final say over the case. It will instead be decided…
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States push climate superfund bills despite Trump’s opposition
By Sarah Shemkus 02/17/26
President Donald Trump has made it quite clear how he feels about state laws that aim to make fossil fuel companies pay for damages caused by climate change. An executive order issued in April compared…
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Trump made it easier to build gas guzzlers. Will Detroit bite?
By Mike Lee 02/17/26
U.S. automakers for years have sought to weaken EPA limits on climate-warming pollution from cars and trucks. But the Trump administration’s decision last week to zap EPA tailpipe regulations and eliminate the endangerment finding —…
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Trump Administration Dismantles Federal Climate Regulations
02/17/26
On February 12, 2026, the Trump administration officially repealed the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding, which had determined that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health and welfare. The cost to future generations…
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Trump’s Pick to Lead National Parks? An Executive Who Manages Private Hotels Within National Parks
By Andrew McLemore 02/17/26
The White House announced a new director of the National Park Service (NPS) last week — and parks advocacy groups are not happy about the choice. Hospitality executive Scott Socha is President Trump’s pick to…
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5 Hidden Ways the Government Rigs the Market in Favor of Fossil Fuels
By Alia Hidayat and Others 02/17/26
While renewables have received scrutiny from the Trump administration and congressional Republicans over subsidies, the administration’s narrative hides how fossil fuel industries reap the benefits of a distorted market that has made Americans pay more…
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Trump’s Assault on the Clean Air Act and What Happens Next
By Robinson Meyer 02/16/26
President Trump has opened a new and aggresive war on the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to limit climate pollution.
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The Economic Danger Of Killing The Federal ‘Endangerment’ Rule
By Alan Ohnsman 02/16/26
The White House celebrated its elimination of the “Endangerment Finding,” the key legal determination underpinning U.S. rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions, as a big win for business and consumers. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called it…
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One of Big Oil’s Biggest Defenses Is Getting Blown Up
By Mark Gongloff 02/16/26
For decades, fossil-fuel companies and their climate-change-denying allies obsessively tried to kill the federal government’s right to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. Like Ahab, they may find that finally harpooning their white whale risks taking them down…
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Q&A: What does Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ mean for climate action?
By Ayesha Tandon and Others 02/16/26
On 12 February, US president Donald Trump revoked the “endangerment finding”, the bedrock of federal climate policy.The 2009 finding concluded that six key greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2), were a threat to human health…
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After a major blow to U.S. climate regulations, what comes next?
By Dana Nuccitelli 02/16/26
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its rollback of the 2009 endangerment finding. YouTube video That’s the report in which the agency concluded that climate pollution endangers public health and welfare and thus must be…
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New York Ends Fifth Offshore Wind Solicitation Process ‘Due to Federal Actions Disrupting Market’
By Adrijana Buljan 02/16/26
NYSERDA closed the offshore wind solicitation on 13 February, saying the reason behind the decision was the current market conditions caused by federal actions.
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Trump touts climate savings but new rule set to push up US prices
By Dharna Noor 02/15/26
The Trump administration claims its latest move to gut climate regulations and end all greenhouse gas standards for vehicles will save Americans money. But its own analysis indicates that the new rule will push up…
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The Guardian view on Donald Trump and the climate crisis: the US is in reverse while China ploughs ahead
02/15/26
Devastating wildfires, flooding and winter storms were among the 23 extreme weather and climate-related disasters in the US which cost more than a billion dollars last year – at an estimated total loss of $115bn.…
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Jeff Bezos twists the knife
By Sammy Roth 02/15/26
Less than a week after sending layoff notices to most of its climate change reporters, the Washington Post published an editorial applauding the Trump administration for ripping up the federal government’s authority to regulate climate…
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EPA boss offers forceful defense for scrapping landmark Obama climate policy
By Erica Martinson and Robin Bravender 02/14/26
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is just following the law, he said Saturday in Munich, where he defended the Trump administration’s move this week to disengage the United States from decades of efforts to…
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Bill Maher Slams Trump Administration For ‘Biggest D*ck Move In History!’
By Tommy Christopher 02/14/26
Comedian and pundit Bill Maher slammed President Donald Trump and his administration over the “biggest d*ck move in history,” sounding the alarm about the Environmental Protection Agency’s gutting of carbon regulation.
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Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal
By Farnoush Amiri and Others 02/14/26
The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any…
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The First Casualty of Trump’s Climate Action Repeal: The U.S. EV Transition
By Marianne Lavelle and Dan Gearino 02/13/26
With the repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific finding on the dangers of greenhouse gases, the Trump administration is aiming to take out many federal actions on climate change in one blast.
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Wind Power Headwinds
02/13/26
Onshore wind in the US is hitting a cliff, even in the most wind-powered state, Iowa, which generates about 2/3 of its electricity from wind. Dan Gearino, clean energy reporter for Inside Climate News talks…
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Trump EPA Abandons Climate Working Group Report in Endangerment Finding Repeal
By Sharon Kelly 02/13/26
In a massive blow to the handful of scientists and academics who still dispute widely-accepted climate science, the Trump administration discarded a signature report by its own “Climate Working Group.” It comes as the U.S.…
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EPA yanks attacks on climate science from endangerment repeal
By Jean Chemnick 02/13/26
President Donald Trump called climate change “a giant scam” when announcing the repeal of the endangerment finding Thursday. But his own administration deleted sections from the rule claiming that climate science is exaggerating the dangers…
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Trump sidelines climate contrarians in science rollback
By Scott Waldman 02/13/26
When Energy Secretary Chris Wright empowered five researchers to produce a government report critical of mainstream climate science last summer, it was a watershed moment for a once-fringe corner of the scientific community that was…
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The 3 Arguments Trump Used to Gut Greenhouse Gas Regulations
By Emily Pontecorvo 02/13/26
Environmental lawyers are in for years of deja vu as the Trump administration relitigates questions that many believed were settled by the Supreme Court 20 years ago.
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Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
By Matthew Daly 02/13/26
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the Republican…
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US Losing Economic and Energy Edge to China
02/13/26
The ongoing efforts of the Trump Administration to walk back climate policy and clean energy development may be handing over the health of the US economy to our chief economic rival, China. Veteran BBC journalist…
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Analysis: Trump has overseen larger coal decline than any other US president
By Simon Evans 02/12/26
His administration’s latest efforts to roll back US climate policy have been presented by interior secretary Doug Burgum as an opportunity to revive “clean, beautiful, American coal”.
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Trump revokes landmark climate change rule; Newsom vows to sue
By Associated Press and Paul Rogers 02/12/26
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president…
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‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding
By Kiley Bense 02/12/26
The Trump administration moved today to overturn a key legal foundation of the federal government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. In a press conference at the White House, President Donald Trump hailed the move as…
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The Endangerment Finding was repealed
By Noah McQueen 02/12/26
Today, the Endangerment Finding was repealed. Specifically, the determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare, first issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 and upheld repeatedly by the courts, has…
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Trump’s EPA Rollbacks Will Reverberate for ‘Decades’
By Zahra Hirji and Eric Roston 02/12/26
US President Donald Trump is shrinking the Environmental Protection Agency more quickly and aggressively than ever before, culminating in this week's move to rescind the crucial "endangerment finding" underpinning key regulations of planet-warming pollution.
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President Trump and Administrator Zeldin Deliver Single Largest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History
02/12/26
Alongside President Trump in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. In this final rule, EPA is saving American taxpayers…
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Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate
By Jake Spring and Others 02/12/26
Nearly 17 years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten the public’s health and welfare, the agency on Thursday rescinded the landmark legal opinion underpinning a wave of…
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Trump just torched the basis for federal climate regulations. Here’s what it means.
By Sara Peach 02/12/26
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked the basis for federal climate regulations, undermining the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to protect the environment and public health.
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Trump to Direct Pentagon to Buy Coal Power in Revival Bid
By Jennifer A Dlouhy 02/11/26
President Donald Trump will unveil plans to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain US coal-fired power plants as he seeks to drive domestic reliance on the fossil fuel.
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Trump Administration to Appeal Offshore Wind Farm Rulings
By Ari Natter and Jonathan Ferro 02/11/26
The Trump administration plans to appeal a series of court rulings blocking efforts to stop construction of offshore wind farms, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said.
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Trump’s EPA plans to end a key climate pollution regulation
By Jeff Brady and Camila Domonoske 02/11/26
On Thursday, the Trump administration will rescind the central scientific finding that underpins much of the nation's climate pollution rules, its most aggressive action yet to halt initiatives that address planetary warming.
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IPBES chair Dr David Obura: Trump’s US exit from global nature panel ‘harms everybody’
By Daisy Dunne and Orla Dwyer 02/11/26
Dr David Obura is a leading coral reef ecologist from Kenya and chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the world’s authority on the science of nature decline.
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Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.
By Julia Kane and Josh Voorhees 02/11/26
The Trump administration is on the verge of stripping away the federal government’s power to regulate climate pollution—no matter how severe the consequences become.
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Trump Will Order Defense Department to Buy Coal Power
By Phil McKenna 02/10/26
President Donald Trump plans to announce an executive order on Wednesday directing the U.S. Department of Defense to buy electricity from coal-fired power plants.
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Trump EPA to take its biggest swing yet against climate change rules
By Alex Guillen 02/10/26
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency is set to cut the legs out from under U.S. climate change rules this week, revoking its own authority to regulate carbon dioxide and other pollutants heating the planet.
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Why Trump Might Be Onboard With a U.N. Carbon-Offset Program for Airlines
By Henry Kronk 02/10/26
A United Nations carbon-offsetting program for airlines known as Corsia has everything that one might expect would repel the Trump administration: increased costs for consumers, efforts to combat climate change and international cooperation.
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Trump to repeal Obama-era finding foundational to US climate rules
By Dharna Noor 02/10/26
In what is set to be its most audacious anti-environment move yet, the Trump administration on Thursday will roll back the mechanism allowing the government to regulate planet-heating pollution, the White House press secretary has…
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US Pulls Support at IMF for Climate Lending Bashed by Bessent
By Jorgelina Do Rosario 02/10/26
The US has stopped supporting climate-linked lending at the International Monetary Fund, casting “no” votes or abstentions on financing programs it had previously backed, after the Trump administration signaled a shift in priorities.
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Yes, Climate Still Matters. Here’s How It Connects to Every Other Crisis in the World Today.
By Amy Westervelt 02/10/26
Lately I've been experiencing something I suspect a lot of other climate reporters—and really anyone who works on climate—has also been feeling: a big ol' case of the "who the fuck cares?" with a heaping…
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US’s largest public utility says it now doesn’t want to close two coal-fired plants
By Jonathan Mattise 02/10/26
The nation's largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter, changing course before a meeting of its board, which has a majority of…
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EPA extends coal ash landfill monitoring, cleanup deadlines
By Ethan Howland 02/10/26
The owners of inactive coal ash ponds, landfills and other fill sites at coal-fired power plants will have until February 2032 — an extra 33 months — to begin cleaning them up under a final…
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White House eyes data center agreements amid energy price spikes
By Sophia Cal and Jason Plautz 02/09/26
The Trump administration wants some of the world’s largest technology companies to publicly commit to a new compact governing the rapid expansion of AI data centers, according to two administration officials granted anonymity to discuss…
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Next oil and gas lease sale for U.S. Gulf scheduled for March
By Alton Wallace 02/09/26
The next sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of America is set for March 11, one of dozens scheduled over the next 15 years as part of President Donald Trump’s push to…
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Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Huge Regulatory Rollback
By Meridith McGraw and Benoit Morenne 02/09/26
The Trump administration is planning this week to repeal the Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, according to U.S. officials, in the most far-reaching rollback of U.S. climate…
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US Leaves Top Climate Science Body
02/07/26
The Trump Administration is withdrawing the US from the scientific Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC, which reports agreement about the basic scientific facts of global warming and the impact of core technologies to…
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Here’s what could happen when the endangerment finding dies
By Jean Chemnick 02/06/26
EPA’s repeal of a monumental scientific finding on global warming in the coming days could close the door on a decade and a half of U.S. climate policy.
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Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda
By Taylor Noakes 02/06/26
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is financing — and profiting from — U.S. President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel and AI development agenda, DeSmog has learned.
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Trump Is Remaking the Global Oil Market, and Exxon and Chevron Want In
By Kevin Crowley and Veena Ali-Khan 02/06/26
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. are setting their sights on expanding production in nations tied to OPEC, including some of the world’s riskiest geopolitical hotspots, as President Donald Trump’s assertive foreign policy helps them…
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Donald Trump, Alpha President, Has Been a Disaster for the He-conomy
By Catherine Rampell 02/06/26
MOVE OVER, Joe Camel. Get lost, Jared Fogle. The newest, grossest, most child-endangering industry mascot is ready for his closeup, courtesy of the Trump administration.
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Report: Feds have delivered on Project 2025 at expense of public lands
By Suzanne Potter 02/06/26
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump completely disavowed Project 2025, a sweeping plan to reshape the federal government. And yet, a new report finds his administration has already pushed through 80% of the plan’s…
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Trump admin’s approval of Northern Corridor sparks new lawsuit
By Brooke Larsen 02/05/26
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Northern Corridor highway on Wednesday, two weeks after the federal government reapproved the controversial project through critical habitat for the threatened Mojave desert tortoise.
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Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds
By Kiley Price and Marianne Lavelle 02/05/26
Enforcement against polluters in the United States plunged in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, a far bigger drop than in the same period of his first term, according to a new…
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Trump’s new Wildland Fire Service is failing to ignite
By Umair Irfan 02/05/26
Wildfires have consumed thousands of buildings, killed dozens of people, and smothered millions in choking smoke in recent years.
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‘We are still here’: Death Valley is the latest battleground in fight over national park signs and exhibits
By Alex Wigglesworth 02/05/26
“These are our homelands.” “We are still here.” The statements are objectively true: The Timbisha Shoshone have lived in what’s now popularly known as Death Valley for thousands of years. And they still live there,…
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A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide
By Brad Plumer and Rebecca F. Elliott 02/04/26
A week before the 2024 election, Idaho’s largest electric utility struck a 35-year deal to buy power from a wind farm under development in Wyoming.
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Yet another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind, saying NY project can resume
By Jennifer McDermott and Alexa St. John 02/03/26
A federal judge on Monday ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction, the fifth such project put back on track after the Trump administration halted them…
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NYC Congestion Pricing Is Improving Air Quality, but Trump Pushback Threatens Its Future
By Kiley Price 02/03/26
Just over a year ago, New York City implemented a first-in-the-nation “congestion pricing” program to reduce traffic, fund public transit work and improve air quality by raising tolls for drivers coming into Manhattan’s major hubs.
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Trump’s Project Vault Gives US Critical Mineral Startups a Boost
By Coco Liu and Emily Forgash 02/03/26
US startups and venture investors are eager to reap the benefits of the Trump administration’s planned $12 billion initiative to stockpile critical minerals, which provides another national security-driven lifeline to green tech.
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Coal plant owners say DOE ‘emergency’ order to run it violates Constitution
By Ethan Howland 02/02/26
The owners of a Colorado power unit say the Department of Energy violated their Constitutional rights when it ordered them to continue running a coal-fired generator they had been planning for years to retire at…
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Thinking about lying
By Bill McKibben 02/02/26
The past stretch of days—say, since the murder of Renee Good—has been marked by brutality, but also by a dishonesty so deep and stupid that it’s begun to finally turn on the liars. Following the…
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Trump claims blue states have less-reliable, more expensive electricity. Here’s the reality
By Ella Nilsen 02/02/26
Electricity costs are climbing nearly everywhere in the United States. But, in recent months, the Trump administration has framed the problem as one impacting only blue states.
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The 3 Big Unknowns About the EPA’s Biggest Climate Science Rollback Ever
By Emily Pontecorvo 02/02/26
Any day now,Trump's Environmental Protection Agency is expected to officially rescind what climate advocates refer to as"the endangerement finding",it's 2009 determination that greenhouse gas emissions threaten American's public health and welfare and therefore require regulation.
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From Venezuela to Greenland and Beyond: The Story Behind the Story
02/02/26
When the U.S. bombed Venezuela and abducted its leader, we immediately wondered whether the U.S. oil majors were whispering in Trump's ear. We knew Maduro had been threatening to seize its neighbor Guyana’s oil for…
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New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills
By Teresa Tomassoni 02/01/26
A sweeping proposal by the Trump administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling could result in more than 4,000 oil spills in U.S. waters, according to a new analysis by the Center for Biological…
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Trump’s pro-coal directives could raise energy prices by billions
01/31/26
President Donald Trump is protecting the coal industry from market forces, driving up utility bills for Americans.
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Trump’s Greenland Threats Put Crucial Climate Change Research at Risk
By Danielle Bochove 01/30/26
US President Donald Trump’s vows to take over Greenland have chilled relationships between American and Greenlandic researchers, halting some projects and making future collaborations uncertain.
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UN Says It Could Have Zero Cash by July as US Withholds Dues
By Magdalena Del Valle 01/30/26
The United Nations could run out of cash by July, its chief warned, as the organization continues to tackle a financial crisis largely fueled by overdue US payments.
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Tell the Interior Department: Don’t expand offshore drilling in our oceans
01/30/26
We, the undersigned, oppose expanding offshore drilling, especially to new areas like the eastern Gulf, the California coast and the parts of the Arctic that are currently off limits to drilling.
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Have Your Utility Bills Gone Up During Trump’s First Year? Tell Us Your Story.
01/30/26
A year into Donald Trump’s presidency, his promise of lower energy bills has fallen flat. Instead, families across the country are paying more as Trump’s policies favor Big Oil, weaken clean energy, and drive up…
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Trump Administration Restarts Key Permitting Process for Wind Farms
By Jael Holzman 01/30/26
When Trump first entered office,he banned wind projects from receiving permits that would allow operators to unintentionally hurt or kill a certain number of federally protected eagles,transforming one of his favourite attacks on the industry…
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The future of NCAR remains highly uncertain
By Bob Henson 01/30/26
This week’s mammoth U.S. winter blast wasn’t the only storm affecting the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society occurring in Houston, Texas. Looming in the background of the meeting – and jumping into the…
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Despite Trump, renewable energy keeps surging
By Barbara Grady 01/29/26
A funny thing happened on the way to President Donald Trump’s mission to obliterate renewable energy. Solar and wind energy use is surging, especially globally, but even in the United States.
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The Trump Administration Is Now Delaying Renewable Projects It Thinks Are Ugly
By Jael Holzman 01/29/26
A new Trump administration policy is indefinitely delaying necessary water permits for solar and wind projects across the country,including those located entirely on private land.
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Trump officials awarded Venezuela oil-sale contracts to firms tied to bribery
By Anthony Faiola and Evan Halper 01/29/26
Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump administration this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere, court records show, underscoring concerns by…
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Trump’s biggest climate rollback stalls over fears it will lose in court
By Jake Spring 01/29/26
Trump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of a landmark legal opinion key to their effort to eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate rules because of concerns the proposal is too weak to withstand a…
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Trump’s attacks on renewables could boomerang, hit oil and gas
By Mike Soraghan 01/28/26
Some environmentalists would like to see Democrats act more like President Donald Trump, even though they despise his policies.With headlong assaults on offshore wind and other renewable energy projects, the president has opened a door…
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With Vineyard Wind ruling, 4 of 5 offshore wind projects win relief from Trump freeze
By Diana DiGangi 01/28/26
The 800-MW Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts can resume construction, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, in another setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to halt offshore wind development with a Dec. 22 stop work order.
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The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
By Geoff Brumfiel 01/28/26
The Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained…
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Carbon removal prevails in the final FY26 Appropriations package
By Alyson Lee 01/28/26
Over the weekend, President Trump signed H.R. 6938 – Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act of 2026, three bills that encompass our CDR removal priorities. Overall, we were…
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How the US Is Abandoning Joint Climate Action Under Trump
By Eric Roston and Brian Kahn 01/27/26
The US officially exited the Paris Agreement on Jan. 27. It’s the second time President Donald Trump has pulled out of the pact that commits almost 200 countries to keep global warming to no more…
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‘Abdication’: Trump takes US out of Paris climate agreement for a second time
By Dharna Noor 01/27/26
The United States has officially exited the Paris climate agreement for the second time, cementing Donald Trump’s renewed break with the primary global venue to address global heating.
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Solar manufacturing gains momentum in US, but shifting policies pose challenges
By Michelle No 01/27/26
The U.S. solar manufacturing and supply chain and the industry at large saw major gains in 2025, but they face an uncertain market heading into 2026.
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Time for some courage in the climate fight too
By Bill McKibben 01/27/26
Any resistance needs to celebrate its victories, and the weekend’s retreat by the administration is a big one: should the forces of decency ever regain the upper hand in DC, we need a monument to…
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America’s Hatred of ‘Loser’ Wind Farms Is Contagious
By Lara Williams 01/27/26
Donald Trump’s hatred of wind power continues. In a speech in Davos last week that managed to upset almost everyone, the US president still found time to get in a few trademark digs at renewable…
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Trump administration must release EV charger funds, court rules
By Diana DiGangi 01/27/26
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration acted unlawfully when they abruptly froze the $5-billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure initiative to build publicly accessible charging infrastructure and must release obligated funds, a…
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Despite Limited Interest in Drilling on Federal Land, Forest Service ‘Streamlines’ Oil and Gas Leasing Rules
By Jake Bolster 01/27/26
The U.S. Forest Service announced revisions to its oil and gas leasing rules on Tuesday that the agency promises “modernizes and streamlines” the permitting process to drill for fossil fuels in the nation’s forests and…
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I don’t know how to do this
By Emily Atkin 01/26/26
Very often, I don’t know how I’m supposed to move forward.How am I supposed to keep writing about, and caring about, climate change and pollution and government capture by Big Oil, when the government is…
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Trump Administration Loses Bid to Kill Future Climate Litigation
By Jennifer Hijazi 01/26/26
The federal government’s attempt to quash state litigation against oil companies over climate change before it’s even filed leads “inescapably” to dismissal, according to an order handed down Saturday.
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We Should All Be Talking About What’s Happening in Minneapolis
By Michael Thomas 01/25/26
What’s happening in Minneapolis should concern every American.This weekend, federal agents killed Alex Pretti, a nurse who was filming their activities. The Trump administration defended their actions saying that the man was a domestic terrorist…
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U.S. is canceling almost $30 billion in Biden-era energy loans
By Ari Natter 01/24/26
The Trump administration said it’s canceling almost $30 billion of financing from the Energy Department’s green bank after reviewing transactions approved under former President Biden.
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FACT FOCUS: As cold hits, Trump asks, where’s global warming? Scientists say it’s still here
By Seth Borenstein 01/24/26
As much of the United States faces numbing cold, treacherous ice and heavy snow from an enormous winter storm, President Donald Trump used social media to dispute that the world is warming.
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Tell the Trump Admin to Stop New Offshore Drilling
01/24/26
The Trump administration is officially pursuing an unprecedented and dangerous new offshore drilling plan that will open vast stretches of U.S. coastlines up to new offshore oil and gas drilling. If you’ve never signed a…
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We interrupt the madness for a note from the rational world
By Bill McKibben 01/23/26
Let us stipulate that President Trump’s spiraling descent into madness is, and should be, our main preoccupation. His attempt to coerce Europe into handing him Greenland in place of a Nobel Prize has, for the…
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Eight wars settled and Chinese windfarms: factchecking Trump’s Davos claims
By Joseph Gedeon 01/21/26
Donald Trump’s address at the World Economic Forum in Davos featured a parade of dubious claims about everything from peace deals to windfarms. Several assertions ranged from exaggerated to provably false. Here’s what Trump got…
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Scoop: Trump Administration Refuses to Allow Safety Fixes at Vineyard Wind
By Emily Pontecorvo 01/21/26
In the Atlantic ocean south of Massachusetts,10 wind turbine towers, each 500 feet tall,stand stripped of their rotary blades.
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Fourth Circuit clears way for Trump to slash billions in grants
By Steve Garrison 01/21/26
The Fourth Circuit lifted an injunction Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s order to freeze more than 30 environmental or agricultural grants awarded to several nonprofits and cities.
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Doug Burgum’s Crisis
By Robinson Meyer 01/20/26
One thing has long stood out about U.S.Interior Secretary Doug Burgum:Even before he ran for office,he talked a lot about freedom.
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Congress Has Doubts About the Trump Administration’s New Wildfire Management Plans
By Kiley Price 01/20/26
The Trump administration last week established a new firefighting agency to combine operations at the Department of the Interior under one entity.
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Trump erased the Senate’s 1992 vote on a climate treaty. Can he do that?
By Sara Schonhardt 01/20/26
A legal debate is swirling about President Donald Trump’s intention to withdraw the U.S. from the world’s oldest climate treaty.
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Can Wind Power Survive Trump’s Efforts Against It?
By Mark Chediak and Emily Forgash 01/20/26
US President Donald Trump has aggressively sought to thwart the wind power industry. Within hours of returning to the White House in 2025, Trump issued a directive that froze new permitting for wind energy and…
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A Short-Sighted, $27 Billion EV Retreat
By Alan Ohnsman 01/19/26
The Trump administration’s elimination of tax credits for electric vehicle purchases had the predicted effect in the final quarter of 2025, triggering a 36% drop for the segment after a spike in the third-quarter as…
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If the Supreme Court Nixes Trump’s Tariffs, Could a Carbon Duty Save Him?
By Garphil Julien 01/19/26
Donald Trump’s administration may soon discover that trade wars are easier to start than to sustain, let alone win. Any day now, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the legality of Trump’s “Liberation…
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Why does Trump want Greenland and why is it so important?
By Issy Ronald 01/18/26
Since the beginning of January, Greenland – the vast, autonomous Arctic territory ruled by Denmark – has catapulted from the sidelines of international affairs to the very center.
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How Trump Made an Electricity Price Deal With Democrats
By Matthew Zeitlin 01/16/26
If "war is too important to be left to the generals",as the French Statesman Georges Clemenceau said,then electricity policy may be too important to be left up to the regional transmission organizations.
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Trump’s EPA is taking itself out of the regulation game
By Jake Bittle 01/16/26
In the 55 years since its founding under President Richard Nixon, the Environmental Protection Agency has been a regulatory pendulum, swinging between stringent and lax control of air pollution. Under Democratic presidents, the agency tends…
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Report Shows Project 2025 Is Guiding Trump’s Approach To Public Lands
01/16/26
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump dismissed Project 2025, a policy plan released in 2022 by the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank, for a future Republican presidency. The plan was highly unpopular among voters,…
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Trump wants tech companies to foot the bill for new power plants because of AI
By Spencer Kimball 01/16/26
The Trump administration and several state governors on Friday urged the largest electricity grid in the U.S. to make the big technology companies pay for new power plants.
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Trump Pushes for Emergency Power Auction to Support AI Boom
By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Naureen S Malik 01/16/26
The Trump administration is pushing a sweeping plan to compel technology companies to effectively fund construction of new power plants in an ambitious bid to speed the country’s AI build-out and tame surging consumer utility…
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Crazy week for U.S. offshore wind in federal court as it fights back against administration
By Jennifer McDermott 01/16/26
A federal judge ruled Friday that work on a Virginia offshore wind project could resume, the third project this week to successfully challenge the Trump administration in court.
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Trump admin relaunches key council after Biden admin shuttered it: ‘Ignorance and arrogance’
By Charles Creitz 01/15/26
Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum reinstated the National Coal Council, comprised of dozens of stakeholders from energy firms, utilities, governmental and tribal interests, saying that no industry affects Americans’ lives more.
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NY’s offshore wind project resumes after Trump’s stop work order
By Rosemary Misdary 01/15/26
One of New York’s offshore wind projects is back on track, for now.The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction for Norwegian energy firm Equinor to resume construction on its…
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America Is Missing the Real Problem in the Arctic
By Lara Williams 01/15/26
Donald Trump’s greedy stare at Greenland, with its mineral riches and strategic location, has put the world on high alert about what’s going on in the Arctic. Unfortunately, this obsession with the region’s geopolitics comes…
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Trump admin redirects carbon capture funds to prop up old coal plants
By Hannah Northey 01/15/26
The Energy Department is planning to prop up old and shuttered coal plants using more than half a billion dollars that Congress originally set aside to advance carbon capture technologies and improve energy resiliency and…
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Authoritarianism Is Climate Policy
By Heather Souvaine Horn 01/15/26
The Trump administration will stop counting lives saved in its cost-benefit analyses of air pollution regulations, and instead will only consider the cost to businesses. “It’s a seismic shift that runs counter to the [Environmental…
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New York offshore wind project to resume construction after judge lifts Trump suspension
By Spencer Kimball 01/15/26
Empire Wind will resume construction off the coast of New York, after a federal judge on Thursday temporarily lifted the Trump administration’s suspension of the project.
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Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science
By Robert McSweeney 01/15/26
Santer – a leading climate scientist and early pioneer in establishing the human “fingerprint” on warming – has played a central role in major climate change reports during his career spanning four decades.
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Texas firm’s plan to restart oil rigs off California coast gets Trump administration support, legal pushback
By Molly McCrea 01/14/26
Idled oil rigs off the California coast could be back up and running soon if the federal government has its way.
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Legal tests await Trump’s offshore energy agenda in 2026
By Niina H. Farah 01/13/26
From stalled offshore wind turbines along the Eastern Seaboard to an oil drilling boom off the Gulf Coast, the Trump administration’s moves to shake up the energy sector are getting their day in court in…
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Trump’s DOJ turns its attention to local gas bans
By Alison F. Takemura 01/13/26
The federal government is suing two San Francisco Bay Area cities over their right to bar gas in new buildings. Critics say the case’s legal argument is flimsy.
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Trump calls climate change a ‘con job’ but it could drive his bid to seize Greenland
By David Crowe 01/13/26
The wind is howling down the main street of Nuuk on Sunday afternoon, just as the sun sets about 4pm, and it sweeps ice crystals up from the ground and into the faces of the…
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Interior Moves to Open All Federal Lands to Hunting and Fishing by Default
By Rachelle Schrute 01/13/26
The U.S. Department of the Interior is preparing to issue a new directive that would make hunting and fishing the default use across most Interior-managed public lands unless specific closures are justified. The policy represents…
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Trump seeks to quell rebellion over data centers
By Ian Duncan and Evan Halper 01/13/26
In a bid to tamp down growing unrest in communities over tech giants’ expansion of power-hungry data centers, President Donald Trump said his administration would push Silicon Valley companies to ensure their massive computer farms…
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How Trump’s Case Against Revolution Wind Fell Apart (Again)
By Jael Holzman 01/12/26
A federal court struck down the Trump administation's three-month stop work order on Orsted's Revolution offshore wind farm,once again allowing construction to resume(for the second time).
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Trump Says He’s Inclined to Exclude Exxon From Venezuela
By Tony Czuczka and Simon Casey 01/12/26
President Donald Trump signaled he’s leaning toward excluding Exxon Mobil Corp. from his push for US oil majors to rebuild Venezuela’s petroleum industry, saying he was displeased with the company’s response to his initiative.
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Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action
By Daisy Dunne and Others 01/09/26
Every nation in the world has committed to tackling “dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” under the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Our perspective regarding the situation in Venezuela as shared with President Trump
01/09/26
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US halts offshore wind projects, citing national security concerns
01/03/26
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Uncommon Knowledge: 5 Surprises That Show 2025 Wasn’t All Bad
12/31/25
The United States is ending 2025 with a hangover. Just 24 percent of Americans told Gallup recently they’re satisfied with "the way things are going," while 74 percent are not. A fresh Harris Poll for…
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The Lows of the Trump Administration’s Climate Onslaught
By Mark Gongloff 12/30/25
Calling 2025 a disaster for the environment and renewable energy would be an insult to disasters. For the climate, 2025 was the equivalent of taking one of those rivers polluted enough to stand on, lighting…
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How the Trump administration sold out public lands in 2025
By Alex Wigglesworth 12/25/25
Last February, I climbed into a Jeep and rumbled up a rocky shelf road that took me high above a breathtaking corner of the Mojave National Preserve. At the top was an old gold mine…
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The Last Time America Tried to Legislate Its Way to Energy Affordability
By Joel Dodge and Narayan Subramanian 12/23/25
The past few years have seen wild,rapid swings in energy policy in the United States,from President Biden's enthusiastic embrace of clean energy to Trump's equally enthusiastic re-embrace of fossil fuels .
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Senate Democrats end permitting reform talks over offshore wind freeze
By Ethan Howland 12/23/25
Senate Democrats ended permitting reform discussions after the Trump administration on Monday ordered work to halt on all offshore wind farms under construction, which total 7 GW.
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Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist
By Michael Mann and Bob Ward 12/22/25
The Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin would no doubt have understood and even appreciated the latest attack by the Trump administration on climate researchers and their work.
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Senate Democrats cut off permitting talks after Trump’s newest ‘assault’ on wind
By Josh Siegel and Kelsey Tamborrino 12/22/25
Top Senate Democrats said Monday that they were freezing negotiations over legislation to overhaul permitting rules with Republicans after the Trump administration halted five offshore wind power farms that were already under construction.
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It’s the gold standard of US climate research. Contrarians could write the next one.
By Scott Waldman 12/22/25
The Trump administration has invited a small group of climate contrarians to help write the next installment of the National Climate Assessment, the nation’s preeminent report on global warming, says one of the researchers involved.
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Trump Uses ‘National Security’ to Freeze Offshore Wind Work
By Jael Holzman 12/22/25
The Trump administration says it has halted all construction on offshore wind projects,citing "national security concerns."
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BLM extends regulatory deadlines for oil and gas leases
12/19/25
The Bureau of Land Management has extended two regulatory enforcement deadlines to provide relief and predictability to operators with oil and gas leases on public lands. These deregulatory actions are intended to provide additional time…
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What sinking Greenpeace could mean for environmentalists
By Robin Bravender 12/19/25
The outcome of one green group’s legal fight against an energy company could shape the future of environmental activism.
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FERC advances Southeast gas pipeline project
By Carlos Anchondo 12/19/25
Federal regulators agreed Thursday to amend the certificate for Mountain Valley’s Southgate pipeline — a victory for developers and a blow to opponents who cast doubt on a need for the natural gas project.
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Trump has long claimed US can take other countries’ oil
By Scott Waldman 12/19/25
President Donald Trump’s insistence this week that the U.S. can keep at least some of Venezuela’s oil fits a long-standing worldview for Trump, which predates even his first term in office.
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Shut Americans Out of Public Lands Decisions
12/18/25
Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for scrapping decades-old rules protecting Americans’ right to participate in environmental reviews for logging, mining, drilling, road construction and other industrial projects on their public lands.
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Trump Media to merge with fusion energy firm in $6bn deal
By Pritti Mistry 12/18/25
The firm behind President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform is merging with a Google-backed energy company in a deal valued at more than $6bn (£4.4bn).
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Can Trump Succeed in Foiling the US Wind Industry He Loathes?
By Emily Forgash and Mark Chediak 12/18/25
US President Donald Trump hates wind power. His administration has made a concerted effort to thwart the industry. Trump issued a directive within hours of his return to the White House in January that froze…
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Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says
By Kiley Bense 12/17/25
During the 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump promised voters that his policies would lower their energy prices by 50 percent, repeating this pledge in speeches in New York, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. “We will cut…
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IEA: Declining coal demand in China set to outweigh Trump’s pro-coal policies
By Josh Gabbatiss 12/17/25
Global coal demand is due to grow by 0.5% year-on-year to reach record levels in 2025, according to the latest figures in the IEA’s annual market report. Yet this will be reversed over the next…
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Trump Vowed US Energy Dominance. Here’s How He’s Doing
By Ari Natter 12/17/25
Trump has moved with remarkable speed during his first 10 months to sweep away climate rules, derail clean-energy projects, resurrect proposed pipelines, approve massive new liquefied natural gas terminals and move toward opening more land…
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Scientists Denounce Trump’s Plan to Kill Crucial Atmospheric Science Center
By Andrea Thompson 12/17/25
The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), long considered the crown jewel in the U.S.’s earth science infrastructure. Scientists who study climate, weather and other earth sciences have decried the…
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Trump administration moves to break up leading U.S. climate and weather center
By Hannah Richter 12/17/25
Alarm spread fast today among climate scientists here at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU): President Donald Trump’s administration, they learned, was going to try to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric…
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Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers
By Ben Lefebvre and Others 12/17/25
The Trump administration is asking U.S. oil companies if they’re interested in returning to Venezuela once leader Nicolás Maduro is gone, four people familiar with the discussions told POLITICO.
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Venezuela’s Long Oil-Output Slump Dulls Market Hit of Trump Blockade
By Julian Lee 12/17/25
President Donald Trump’s blockade of sanctioned tankers going in and out of Venezuela marks a new level of aggressive statecraft — and adversaries will surely take note.
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The oil business is hurting but still in love with Trump
By Mike Soraghan 12/16/25
A few weeks ago, Patrick Montalban called together the 20 people who work for his oil company in Montana to offer a tough choice.
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Trump’s Missing Tax Rules
By Emily Pontecorvo 12/15/25
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act included a morass of new rules for companies trying to claim clean energy tax credits.
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White House planning more ‘historic deals’ in minerals
By Hannah Northey 12/15/25
President Donald Trump plans to forge more mineral deals with private companies and allies around the world and wants Congress to shield projects from lawsuits, a top White House official said Monday.
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Stop Trump’s plan to expand oil drilling in our oceans
12/13/25
The Trump administration is trying to unleash an offshore drilling plan that would jeopardize treasured coastlines nationwide — and we have an opportunity to voice our opposition.
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Environmental group sues in bid to get Trump’s image removed from new national park passes
By Gary Grumbach 12/11/25
An environmental group wants President Donald Trump’s image removed from next year's national park passes, and it’s suing to try to make that happen.
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Pirates of the Anthropocene
By Bill McKibben 12/11/25
I don’t know enough maritime law to tell you exactly why it’s wrong for America to be dropping troops onto tankers to seize them—just to say that, no matter what legalistic excuse the administration cooks…
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The Scramble for the Seafloor
By Rebecca Egan McCarthy 12/10/25
Since 1779 photosynthesis has been the standard-issue explanation for the continuation of life on earth: plants absorb sunlight, which fuels their metabolism, and create oxygen as waste. This is such basic, grade-school science that it…
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Trump EPA preaches ‘compliance first.’ Does that mean enforcement last?
By Kevin Bogardus 12/10/25
EPA has set out new guidelines for its staff interacting with polluters, championing quick compliance for violators of the law before turning to tough enforcement.
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US senator calls for insider trading inquiry over Trump donors buying $12m worth of shares
By Nina Lakhani and Joseph Gedeon 12/10/25
A senior Democratic senator is calling for an investigation into potential insider trading by fossil-fuel billionaires close to the Trump administration, after a Guardian investigation raised questions about an unusual share buying spree.
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Uber Courts Trump as It Falls Behind on Its Green Policies
By Ben Elgin and Emma Court 12/10/25
Uber spent years trying to make it easier for ride-hailing drivers to ditch gasoline-powered cars.When Levi Spires, a 51-year-old Uber driver in Syracuse, New York, hit a deer and damaged his Prius last year, a…
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Trump Ban on Wind Energy Projects Ruled Illegal by US Judge
By Mark Chediak and Ari Natter 12/09/25
Less than a year after President Donald Trump banned new wind projects, a federal judge ruled the president’s executive order was illegal.
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Exclusive: Key Senate Democrats Oppose Permitting Bill
By Jael Holzman 12/09/25
Key Senate Democrats are opposing a GOP-led permitting bill to overhaul federal environmental reviews without assurances that clean energy projects will be able to reap the benefits.
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DOE official urges Permian Basin to push carbon capture, enhanced oil recovery
By Mella McEwen 12/09/25
Kyle Haustveit, assistant secretary for the hydrocarbons and geothermal energy office at the U.S. Department of Energy, urged attendees at the annual. CO2 Conference to continue their work.
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EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
By Jean Chemnick 12/09/25
EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of its climate change webpages.
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Court rejects Trump’s pause on wind approvals
By Rachel Frazin 12/08/25
A federal judge on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to halt approvals for all new wind energy projects — dealing a blow to the president’s efforts to hamper renewable energy.
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Trump’s Tiny Car Dream Has Big Problems
By Andrew Moseman 12/08/25
It's easy to feel jaded about America's car culture when you travel abroad.
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As NOAA Funding Lags, a Critical Ocean Weather System Nears a Breaking Point
By Ryan Krugman 12/08/25
Years of underfunding and new delays in federal grantmaking threaten buoys and ocean monitoring assets run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that protect fishermen, cargo ships and endangered species across the country.…
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Weak Mileage Rules Put U.S. On The Road To An Automotive Jurassic Park
By Alan Ohnsman 12/08/25
The Trump administration’s plan to weaken U.S. fuel economy rules, claiming it will make new cars about $1,000 cheaper for consumers – presumably because automakers can use less sophisticated powertrains – ignores a simple fact:…
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Permitting Reform is Back. What Are We Even Talking About This Time?
By Emily Pontecorvo 12/05/25
After many months of will-they-won't-they,it seems that the dream(or nightmare, to some)of getting a permitting reform bill through Congress is squarely back on the table.
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Trump administration adopts plan to pump more water in California over state objections
By Ian James 12/04/25
Acting on an order from President Trump, the federal government on Thursday announced plans to pump more water to Central Valley farmlands from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a unilateral action that California officials warned…
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Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA Final Rule That Delays Methane Pollution Protections from Oil and Gas Industry
12/04/25
Health, environment, and community groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit yesterday challenging the Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rushed and unlawful final rule to delay protections against…
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Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials
By Andy Rowell and Nina Lakhani 12/04/25
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued a key regulatory permit…
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Don’t let polluters get their way, again – defend the Clean Water Act
12/02/25
Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to give corporate polluters what they want and put many thousands of formerly protected wetlands and waterways at risk of toxic pollution and industrial development.
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Trump to Ease Mileage Rules in Bid to Curb Rising Car Prices
By Gabrielle Coppola and Others 12/02/25
The Trump administration is poised to undo Biden-era fuel efficiency standards it blames for driving up the cost of new cars, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Republicans and fossil fuel industry ask Trump EPA to keep emissions reporting
12/02/25
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‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
By Nina Lakhani 11/29/25
For a moment, Jacob Hannah saw an unprecedented opportunity to make Appalachia great again.
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Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m
By Tom Perkins 11/28/25
Trump administration orders to keep an ageing, unneeded Michigan coal-fired power plant online has cost ratepayers from across the US midwest about $113m so far, according to estimates from the plant’s operator and regulators.
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“Propaganda At Its Finest:” New U.S. National Parks Pass’ Questionable Artwork Is Already Getting Backlash
By Cristina Miceli 11/27/25
On November 25, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) published a press release announcing significant changes to the annual national parks pass. Several modifications are already making headlines, such as the higher prices for…
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Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI.
By Ariel Wittenberg 11/27/25
The Trump administration is allowing coal plants to release more pollution at a time when utilities across the country are opting to save their aging coal facilities from retirement so they can power artificial intelligence.
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TELL US HOW RISING COSTS ARE AFFECTING YOU
11/27/25
Across the country, families are feeling the pinch -- from higher utility bills to more expensive groceries, rent, and everyday essentials. These rising costs didn’t happen by accident. Despite promising relief, Trump’s policies and vendettas…
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Trump’s data center embrace spurs energy and environment concerns
By Rachel Frazin 11/27/25
The Trump administration’s data center push is spurring concerns about energy prices and environmental impacts.
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US Absence Hurt Fossil Fuel Exit Push at COP30, Says Brazil’s Silva
By Fabiano Maisonnave 11/26/25
For Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva, a former rubber tapper from the Amazon rainforest, the now-concluded COP30 summit felt personal: It was the first time the annual United Nations climate talks took place in her…
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New US National Parks Fees For International Visitors Draw Scrutiny
By Jake Bolster 11/26/25
U.S. citizenship will determine how expensive it is to access America’s national parks beginning next year, the Interior Department announced yesterday. Prices for non-U.S. residents to purchase an “America the Beautiful” pass, which grants the…
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Trump seeks to ease US regulations for coal-fired power plants
By Valerie Volcovici 11/26/25
Last year, President Joe Biden's EPA said the tighter annual standard of 9 micrograms per cubic meter would avoid more than 800,000 cases of asthma symptoms, 2,000 hospital visits and 4,500 premature deaths. Trump has…
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South Carolina spared from plans to expand offshore drilling
By Nick Reagan 11/26/25
The proposal includes 34 new potential drilling areas: 21 in Alaska, seven in the Gulf and six off the coast of California. The program does not designate any new locations off South Carolina or the…
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Extinctions ahead? Species that may get less protection in Trump plan
By Kinsey Crowley 11/25/25
The Trump administration has proposed rolling back regulations that strengthen protections for threatened and endangered species.
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Trump Is the Biggest Wild Card in Permitting Reform
By Jael Holzman 11/25/25
A big bipartisan permitting reform deal may be in the offing in Washington.
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Stop the Federal Government from Gutting Clean Water Protections!
11/25/25
The federal government is trying to scrap the Clean Water Act by reducing nationwide limits on PFAS in drinking water, and by reducing protections on waterways.
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EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
By Amudalat Ajasa 11/25/25
The Environmental Protection Agency is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more U.S. deaths.
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Trump Cuts Could Hinder Efforts to Stop Climate-Fueled Spread of Invasive Species
By Kiley Price 11/25/25
Climate change is one of the top threats to vulnerable species around the world, driving widespread losses of plants and animals that can’t adapt fast enough. But at the same time, rising temperatures are in…
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Trump exempts coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rule
By Rachel Frazin 11/24/25
President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years.
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G20 summit declaration stresses seriousness of climate change in snub to Trump
11/22/25
The Leaders' Declaration from a Group of 20 summit in South Africa on Saturday stressed the seriousness of climate change, in a snub to U.S. President Donald Trump, who boycotted the gathering and doubts the…
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No Drilling in the Western Arctic Reserve
11/21/25
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is planning to allow destructive oil drilling in about 16 million acres of the Western Arctic Reserve in Alaska. This wild, ecologically rich region is home to spectacular Arctic…
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Stop this all-out attack on the Arctic
11/21/25
New and aggressive drilling in the Arctic would cause irreparable harm to wildlife, birds, fish, and people who depend on this habitat.
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DOE Reorganization Shifts Focus to Fossil and Nuclear
By Donna Gregory 11/21/25
The Department of Energy (DOE) has undergone a sweeping restructuring that eliminates or renames several clean-energy offices while elevating fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and critical mineral development — a shift that aligns squarely with the…
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Defend the Western Arctic from oil and gas drilling
11/21/25
The Arctic faces unprecedented threats from aggressive oil and gas drilling proposals. These risky ventures endanger fragile ecosystems, Indigenous communities, and accelerate the climate crisis.
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11 Takeaways from the DOE’s Big Reorganization
By Alexander C. Kaufman 11/21/25
The Department of Energy unveiled a long-awaited internal reorganization of the agency on Thursday,implementing sweeping changes that Secretary of Energy Chris Wright pitched as "aligning it's operations to restore commonsense to energy policy , lower…
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Trump’s Latest Attack on Endangered Species Act Threatens Biodiversity
11/20/25
What Happened: The Trump administration is once again attacking the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a widely popular and effective law that has kept 99% of the species it protects from extinction. Trump’s latest proposed rules…
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How Trump Tariffs Are Impacting The U.S. Oil And Gas Industry
By Robert Rapier 11/20/25
President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy in his second term has touched almost every corner of the economy, but few sectors have felt the effects as unevenly as oil and gas.
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Trump administration plans to open Pacific Coast to oil drilling for first time in more than 4 decades
By Hayley Smith 11/20/25
The Trump administration on Thursday announced plans to open the Pacific Ocean to new oil and gas leases for the first time in more than four decades.
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Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
By Sharon Lerner 11/19/25
New advances in environmental science are providing a detailed understanding of the human costs of the Trump administration’s approach to climate change.
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The Law That Can Stop Trump’s Environmental Agenda is One You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
By Sambhav Sankar 11/18/25
Earthjustice has already filed more than 20 lawsuits against the second Trump administration, and that number is about to go much higher as agencies scramble to keep up with the president’s executive orders, proclamations, and…
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Al Gore Tells COP30 That the US May Have Reached ‘Peak Trump’
By John Ainger and Others 11/18/25
Former US Vice President Al Gore has been a fixture at United Nations environmental summits for more than three decades.
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Think tank flips the script on Trump EPA’s economic analyses
By Jean Chemnick 11/18/25
The Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks could cost the U.S. $153 billion and nearly 3,300 lives annually, according to calculations by a think tank at the New York University School of Law.
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Republicans heap praise on Clean Water Act plan
By Miranda Wilson 11/18/25
Republicans praised the Trump administration’s draft rewrite of a key Clean Water Act regulation, calling it a win for farmers, businesses, homebuilders and landowners who would see reduced permitting costs.
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Puerto Rico’s Grid Gains Support Through DOE Orders
By Marybeth Collins 11/17/25
The Department of Energy (DOE) has renewed its Section 202(c) emergency orders for Puerto Rico, extending temporary support for the island’s unstable power system as peak demand and storm exposure intensify. The directive, active from…
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FEMA head resigns months after deadly Texas floods
By Julianna Bragg 11/17/25
David Richardson, the acting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) chief, resigned on Monday after just six months in the post, multiple outlets reported.
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2,500+ EPA employees take Trump’s resignation offer
By Kevin Bogardus 11/14/25
Nearly a fifth of EPA’s workforce has opted into President Donald Trump’s mass resignation plan as he pushes to reduce the federal government’s payroll.
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Whitehouse waves climate banner at Brazil summit — no thanks to Trump, he says
By Sara Schonhardt and Zack Colman 11/14/25
The State Department helped stymie U.S. officials’ ability to attend this year’s United Nations climate talks here, Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Friday.
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Trump Wants to Prop Up Coal Plants. They Keep Breaking Down.
By Matthew Zeitlin 11/14/25
The Trump administration wants "beautiful clean coal" to return to its place of pride on the electric grid because,it says,wind and solar are just too unreliable.
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With Trump absent from COP30 talks, the world moves on without U.S.
By Ishaan Tharoor 11/14/25
At the mouth of the great Amazon, not all visitors were welcome. Indigenous protesters in the Brazilian port city of Belém, which is hosting an annual major U.N. climate summit, forced their way into the…
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EV Sales Surge Worldwide, But U.S. Demand Crashes After Tax Credit Ends
By Max Taylor 11/13/25
Global sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles surged 23% in October reaching roughly 1.9 million units worldwide, according to data from market research firm Rho Motion, via Reuters. The majority of this growth was…
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Trump Is Helping Big Oil’s Return to Exploration
By Kevin Crowley 11/13/25
Global crude markets may be headed for a record oversupply in 2026, but Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. are ramping up exploration for new oil fields to a level of intensity not seen in…
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Enviro group that helped lead Keystone Pipeline opposition suspends US operations
By Zack Colman 11/13/25
Environmental group 350.org, which spearheaded the movement to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline, will “temporarily suspend programming” in the U.S. and other countries amid funding woes, according to a letter obtained on Thursday by…
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California governor Gavin Newsom accuses Donald Trump of ‘abdicating responsibility’ over green energy at COP30
By Victoria Seabrook 11/12/25
California Governor Gavin Newsom has for months been teasing a bid for the next presidential election in 2028.
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Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open
By Jeff St. John 11/12/25
The Trump administration appears poised to force more coal plants to stay open past their planned closing dates — an unprecedented intervention in the power sector that is already making energy even more expensive for…
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Environment takeaways from the spending deal
By Andres Picon 11/11/25
For the first time in more than a year, the House and Senate produced compromise spending bills that could lay the groundwork for a broader deal to fully fund the government.
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This Major Energy Company Is Blaming The White House For Its Bankruptcy
By Larissa Zageris 11/11/25
One of the largest renewable energy developers has filed for bankruptcy, and it's blaming President Trump and his administration for the situation. North Carolina-based Pine Gate Renewables filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas…
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At UN climate talks in Brazil, the only sign of the United States is an empty chair
By Seth Borenstein and Others 11/11/25
A litany of recent weather disasters rang long Monday at the opening of U.N. climate negotiations: Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, a deadly tornado in Brazil, droughts and fire in Africa. Against that backdrop, activists used…
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An Oil Company Running Into Rough Waters off the California Coast Is Looking to Trump for Help
By Blanca Begert 11/11/25
President Donald Trump may announce his plan to open California waters to oil drilling as soon as this week. The move, if it goes through, could bring about the first federal oil lease sales in…
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UCS Defense of Science in an Era of Authoritarianism
11/11/25
The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a virtual event featuring updates on our efforts to fight back against the Trump administration's authoritarian siege on science and democracy, while staying on offense with a…
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Climate Tech Pivots to Europe
By Katie Brigham 11/10/25
Europe has long outpaced the U.S.in setting ambitious climate targets.
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Nuclear power will get the most Energy Department loans, Chris Wright says
By Spencer Kimball 11/10/25
Nuclear power will receive most of the money from the Energy Department’s loan office as the Trump administration pushes to quickly break ground on new reactors, Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday.
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Governments and Billionaires Retreat Ahead of COP30 Climate Talks
By Elizabeth Kolbert 11/10/25
In the spring of 1992, President George H. W. Bush flew to Brazil to reassure the world. Delegates from more than a hundred and seventy countries had gathered in Rio de Janeiro to hammer out…
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“911”, What’s Your Emergency, Mr. Trump?
By Joel B. Stronberg 11/10/25
It’s unlikely there will come a time in Trump’s second presidency when he’ll admit to a crisis passing. At least for the next year, there’s even less likelihood that the Republican Congress will challenge the…
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Donald Trump’s Dream of an Alaskan Oil Boom Is Feeling More Like a Bust
By Lois Parshley 11/09/25
As Kristen Moreland waited for the livestream to buffer, her thoughts drifted to the years she’d devoted to defending Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the northeastern sweep of Alaska where the mountains give way to the…
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Tell the Trump administration: Time to keep coal in the ground
11/08/25
This time, the Trump administration is trying to resurrect the failing coal industry to prop up corporate polluters. Its heinous tactics include a public lands sell-off, gutting our air and water protections, handing out $625…
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TELL REPUBLICANS TO END TRUMP’S RECKLESS SHUTDOWN
11/08/25
While Democrats fight to lower costs and protect healthcare, Trump and Republicans are driving up costs and putting American families at risk.
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Qcells furloughs 1,000 workers at US solar factories due to stalled shipments
11/08/25
Qcells, the U.S. solar manufacturing arm of Korea's Hanwha (000880.KS), opens new tab, said it would furlough 1,000 workers at its Georgia factories because shipments of components it needs from overseas are being routinely stalled…
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Tell EPA To Maintain the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program!
11/08/25
Sample Comment to COPY and AND THEN PASTE on the comment page on Regulations.gov
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New York Approves Trump-Backed Gas Pipeline
By Colin Kinniburgh 11/07/25
New York environmental regulators on Friday approved a major Trump-backed underwater gas pipeline in a U-turn for state energy policy.
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Trump expands critical minerals list to copper, met coal, uranium
By Jarrett Renshaw and Others 11/07/25
The Trump administration on Thursday added 10 minerals to a list it deems essential for the U.S. economy and national security, including copper, vital to electric vehicles, power grids, and data centers, and metallurgical coal,…
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Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
By Bill McKibben 11/06/25
Last night’s elections were a tonic. Many of us across the country worked awfully hard in the months leading up to them (I got to lead phonebanks on Prop 50 in California and the Public…
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There’s a $10 Trillion Antidote to Trump’s Climate Backlash
By Laura Millan and Rachael Dottle 11/05/25
A decade-long effort to steer the world away from the most severe impacts of climate change has seemingly flunked its most ambitious target and seen green momentum crumble.
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Why Are Electricity Bills Going Up?
By Ben Arnoldy 11/05/25
Electricity rates are rising, and Trump is making it much worse.For the last 20 years, electricity demand remained fairly flat, but now demand is surging, driven partly by artificial intelligence companies building data centers. Meanwhile,…
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US Economy Wins From Green Exit, Unless the World Follows Suit
By Emma Court 11/05/25
Slashing green energy goals and doubling down on fossil fuels, the kinds of policies President Donald Trump has been pushing, would benefit the US economy in the long run — and hurt countries still betting…
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White House wrote half of EPA’s cost-benefit analysis for climate rule rollback
By Jean Chemnick 11/04/25
The White House circumvented EPA’s career staff to write almost half of the cost-benefit analysis for the agency’s proposal to stop regulating planet-warming emissions, according to emails and drafts from the rule’s interagency review.
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White House pressured EPA for broad rollback of tailpipe rules
By Mike Lee and Jean Chemnick 11/04/25
White House budget officials leaned on EPA to broaden its rollback of tailpipe regulations as it sought this summer to repeal a foundational EPA policy that undergirds most federal climate rules, including those for cars…
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Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
By Peter Aldhous and Marianne Lavelle 11/04/25
From the day he began his second term in January 2025, President Donald Trump and his administration have embarked on an unprecedented effort to upend U.S. environmental protection law and end policy to address the…
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Trump won’t send ‘high level’ representatives to COP30 climate summit
By Rachel Frazin 11/04/25
The U.S. won’t be sending any “high level” representatives to this year’s United Nations climate summit, a White House official told The Hill on Friday.
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DOE announces $100M to refurbish coal plants
By Brian Dabbs 11/03/25
The Department of Energy on Friday unveiled $100 million in grants to modernize U.S. coal plants.The funding opportunity is available for plant operators to develop and implement wastewater systems and install retrofits that allow the…
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In the Long Run, Trump Might Not Mean Much for the Climate’s Trajectory
By Emily Pontecorvo 11/03/25
It's that time of year when COP,the annual United Nation's climate conference,draws near,and a flood of report assess how much progress the world has made (or not made)to limit global warming.
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How to fight climate change without the US: a guide to global action
By Xiaoying You and Others 11/03/25
When the world’s nations meet for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on 10 November to lock down new commitments to limit dangerous climate change, it will be the first such conference since US President Donald Trump…
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US Officials to Skip UN Climate Talks Trump Derided as ‘Scam’
By Jennifer A Dlouhy 10/31/25
High-level US representatives are staying away from the UN climate negotiations in Brazil, even as President Donald Trump seeks to influence energy policy globally.
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What the Trump-Xi Deal Means for Clean Tech
By Josh Saul and Others 10/30/25
China has paused plans to dramatically expand restrictions on its rare-earths exports, offering relief to global buyers after a tumultuous year.
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Trump’s Power to Abolish Monuments Hangs on Prolonged Ruling
By Bobby Magill 10/30/25
The 13-months-and-counting wait for an appeals court to rule on the legal underpinnings of US national monuments leaves in limbo President Donald Trump’s executive authority to protect or abolish them as the White House rolls…
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Inside EPA’s hunt for employees who signed the dissent letter
By Kevin Bogardus 10/30/25
EPA was rocked this summer when dozens of employees signed an open letter blasting the Trump administration’s disregard for science and agency staff.
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The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real Emissions Are Far Worse.
By Lisa Song 10/30/25
For decades, noxious, cancer-causing gases poured from some of the nation’s largest industrial polluters, seeping invisibly from cracks in antiquated pipes or billowing out of smokestacks in plumes that choked the communities nearby.
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How Trump pressures the world into burning more oil and gas
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Akshat Rathi 10/29/25
The world was on the brink of a climate milestone: adopting a global carbon tax for the shipping industry. Countries had spent years crafting the plan, hoping to throttle planet-warming pollution from cargo vessels. They…
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Don’t Let Trump Block Climate Action at Sea
10/29/25
Donald Trump is once again standing in the way of global climate progress — this time by working to block international efforts to cut pollution from the shipping industry. World leaders can’t let Trump and…
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Stop the Trump Shutdown and Email Your Representative
10/29/25
Trump and Republicans caused a government shutdown that puts our health, well-being, and environment at risk.
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Trump Administration Backs Off Bid for Atlantic Oil Drilling
By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Ari Natter 10/29/25
The Trump administration is ruling out selling offshore oil and gas leases along the US East Coast, after its initial plan for auctioning them drew alarm from Republican strongholds in the Southeast.
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‘Trump doesn’t represent us’: US activist groups to push for climate action at Cop30 in Brazil
By Dharna Noor 10/28/25
Despite historic environmental rollbacks under a president who pulled the US from a key international climate treaty – and recently called global warming “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” – US civil…
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The Cost of Trump’s Coal Fixation
By Perry Wheeler 10/27/25
The Trump administration and its allies in Congress are doing all they can to prop up the struggling coal industry. The administration has held press conferences with coal miners lined as a backdrop to tout…
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Tell Congress: Protect Offshore Wind, Protect Our Economy
10/24/25
The Trump administration’s attacks on offshore wind are about protecting fossil fuels, not families. The administration has halted offshore wind projects, including attempting to stop Revolution Wind, which is over 80 percent complete and would…
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Stop the Trump Shutdown and Email Your Representative
10/24/25
Trump and Republicans caused a government shutdown that puts our health, well-being, and environment at risk.
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The Trump Administration Is Prepping to Sell off Alaska’s Arctic to Oil and Gas Companies
10/23/25
The Trump administration is moving to take Arctic lands that have never seen industrialization and open the doors wide for fossil fuel drilling.
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How Trump’s assault on climate science is a ‘threat to humanity’
By Harry Mok 10/23/25
When environmental scientist Michael Mann reconnected with colleague Benjamin Horton on a recent trip to Hong Kong, they lamented the state of climate research in the U.S.
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The Trump Administration Is Prepping to Sell off Alaska’s Arctic to Oil and Gas Companies
10/23/25
The Trump administration is moving to take Arctic lands that have never seen industrialization and open the doors wide for fossil fuel drilling.
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Trump urges court to pause battle over DOE climate report
By Lesley Clark 10/22/25
The Department of Energy is asking a federal judge to temporarily halt a lawsuit over a report that seeks to bolster the Trump administration’s case for repealing a key climate change finding.
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US leads attempt to block global carbon tax on shipping emissions
10/22/25
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Green shipping pact on the line
By Joe Lo 10/22/25
“What on earth is going on?” “I’ve never seen anything like this before and I’ve been coming here a long time.”
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Trump’s Vow to Unleash American Energy Spurs Pipeline Push
By Nathan Risser 10/22/25
The energy dominance agenda espoused by US President Donald Trump has largely focused on pulling more oil and gas out of the ground.
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What’s “essential” to Trump’s EPA? More mercury pollution.
By Emily Atkin 10/22/25
The Environmental Protection Agency’s work protecting clean air and water is grinding to a halt.
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Trump officials refer Biden-era FEMA staff to DOJ for potential criminal charges
By Rebecca Beitsch 10/22/25
The Trump administration has sent a referral to the Department of Justice recommending Biden-era Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staff face criminal charges, alleging politicization of emergency funding.
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Takeaways from AP’s investigation on anti-science legislation in US statehouses
By Michelle R. Smith and Laura Ungar 10/21/25
A wave of anti-science bills has been introduced in statehouses across America this year, pushed by people with special interests who have close ties to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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DOE cancels more than $700M in battery, manufacturing projects
By Christa Marshall 10/20/25
The Department of Energy has canceled more than $700 million in battery and manufacturing awards, advancing the Trump administration’s efforts to nix Biden-era energy projects.
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3 of America’s Biggest Public Transit Systems Are Teetering on the Brink
By Emily Pontecorvo 10/20/25
Three of the country's largest public transportation systems are facing severe budget shortfalls that have left them near a breaking point.
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‘It just seems so messy’: How Chris Wright went wrong with the White House
By Ben Lefebvre and Zack Colman 10/17/25
A series of political missteps and policy disputes has strained Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s relationship with the White House, 10 people familiar with the dynamic told POLITICO — causing some to question how much longer…
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US Opposition Freezes Global Carbon Levy on Ships
By Akshat Rathi and Danielle Bochove 10/17/25
Under immense pressure from the US, countries at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization in London on Friday agreed to postpone a vote that would have made the shipping industry pay for planet-warming pollution.
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Trump Just Torpedoed Investors’ Big Bets on Decarbonizing Shipping
By Katie Brigham 10/17/25
Today,members of The International Maritime Organization decided to postpone a major vote on the world's first truly global carbon pricing scheme.
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US energy prices to spike on Trump’s axing of grants, senator says
By Valerie Volcovici 10/17/25
The Trump administration's plans to cancel nearly $8 billion in Energy Department grants are illegal because contracts had already been signed and will cause consumer energy prices to skyrocket, the top Democrat on the U.S.…
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Nearly two dozen states sue to stop Trump ending $7bn solar grant program
10/16/25
Nearly two dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its cancellation of a $7bn grant program aimed at expanding solar energy in low-income communities, according to court papers.
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Trump officials go all out to block carbon tax on shipping
By Sara Schonhardt 10/16/25
Countries are on the verge of approving global rules to curb shipping pollution — but the Trump administration hasn’t given up on throwing a wrench in the process.
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Trump ‘outraged’ by effort to curb shipping emissions
By Robin Bravender 10/16/25
President Donald Trump waded into a fight over shipping emissions Thursday ahead of a vote on a measure to limit emissions from the industry.
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GM Takes $1.6 Billion Charge on Trump-Induced Pullback From EVs
By Rick Clough and David Welch 10/14/25
General Motors Co. is incurring $1.6 billion in charges tied to its pullback from electric vehicles, a stark indication of the damage that US policy changes will inflict on plug-in cars.
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Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops
By Dana Nuccitelli 10/14/25
A draft report commissioned by the Trump administration’s Department of Energy, or DOE, misleadingly claims that increasing levels of carbon dioxide could be beneficial for agriculture. In fact, mainstream climate experts have found that rising…
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Republicans urge DOE to spare green energy projects
By Kelsey Brugger 10/14/25
Republicans are asking Energy Secretary Chris Wright not to block money for green energy projects in their states — and they may be in luck.
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EPA’s climate rollback squeezes states
By Adam Aton and Jean Chemnick 10/14/25
EPA’s plan to stop regulating tailpipe emissions forces states to make a choice: compensate by clamping down harder on pollution within their borders, or risk violating the Clean Air Act.
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The Fiscal Contradictions of Trump’s Energy Policy
By Emily Pontecorvo 10/10/25
The Department of Energy justified terminating hundreds of congressionally-manted grants issued by the Biden administration for clean energy projects last week(including for a back up battery at a children's hospital)by arguing that they are bad…
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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
By Jael Holzman 10/10/25
The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada has been cancelled amidst the Trump administration's federal permitting freeze.
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Trump’s cuts to billion-dollar hydrogen hubs rattle industry
By Alexander C. Kaufman 10/10/25
In July, China launched the world’s largest green hydrogen plant. One month later, India’s government backed 19 projects designed to make the country a leader in producing green hydrogen, which could help decarbonize everything from…
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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
By Jael Holzman 10/10/25
The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada has been cancelled admist the Trump administration's federal permitting freeze.
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More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows
By Dharna Noor 10/09/25
Donald Trump has placed dozens of people with ties to the fossil fuel sector in his administration, including more than 40 who have directly worked for oil, gas or coal companies, according to a new…
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TELL REPUBLICANS TO END TRUMP’S RECKLESS SHUTDOWN
10/09/25
While Democrats fight to lower costs and protect healthcare, Trump and Republicans are driving up costs and putting American families at risk.
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Is Trump about to squash America’s carbon-removal moonshot?
By Maria Gallucci 10/08/25
America’s fledgling carbon-removal industry is on edge following funding cuts from the Trump administration — and rumors of even further clawbacks to follow.
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Trump mulls cutting billions in funds from list of clean energy projects
By Valerie Volcovici and Others 10/08/25
The U.S. government is considering cancelling billions of dollars in funding for clean energy programs, including awards for auto manufacturing and carbon capture, according to a list of targeted projects seen by Reuters.
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Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire
By Judd Legum 10/08/25
On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign,…
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The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices
By Zack Colman 10/07/25
States that embrace renewable energy are far more likely to save money for electricity consumers than those relying on fossil fuels or nuclear power, a POLITICO analysis of federal and industry data shows — findings…
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Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law
By Emily Pontecorvo 10/07/25
A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination obtained by Heatmap reveals an additional 338 awards for clean energy projects that the agency intends to cancel.
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IEA Cuts US Renewable Growth Forecast in Half on Trump Policies
By Mark Chediak 10/07/25
The International Energy Agency slashed in half its forecast for US renewable energy growth by 2030, even as the rest of the world races to double its green power capacity over the same period.
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Trump’s DOE Moves to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana
By Emily Pontecorvo 10/07/25
Trump's Department of Energy is planning to terminate awards for the two major Direct Air Capture Hubs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Louisiana and Texas, Heatmap has learned.
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Trump’s DOE Moves to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana
By Emily Pontecorvo 10/07/25
Trump's Department of Energy is planning to terminate awards for the two major Direct Air Capture Hubs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructue Law in Louisiana and Texas.
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The next phase of Trump’s fight against solar energy has begun
By Jake Spring 10/06/25
When thousands of solar industry executives gathered for the largest clean energy summit in North America last month, many were relieved to no longer be the center of attention in Washington.
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Judge rules Biden illegally banned offshore drilling
By Niina H. Farah 10/06/25
Former President Joe Biden’s eleventh-hour decision to withdraw millions of acres of offshore waters from oil and gas drilling was illegal, a federal court ruled last week.
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New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires
By Aidan Hughes and Martha Pskowski 10/06/25
The Trump administration wasted no time in tapping individuals with ties to fossil fuel industries and right-wing think tanks funded by oil tycoons for key environmental and energy policy positions, according to a new report.
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Trump directs his administration to approve controversial mine road in Alaska
By Rachel Frazin 10/06/25
President Trump is directing his administration to approve a controversial road that could enable copper and cobalt mining in Alaska, the White House announced Monday.
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‘Trump is the emergency’: Dems eye second vote on energy order
By Kelsey Brugger 10/06/25
For months, Democrats have been blaming Republicans for rising energy prices. A Senate vote in the coming days will help make their case.
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Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?
By Matthew Brown and Mead Gruver 10/04/25
U.S. officials in the coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade, offering 600 million tons from publicly owned reserves next to strip mines in Montana and…
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Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states
By Associated Press 10/04/25
The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6bn in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election.
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President Donald Trump cancels $583M in energy projects for Illinois, one of many blue states affected
By Olivia Olander 10/03/25
Amid a funding stalemate in Congress and a federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump’s planned termination of nearly $8 billion for energy projects primarily in states that didn’t vote for him includes $583 million in…
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How the Shutdown Could Remake the Trump Administration
By Matthew Zeitlin 10/03/25
Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, has been waiting for this moment his whole adult life-or that's what President Trump and the Republican Congressional leadership would like you to believe.
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Stop this ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico
10/03/25
Fifteen years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon — the most destructive oil spill in U.S. history — the same company is asking the federal government to approve a new, massive offshore drilling project in the Gulf.
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Plans to contain harmful gases, improve electric grid in Illinois nixed by Trump
By Brett Chase 10/03/25
A plan to help energy companies, local governments and others pay for programs to reduce harmful methane and other gas emissions was canceled by President Donald Trump’s administration this week.
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Oregon to lose an additional $400 million in federal climate grants
By Monica Samayoa 10/03/25
Oregon is set to lose an additional $400 million in federal grants awarded for climate action and is among more than a dozen Democratic states losing federal funding after the Trump administration terminated nearly $8…
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The fossil fuel subsidy denier-in-chief
By Emily Sanders 10/02/25
“There are not oil and gas subsidies,” Chris Wright, the top energy official for the U.S. government — which will now provide more than $34 billion a year in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry…
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A Tale of Government Most Fowl (Part 2)
By Joel B. Stronberg 10/02/25
Venice has its pigeons and Capistrano its swallows. Flying over the White House and Capitol Hill these days are birds of a different feather – chickens. Part 1 of A Tale of Government Most Fowl…
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Scoop: These are the 321 awards DOE is canceling
By Maeve Allsup 10/02/25
The Department of Energy said this week it is canceling another tranche of funding, this time a total of 321 awards worth up to $7.5 billion.
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Damage from Trump’s $8B energy hit list would spill into GOP districts
By James Bikales and Others 10/02/25
The Trump administration’s termination of roughly $8 billion in clean energy projects in blue states will choke off funding to dozens of projects aimed at shoring up the grid and creating thousands of manufacturing jobs…
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How a shutdown affects the EPA’s effort to protect America’s air, water and land
By Seth Borenstein 10/02/25
The Environmental Protection Agency was already reeling from massive staff cuts and dramatic shifts in priority and policy. A government shutdown raises new questions about how it can carry out its founding mission of protecting…
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GOPer Quietly Admits Trump Cuts to Blue States Will Hurt MAGA Voters
By Greg Sargent 10/02/25
Russell Vought plainly got a sadistic thrill while announcing Wednesday that as part of the government shutdown battle, he will inflict punitive spending cuts on states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024. The Office…
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The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?
By Molly Taft 10/01/25
The Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this month that it would stop making polluting companies report their greenhouse gas emissions to it, eliminating a crucial tool the US uses to track emissions and form climate…
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Trump Keeps Oil Permits Moving in Shutdown, Halts Renewables
By Ari Natter 10/01/25
The Trump administration plans to continue issuing permits for oil drilling and do other work on “priority conventional energy projects” during the government shutdown but will freeze activities on some renewable energy projects.
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Fossil Fuels and Fossilized Minds
By Paul Krugman 09/30/25
I’ve just gotten back from the Netherlands, which is famous for its picturesque windmills. But wind power in Holland is more than a historical curiosity. There are also modern wind turbines almost everywhere you look,…
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Trump’s coal plan mixes new market and old hurdles
By Ben Geman 09/30/25
President Trump couldn't really alter coal's path his first time around, but officials are trying new approaches in 2025 — and the landscape has changed, too.
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Democratic House bill would reverse Trump energy policies, bolster RTO oversight
By Ethan Howland 09/30/25
Democratic Reps. Sean Casten of Illinois and Mike Levin from California are preparing to introduce sweeping energy legislation that would reverse Trump administration policies, including by restoring clean energy tax credits and limiting the U.S.…
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Trump’s $625 Million Coal Plan May Raise Utility Bills for Millions of Americans
By Jeff Luse 09/30/25
The artificial intelligence boom has sent electricity prices reeling, with a recent Bloomberg analysis finding that wholesale energy prices in areas near data hubs have jumped 267 percent since 2020. President Donald Trump, who promised…
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US energy department cracks down on workers’ use of climate crisis language
By Dharna Noor 09/30/25
The US Department of Energy has told employees in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to avoid using the words “climate change” in what seems to be the latest incident in a…
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Frequent Fox appearances are central to the Trump administration’s climate and energy misinformation strategy
By Evlondo Cooper 09/29/25
Since late July, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have made dozens of appearances across Fox News and Fox Business programs to defend the proposed repeal…
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U.S. Against The World With Trump’s Climate Denialism
By Alan Ohnsman 09/29/25
President Donald Trump is known for exaggerated, bombastic public comments and frequent outright falsehoods. But his remarks to the United Nations General Assembly during Climate Week were next-level troubling, given that the science around rapidly…
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Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
By Zack Colman 09/28/25
The Energy Department has added “climate change,” “green” and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, according to an email issued Friday and obtained…
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Trump officials shut off funding for climate adaptation centers
By Kasha Patel and Others 09/28/25
Tracking bird populations after hurricanes. Mapping the risk of megafires across the Midwest. Identifying less expensive ways to battle invasive plants. Preparing communities’ stormwater drains against intense flooding.
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Trump Is Setting the National Parks Up to Fail
By Kylie Mohr 09/26/25
This summer, many of Americans’ fears about their national parks—that budget cuts and staffing shortages would lead to unsafe, or at least unpleasant, vacations—did not come to pass. Gates and visitor centers were open (with…
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How Trump’s Case Against Revolution Wind Fell Apart
By Jael Holzman 09/26/25
When the Trump administration orderd work on Orsted's Revolution Wind offshore wind project to shutdown in late August,it cited national security concerns as the reason for the delay.
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Trump officials urged to boycott UN climate summit as Trump seethes climate change is a ‘con job’
By Emma Colton 09/26/25
A coalition of conservative energy and environmental groups are calling on leaders within the Trump administration to snub the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Brazil as President Donald Trump rails against climate change…
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The Earthjustice Lawyers Taking on the Trump Administration
09/25/25
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Why the White House is abandoning solar
By Nicolas Rivero 09/25/25
Solar panels provided most of the electricity capacity added to the U.S. power grid last year, and they will account for most new power built in America for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term,…
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Trump’s campaign against wind and solar is exposing his ‘energy dominance’ lies
By Sammy Roth 09/25/25
For nearly a decade, President Trump has promised “energy dominance” — a vague but alluring slogan hinting at a world in which the U.S. is king. A world in which other nations depend on us…
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Oppose the Trump Administration’s Rollback of the Roadless Rule
09/25/25
The Trump Administration has launched an assault on America’s wildest and most important forests by moving to repeal the Roadless Rule. This decades-old safeguard has kept more than 45 million acres of national forests free…
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Stop Trump’s Climate Chaos Plan
09/25/25
Trump and Zeldin’s Climate Chaos Plan will make climate denial official U.S. policy, claiming climate change and the pollution that causes it pose no threat to public health or the environment. Their plan would let…
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Fact-checking what Trump said about climate change during the UN General Assembly
By Matthew Glasser, Daniel Manzo, and Daniel Peck 09/24/25
President Donald Trump spent a considerable amount of his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday disparaging renewable energy sources and challenging the scientific consensus on climate change.
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White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown
By Sophia Cai 09/24/25
The White House budget office is instructing federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown, specifically targeting employees who work for programs that are not legally required to continue.
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A Tale of Government Most Fowl
By Joel B.Stronberg 09/24/25
Venice has its pigeons and Capistrano its swallows. Flying over the White House and Capitol Hill these days are birds of a different feather – chickens. For the president and the GOP Congress, they’ll soon…
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Trump Uses UN Speech to Spread Climate Misinformation
By Brian Kahn 09/24/25
US President Donald Trump used his address to world leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday to denounce climate change and green energy, making a series of misleading claims in a rambling speech that went…
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Galvanize fund run by top Democrats to capitalise on Trump green cuts
09/24/25
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Trump Blasts ‘Stupid People’ Climate Consensus in UN Speech
By Alexander C. Kaufman 09/24/25
On offshore wind labor history, Oklo breaks ground, and American gallium
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Trump urges the world to abandon climate fight
By Scott Waldman and Sara Schonhardt 09/24/25
President Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations on Tuesday signaled that he is no longer content to sit on the sidelines as much of the world battles global warming.
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China asserts green energy leadership, as Trump dismisses climate ‘con job’
By Chico Harlan 09/24/25
China on Wednesday committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 7 to 10 percent over the next 10 years, marking the first time it has set out a concrete target.
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Trump delivers dumbest climate speech of all time
By Emily Atkin 09/24/25
President Donald Trump has implemented a new rule in the White House: No one is allowed to say “coal.”
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The Stupidest Speech in UN History
By Bill McKibben 09/24/25
It was not the longest speech in UN history—that was Fidel Castro in 1960, fulminating against American imperialism for four hours and 29 minutes (a rant vindicated by the Bay of Pigs invasion seven months…
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Newsom blasts Trump’s climate change remarks
By Max Rego 09/24/25
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) lambasted President Trump on Wednesday, one day after the president called climate change “a con job.”
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‘Science demands action’: world leaders and UN push climate agenda forward despite Trump’s attacks
By Oliver Milman 09/24/25
World leaders have unveiled new targets to cut planet-heating pollution at the United Nations, in a bid to spur fresh impetus to the beleaguered climate effort a day after Donald Trump called the crisis “the…
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Trump tells UN that climate change is ‘greatest con job’ globally
By Valerie Volcovici 09/23/25
President Donald Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, doubling down on his skepticism of global environmental initiatives and…
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Treasury killed a climate panel. Former members are recreating it.
By Saqib Rahim 09/23/25
Less than two weeks after the Trump administration dissolved a panel analyzing financial risks from climate change, former panel members are forming a new institute to continue the work.
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Orsted Jumps After US Judge Rules Wind Farm Work Can Resume
By Will Mathis 09/23/25
Orsted A/S shares surged after a US judge ruled construction can resume on a nearly completed wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, quashing an effort by the Trump administration to halt the project.
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Solar tax credits are ending. Here’s why that could be good for solar.
By Michael J. Coren 09/23/25
Like Cinderella rushing home from the ball, Americans are racing to buy solar panels before the clock strikes midnight. On Dec. 31, a generous federal rooftop solar tax credit will expire thanks to the One…
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Global investment in renewable energy up 10% on 2024 despite Trump rollback
By Fiona Harvey 09/23/25
Investment in renewable energy has continued to increase around the world despite moves by Donald Trump’s White House to cancel and derail low-carbon projects.
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Extreme weather and extreme politics go hand in hand – Trump and Musk are pushing both
By Jonathan Watts 09/23/25
If it were not clear already, the biggest far-right protest in UK history is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought solely in the silos of science or…
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Trump’s allies still waiting for him to land his hardest climate blow
By Sara Schonhardt 09/22/25
When President Donald Trump steps up to the dais at the United Nations on Tuesday, it will come as he is preparing to expand his efforts to weaken global institutions at the center of tackling…
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Revolution Wind wins preliminary injunction to resume work. What we know.
By Alex Kuffner 09/22/25
Construction of Revolution Wind will be allowed to resume, for now, after a federal judge granted a request from the developers of the $5-billion-plus offshore wind farm to lift a stop-work order issued by the…
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Orsted Venture Wins Court Ruling to Restart Wind Farm Work
By Erik Larson and Others 09/22/25
Orsted A/S will resume work on its nearly-completed wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island after a US judge ruled construction can continue during a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s stop-work order, a major…
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Trump Just Suffered His First Loss on Offshore Wind
By Jael Holzman 09/22/25
A Federal court has lifted the Trump administration's order to halt construction on the Revolution Wind farm off the coast of New England.
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The European View of Trump
By David Houle 09/22/25
As I wrote in my last column, my wife and I have been traveling through Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. We watch various English language networks – RTL France, the BBC, Euro News and…
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Trump Calls on World Bank To Reconsider Oil and Gas Financing
By Michael Kern 09/22/25
The Trump Administration is advocating for the World Bank to increase its financing for oil and gas projects, a reversal of its previous policy to cease funding new fossil fuel ventures after 2019.
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EPA reorganization sparks fears of ‘political interference’
By Hannah Northey and Others 09/22/25
EPA on Monday launched an agencywide reorganization that’s expected to sweep a key research office under the oversight of Administrator Lee Zeldin, raising fears among unions about political interference.
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Exclusive: White House looking to make oil deals at Climate Week
By Amy Harder and Avery Lotz 09/22/25
Trump administration officials are hoping to ink new oil and gas deals with other governments this week during Climate Week and the United Nations General Assembly, Jarrod Agen, a senior White House official, said on…
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Trump’s New Fossil Fuel Plan Threatens Our Future
09/19/25
The Trump Administration just released its updated regulatory agenda, and it’s a disaster for our climate and... more
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Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project
By Jennifer McDermott and Matthew Daly 09/19/25
The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm , its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil…
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US Science Panel Says Greenhouse Gas Dangers Are ‘Beyond Dispute’
By Eric Roston 09/18/25
A panel of experts convened by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine said the evidence that greenhouse gases harm human health is “beyond scientific dispute” — a conclusion that could impede the…
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Trump DoJ seeks to kill Vermont law that makes big oil pay for climate harm
By Dharna Noor 09/17/25
Donald Trump’s justice department has asked a judge to shut down a Vermont law which holds major polluters financially responsible for climate damages.
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Donald Trump’s assault on green energy could halve pace of US decarbonisation, report finds
09/17/25
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Rising Electricity Price? Thank Trump
By Rahm Emanuel 09/17/25
In the two months since President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Democrats have focused their criticism on Republican efforts to make it harder for families to afford health insurance. That’s a good…
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Shipping companies support a first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials
By Jennifer McDermott 09/16/25
Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions.
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Young activists won a landmark state climate trial. Now they’re challenging Trump’s orders
By Matthew Brown 09/16/25
Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are trying to convince a federal judge to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels.
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Despite presidential animus, America’s solar industry is buzzing
09/16/25
THE SPHERE is a glittering example of American innovation and excess. It also uses, at peak times, as much electricity as 21,000 homes. The frontman for the Eagles, a veteran rock band that recently performed…
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Fearing Retaliation, Scientists Are Struggling to Share Impacts of Federal Cuts
By Kiley Price 09/16/25
Since January, the Trump administration has laid off thousands of scientists and staff and cut research funding for those who remain across the federal government. At the same time, department heads at different agencies—from the…
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The Bronzer Age
09/15/25
Environmentally speaking, under the Trump Administration, we’re jettisoning data, shutting down research, wiping out wisdom collected over decades, and ignoring the clarion calls of experts.
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The One Big, Beautiful Mistake Why dismantling the IRA hands clean energy leadership to China and Europe
By Michael Barnard 09/15/25
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), enacted in 2022, marked a seismic shift in U.S. industrial and energy policy, promising clarity and stability to a previously fragmented clean energy landscape. It introduced comprehensive, decade-spanning incentives designed…
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The Real Reason Trump Is a Threat to the Economy
By Jonathan Cohn 09/14/25
WITH HIS BROAD SHOULDERS, thick arms, and even thicker New England accent, ironworker David Langlais is exactly the sort of American who is supposed to love Donald Trump’s policies. But Langlais says he is dumbfounded…
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Trump sends fracking CEO to Europe to sell climate denial—and gas
By Emily Atkin 09/13/25
Imagine if Donald Trump had nominated a Purdue Pharma executive to lead the FDA, and that executive took a multi-day, taxpayer-funded international trip to tell world leaders that the opioid epidemic not a big deal…
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Trump Files to Cancel Approval of Maryland Offshore Wind Farm
By Mark Chediak 09/13/25
The Trump administration asked a federal court to cancel the approval of a $6 billion wind project planned off the coast of Maryland as part of a wider effort to halt the development of the…
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The U.S. Is Lashing Out at Europe Over Climate
By Alexander C. Kaufman 09/12/25
Current Conditions:Warming in the Gulf of Mexico is raising the risk of a tropical storm.
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Our forests are in danger – speak out against repealing the “roadless rule”!
09/12/25
The undeveloped backcountry of America’s national forests are currently protected from industrial logging and being fragmented by road networks by what is known as the “Roadless Rule.” This rule protects important habitat for animals like…
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Tell the Trump administration to keep this landmark conservation rule in place
09/12/25
The last remaining undeveloped lands within our national forests provide homes for wildlife, filter drinking water, provide recreational opportunities, and contain magnificent old-growth forests that absorb and store carbon, helping us to fight climate change.…
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Trump EPA to Stop Tracking Emissions From Biggest Polluters
By Ari Natter 09/12/25
The EPA plans to end standards that compel power plants, industrial facilities, oil refineries and other major polluters to collect and report data on their emissions.
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Solar Makers Battered by Trump’s Policies Are Ready to Counterpunch
By Mark Chediak 09/12/25
At Solar Fight Night, a staged boxing match at the biggest US clean energy conference, Solar beats Coal every time. But this year, some attendees of the annual RE+ event in Las Vegas lamented that…
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Big Solar Developers See Delays in US Approvals
By Mark Chediak 09/10/25
Developers of large solar farms said the Trump administration has stopped moving forward on approvals for projects that impact federal land, potentially leading to costly delays.
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U.S. Climate Progress Could Slow by More Than Half Under Trump
By Emily Pontecorvo 09/10/25
In less than a year,the Trump Administration has fully transformed U.S. climate and energy policy.
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Lights Out: How Trump’s war on climate science is weakening the US.
By Zahra Hirji and Others 09/08/25
In late July, President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal so bold it would have once seemed unthinkable: to reverse the endangerment finding, a legal determination under which the agency regulates planet-warming pollution.…
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Detroit’s Carmakers to Save Billions in Trump Emissions Rollback
By David Welch and Others 09/08/25
President Donald Trump’s push to cut federal sales incentives and roll back emissions standards is shaping up to be a multibillion-dollar gift to Detroit’s automakers as they shift investments into gasoline-fueled cars.
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400: Anti-science actions taken by US President Donald Trump during his first term
By Zahra Hirji and Others 09/08/25
In late July, President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal so bold it would have once seemed unthinkable: to reverse the endangerment finding, a legal determination under which the agency regulates planet-warming pollution.…
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Raid at Hyundai factory in Georgia is Trump administration’s largest yet
By Marianne LeVine and Lauren Kaori Gurley 09/05/25
Federal law enforcement agents this week raided a Hyundai factory in Bryan County, Georgia, arresting hundreds of immigrant workers in the largest worksite raid in President Donald Trump’s second term.
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Canada’s Carney to delay EV mandate as country deals with Trump’s tariffs
By Rob Gillies 09/05/25
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is delaying a requirement for automakers to begin hitting minimum sales levels for electric vehicles next year as the sector deals with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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White House moves closer to chopping Biden public lands rule
By Scott Streater 09/05/25
A signature Biden-era public lands policy that places conservation on par with energy development and mining on millions of acres overseen by the Bureau of Land Management is one step closer to being revoked.
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Trumponomics Is Starting to Have Some Ugly Effects
By Robinson Meyer 09/05/25
We got a much better sense of what the American labor market is doing today.
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States and developer sue the Trump administration for halting work on New England offshore wind farm
By Jennifer McDermott 09/05/25
Connecticut, Rhode Island and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states said Thursday that they’re suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project.
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Can D.C. police Big Oil?
By Emily Sanders 09/05/25
In the shadow of President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in the nation’s capital, House Republicans are attacking the District of Columbia’s ability to police an industry that helped put the president in power.
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With a key alliance in limbo, banks are risking ‘zombie’ net-zero targets
By Elsa Wenzel 09/04/25
The demand is straightforward, if not simple: To slow climate change, stop funding fossil fuels now, not decades from now.
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Republicans probe National Academies’ ‘partisan’ climate review
By Scott Waldman 09/04/25
House Republicans are investigating the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine for conducting a climate science review that they say could “undermine the Trump Administration.”
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Stop Trump’s Plan to Burn Up NASA’s Climate Watchdogs
09/04/25
Multiple news outlets are reporting that the Trump Administration plans to destroy NASA’s Orbiting Carbon... more
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Goodbye, FEMA. Hello, Disaster Consultants.
By Zoe Schlanger 09/03/25
Derrick Hiebert had planned to stick it out at FEMA. He was an assistant administrator working on hazard mitigation—he specialized in getting communities prepared for disasters—and like many emergency-management experts I’ve spoken with, he thinks…
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‘It Makes No Sense’: Healey Urges Trump to Stop Wind Attacks
By Mark Chediak and Others 09/03/25
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey urged President Donald Trump to stop the government’s push to halt offshore wind developments, saying more electricity supplies are needed to help consumers struggling to pay already-high utility bills.
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Trump’s Anti-Climate Crusade Puts Big Oil in Awkward Spot
By Benoit Morenne and Collin Eaton 09/03/25
The Trump administration has made undoing climate rules a cornerstone of its energy policy. One of its objectives is to bring production costs down and motivate drillers to unleash a torrent of fossil fuels.
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Donald Trump vs. the wind power industry
By David Gelles 09/02/25
The Trump administration has begun a broad campaign against the wind power industry, jeopardizing a growing source of energy at a time when the country is in need of additional electricity.
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Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report
By Lisa Friedman and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey 09/02/25
More than 85 American and international scientists have condemned a Trump administration report that calls the threat of climate change overblown, saying the analysis is riddled with errors, misrepresentations and cherry-picked data to fit the…
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Scores of Climate Experts Condemn Trump Climate Report as ‘Junk Science’
By Sharon Kelly and Emily J Gertz 09/02/25
A group of more than 85 climate experts today released a scathing review of the Trump administration’s “Climate Working Group” report on climate change science, condemning it as “biased, full of errors, and not fit…
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Trump admin proposes less restrictive sage grouse protections
By Scott Streater 09/02/25
The Trump administration is proposing revised plans for managing greater sage grouse across millions of acres of public lands in eight Western states that would potentially ease restrictions on oil and natural gas drilling, mining…
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A red state community bet on carbon capture. Trump is blocking it.
By Evan Halper 09/02/25
The Trump administration’s zeal to eviscerate incentives to reduce global warming has swept up a community in deep red Indiana, where supporters of the president say his targeting of a local cement factory is hurting…
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‘A new level of idiocracy’: Trump cuts $427M from California offshore wind project
By Aidin Vaziri 09/02/25
The Trump administration on Friday withdrew $426.7 million in federal funding for Northern California’s flagship offshore wind port, igniting a backlash from state and local officials who called the move a blow to jobs, climate…
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The Fight to Save Climate Grants Is Not Going Well
By Emily Pontecorvo 09/02/25
A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to kill former President Biden's $20 billion dollar green bank program,which would have provided low-cost loans for solar installations,building efficiency upgrades,and other…
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Trump is cutting climate satellites. That could affect weather prediction.
By Scott Dance 09/01/25
Two satellite instruments that track Earth’s carbon dioxide levels will soon go offline, deemed “beyond their primary mission.” Two others meant to monitor water contamination and air pollution, including from greenhouse gases, will be removed…
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Trump administration gives coal plants and chemical facilities a pass
By Elena Bruess 08/31/25
For Donna Thomas, smokestacks are a typical sight from her home in Fort Bend County, Texas. Since she was a child, she has seen the coal and natural gas-powered W.A. Parish Generating Station puff clouds…
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Trump admin cancels $679 million for offshore wind projects as attacks on reeling industry continue
By Matthew Daly 08/30/25
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
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Trump’s Big Stick Might be…Kind of Puny
By Bill McKibben 08/30/25
Here at home, the Trump administration’s efforts to kill off clean energy have entered the realm of the farcical. As the invaluable Jael Holzman reports, the administration may soon invoke the Migratory Bird Treaty Act…
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Trump’s Wind-Farm Halts Threatens Jobs, Support of Blue-Collar Workers
By Jennifer A Dlouhy 08/30/25
The White House is touting President Donald Trump’s commitment to US workers in the run-up to Labor Day, and the Interior Department just praised the men and women “fueling America’s offshore energy industry.”
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Trump officials fire EPA employees for signing dissent letter
By Amudalat Ajasa 08/29/25
The Trump administration has fired at least seven Environmental Protection Agency employees for signing a letter nearly two months ago criticizing the agency’s leadership, according to union officials.
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Trump Axes Logging Protections for 44 Million Acres of National Forest
By Alexander C. Kaufman 08/28/25
The Trump administration has started the process to roll back logging protections from more than 44 million acres of national forrest land.
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Trump Channels Hatred for Wind Farms Into Strike Against Orsted
By Mark Chediak 08/28/25
President Donald Trump is no fan of renewable power. But he reserves a special contempt for wind.
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Dems urge Trump against BP’s ultra-deepwater project
By Garrett Downs 08/27/25
Congressional Democrats are urging the Trump administration to block BP’s proposed Kaskida project in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 15 years after the company’s catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Trump Hands the Biofuels Business Another Win by Boosting Mandates
By Gerson Freitas Jr. 08/27/25
By now, it’s routine to see US President Donald Trump take swings against renewable energy. It’s also worth remembering how far his administration is going to support domestic biofuels.
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‘You had to fend for yourself’: Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid
By Dharna Noor 08/26/25
Darren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. When Hurricane Katrina struck 20 years ago this week, he watched his neighborhood wash away. From his second-floor apartment, he saw flood waters rise up…
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U.S. Stands Out as Renewable Investments Plummet
By Alexander C. Kaufman 08/26/25
On Trump’s latest wind target, new critical minerals, and methane maps
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How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is affecting climate tech investment
By Jake Mitchell 08/26/25
Based on results from the first half of 2025, climate tech investment is in wait-and-see mode.
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Green Eggs and Sun
By Bill McKibben 08/26/25
They would not like them on our federal lands (those are reserved for oil and gas, and maybe nuclear reactors). They do not want them on farmland. They will not allow them to float offshore.…
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Takeaways from scientists on the Trump administration’s work on climate change and public health
By Seth Borenstein and Michael Phillis 08/26/25
A Trump administration proposal to reverse a landmark finding that climate change is dangerous to the public relies heavily on a report from the Department of Energy that dozens of scientists say is flawed.
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Trump administration pushes ahead with NOAA climate and weather cuts
By Paul Voosen 08/25/25
President Donald Trump’s administration is set to spend nearly $100 million, or 14% less, on the research arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) than the level mandated by Congress for this year,…
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FEMA staffers accuse Trump of weakening disaster programs
By Zack Colman 08/25/25
Current and former FEMA officials are warning Congress that the Trump administration’s policies have undermined the nation’s ability to respond to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
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The Trump Administration Dismisses the Endangered Species List as ‘Hotel California.’ But There’s Far More to the Story
By Kiley Price 08/24/25
It’s the ominous slogan for “Hotel California,” an iconic fictional lodging dreamed up by the Eagles in 1976. One of the rock band’s lead singers, Don Henley, said in an interview that the song and…
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Trump Goes Further and Moves Faster to Gut Car-Emissions Rules
By Keith Laing 08/22/25
The simmering feud between Trump administration and California over US auto emissions boiled over in Washington this week. One top official went so far as to describe the contentious set of hearings as a “funeral”…
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Trump rolls back rules meant to keep politics out of climate research
By Scott Dance 08/22/25
Ahead of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, scientists and advocates sought to tighten rules that protect climate researchers and their work from political interference. They added policies to prevent a repeat…
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Trump admin blocks funds for farmers who want solar
By Kari Lydersen 08/22/25
The Rural Energy for America Program has for years helped thousands of American farmers pay for solar panels that lower their energy bills and earn them extra income. The Trump administration is putting an end…
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Trump Tees Up Another Attack on Wind
By Alexander C. Kaufman 08/22/25
The Trump administration launched an investigation into imported wind turbines and parts, teeing up what Bloomberg called a “potential precursor to adding more tariffs on the clean-energy components.” The Department of Commerce started a national…
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Trump Blamed Rising Electricity Prices on Renewables. It’s Not True.
By Matthew Zeitlin 08/21/25
Electricity prices are going up at about twice the rate of inflation. This is becoming a political problem for anyone currently in power, including President Donald Trump.
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Trump’s Copper Push Fails to Get the Resolution Mining CEOs Wanted
By Thomas Biesheuvel 08/20/25
The bosses of the world’s two biggest miners wanted their visit to the US this week to be capped by the green-lighting of a massive copper project that’s gained political importance for the Trump administration.
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EarthTalk: Consumers On Their Own As Trump Kills EnergySTAR
08/20/25
Have you ever seen a little blue sticker on your appliances, or paid attention to the EnergySTAR label when shopping for new ones? Those blue EnergySTAR labels are the most widely recognized symbol when Americans…
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Overturning the Endangerment Finding Could Lead to Rising Gas Prices
08/20/25
The revocation of the EPA's Endangerment Finding, which serves as the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, would have complex and far-reaching economic consequences, including the potential for higher…
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California, other state AGs urge Trump EPA to drop plan to kill greenhouse gas rules
By David Shepardson 08/20/25
Attorneys general from California and several other U.S. states led by Democrats on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump's administration to abandon its plan to rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health,…
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The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables, a Lifeline for Farmers
By Georgina Gustin 08/19/25
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week that it will stop funding wind and solar energy on American farmland, a move that continues the Trump administration’s attempts to kill incentives for renewables while it…
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Advocates See Trump’s Move to Kill Wind as Legally Vulnerable
By Bobby Magill 08/19/25
The Interior Department’s inconsistent treatment of migratory birds could be an opportunity for renewable energy advocates to show courts a clear example of the Trump administration’s capriciousness in its battle against wind and solar development,…
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Trump is shockingly dumb about (electric) power
By Bill McKibben 08/19/25
The next two elections should be decided on the great questions of democracy versus authoritarianism, openness versus racism, science versus ignorance. But my guess is that electric bills may play at least as large a…
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Stop Trump’s Climate Chaos Plan
08/19/25
Trump and Zeldin’s Climate Chaos Plan will make climate denial official U.S. policy, claiming climate change and the pollution that causes it pose no threat to public health or the environment. Their plan would let…
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New Clean Energy Tax Rules and Trump’s Policy of Energy Scarcity
By Michael Thomas 08/16/25
I’m not sure what I expected when I started working on clean energy and climate about 7 years ago. Sure, I didn’t think I was going to be drilling for ice samples in the Arctic…
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Protect the Endangered Species Act From Trump and Republican Attacks
08/15/25
A recent peer-reviewed study reaffirms what we’ve long known: the American people overwhelmingly and consistently support the Endangered Species Act.
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David Roberts on Lee Zeldin and Trump’s climate absurdity
By Aaron Rupar 08/15/25
In June of last year, we connected with the always colorful David Roberts to get his take on why media coverage of the presidential campaign made him feel like he was losing it.
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Meet the backpacker making Trump’s Arctic drilling push go viral
By Leah Garden 08/15/25
TikTok can be a sea of brain-rot, misinformation, and ads. Creators trying to inform the public about environmental issues face an uphill battle.
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Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims
By Ayesha Tandon and Others 08/14/25
A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 false or misleading statements, according to a Carbon Brief factcheck involving dozens of leading…
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Trump’s Treasury Set to Decide Fate of Hundreds of Wind, Solar Projects
By Caitlin Reilly and Ari Natter 08/14/25
A Treasury Department decision due next week threatens to undermine the financial viability of hundreds of planned clean energy projects, adding to an escalating Trump administration campaign against wind and solar power.
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Scientists rush to bolster climate finding Trump administration aims to undo
By Dharna Noor 08/13/25
Veteran climate scientists are organizing a coordinated public comment to a US Department of Energy (DOE) report that cast doubt on the scientific consensus on the climate crisis.
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Trump Couldn’t Kill Biden’s EV Charging Program
By Emily Pontecorvo 08/13/25
President Trump has had it in for electric vehicle charging since day one. His January 20 executive order “Unleashing American Energy” singled out the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program by name, directing the…
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President Trump Names David Rosner Chairman of FERC
08/13/25
David Rosner made the following statement on the announcement that President Trump has named him Chairman of FERC:
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The Trump Administration’s Concerted Attacks on Wind Threaten the Industry’s Future
By Kiley Price 08/12/25
In the weeks leading up to his inauguration, President Donald Trump made a pledge: “no new windmills.” He’s made major headway on that this year.
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Before A Steel Plant Exploded, Trump’s EPA Hid Risks From The Public
By Katya Schwenk 08/12/25
The U.S. Steel plant where two workers were killed and 10 injured in an explosion on Monday had a history of chemical accidents — but it was one of hundreds of high-risk chemical facilities that…
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8 ways that Interior is targeting wind projects
By Ian M. Stevenson 08/11/25
The Trump administration has taken multiple actions to stifle wind energy projects in recent weeks, including a series of high-profile orders from the Interior Department.
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Donald Trump’s Backdoor Gasoline Tax
By Robinson Meyer 08/08/25
It hasn’t attracted much attention, but a document filed by the Trump administration last week admits to something important: The Trump administration believes that it is going to make gasoline more expensive for Americans.
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EPA axes contracts with unions
By Hannah Northey 08/08/25
EPA on Friday canceled contracts with a host of unions, including the America Federation of Government Employees, the largest labor organization representing staffers from the agency, according to a letter viewed by POLITICO’s E&E News.
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The Trump Administration Is Rewriting Published Climate Reports
By Alexander C. Kaufman 08/08/25
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said his agency is preparing to rewrite previously published National Climate Assessments, which have already been removed from government websites. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Wright said the…
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Trump order aims to politicize decisions on federal science grants
By Jeffrey Mervis 08/08/25
Research advocates are expressing alarm over a White House directive on federal grantmaking released yesterday that they say threatens to enhance President Donald Trump’s control over science agency decisions on what to fund. It would,…
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Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health
By Tammy Webber 08/07/25
The Trump administration is moving to shut down two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health, potentially shutting off an important source of data for scientists, policymakers and farmers.
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The Only Path to Permitting Reform Runs Through Trump
By Matthew Zeitlin 08/07/25
How do you do a bipartisan permitting deal if the Republicans running the government don’t want to permit anything Democrats like?
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Trump’s Attack on Wind, Solar Cuts Deeper Than Industry Expected
By Mark Chediak and Others 08/07/25
President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on wind and solar power from the rhetorical to the tangible, mounting a rapid-fire campaign that exceeds the industries’ worst fears.
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Trump Says He’s Readying More Tariffs on Russian Energy Buyers
By Kate Sullivan 08/06/25
President Donald Trump suggested he would impose increased tariffs on additional countries buying energy from Russia — including China — after saying earlier Tuesday that he would raise levies on Indian exports within 24 hours.
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Trump’s Total War on Wind Power
By Jael Holzman 08/05/25
The Trump administration is widening its efforts to restrict wind power, proposing new nationwide land use restrictions and laying what some say is the groundwork for targeting wind facilities under construction or even operation.
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E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy
By Maxine Joselow 08/05/25
The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter.
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Republican lawmakers slow Trump Treasury picks over wind, solar credits
By Reuters 08/05/25
Two Republican senators have put holds on three of U.S. President Donald Trump's Treasury Department nominees over a White House effort to make it harder for companies to claim tax credits for wind and solar…
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The E.P.A.’s Disastrous Plan to End the Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
By Elizabeth Kolbert 08/04/25
Nineteen years ago, toward the end of the George W. Bush Administration, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a case prompted by government inaction on climate change. The plaintiffs in the case, Massachusetts…
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Trump is falling into an old energy trap
08/04/25
The U.S. economy desperately needs more electricity. Demand is projected to outstrip supply in the coming years, largely due to data centers powering artificial intelligence. That leaves the government no choice: To avoid an energy…
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Trump administration cancels plans to develop new offshore wind projects
By Jennifer McDermott 08/01/25
The Trump administration is canceling plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development, the latest step to suppress the industry in the United States.
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A Legal Analysis of the Trump EPA’s Plan to Revoke the Endangerment Finding
By Hana Vizcarra and Marvin C. Brown 1V 08/01/25
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a proposal to revoke the endangerment finding. The proposal relies on misinterpretations of the law and recent cases, fringe science, and tortured cost analysis to justify a…
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How Trump-Vetted Scientists Are Trying to Shred the Climate Consensus
By Brian Kahn and Others 07/31/25
A new report from the US Department of Energy says projections of future global warming are exaggerated, while benefits from higher levels of carbon dioxide such as more productive farms are overlooked. It concludes, at…
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Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda?
By Dan Gearino 07/31/25
The United States added 22,332 megawatts of power plant capacity in the first half of this year, and the vast majority of it was utility-scale solar, batteries and onshore wind.
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We fact-checked the Trump administration’s climate report
By Shannon Osaka and Others 07/31/25
The Energy Department released a report this week promising a “critical review” of climate science, coinciding with the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to end climate regulation across the federal government.
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Analysis: Trump’s tariffs could cut just 0.3% from global CO2 emissions in 2025
By Molly Lempriere and Ho Woo Nam 07/30/25
While the Trump administration is setting back international climate action through policies such as the “one big beautiful bill”, some analysts have argued that his tariffs would inadvertently cut carbon by throwing sand into the…
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Trump EPA moves to repeal landmark ‘endangerment finding’ that allows climate regulation
By Matthew Daly 07/30/25
President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
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Stop Secretary Burgum’s Gatekeeping of Wind & Solar Projects
07/30/25
The Trump administration just slammed the brakes on clean energy. A new policy gives Interior Secretary Doug Burgum the power to personally veto every single wind and solar project on federal lands.
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Breaking: Trump Targets EPA Climate Rule, Endangers Us All
07/30/25
The Trump Administration’s EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has just proposed a shocking and dangerous move: repealing the 2009 “endangerment finding” that empowers the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. This foundational scientific…
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Trump’s EPA now says greenhouse gases don’t endanger people
By Jeff Brady 07/24/25
The Trump administration wants to overturn a key 2009 Environmental Protection Agency finding that underpins much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.
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Trump administration EPA cuts are ‘absolutely nuts,’ health expert says
By Harry Mok 07/24/25
There’s a threat around us 24 hours a day that the Trump administration could make even more dangerous.
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Trump Cuts Off Funding for Grain Belt Power Line
By Alexander C. Kaufman 07/24/25
The Department of Energy canceled a nearly $5 billion loan guarantee for the Grain Belt Express, a transmission project designed to move wind power from Kansas to the industrial upper Midwest. After more than a…
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Trump’s latest plan to undo the ‘holy grail’ of climate rules: Never mind the science
By Zack Colman 07/23/25
The Trump administration plans to argue that federal law does not require agencies to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, in a move designed to derail virtually all U.S. limits on climate pollution, according to three people…
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Trump’s insane war on renewable energy
By Matthew Yglesias 07/23/25
I’ve often had occasion to write that environmentalists are overrating the prospects of 100 percent renewable energy as a strategy for addressing climate change.
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Trump denies Maryland’s request for FEMA aid after devastating floods
By Katie Shepherd 07/23/25
The White House on Wednesday denied Democratic Gov. Wes Moore’s request for $15.8 million in disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to pay for repairs after heavy floods swept through…
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SEC Asks 8th Circ. To Rule On Abandoned Climate Regs
By Jessica Corso 07/23/25
The U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission asked the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday to decide the fate of Biden-era climate disclosure rules that the agency has said....
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US EPA to withdraw foundation of greenhouse gas rules, sources say
By Valerie Volcovici 07/23/25
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to reverse its scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health, removing the legal foundation that underpins all major climate regulations, two sources familiar with the discussions told…
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Trump is transforming the GOP’s energy policies — and not all conservatives are happy
By Zack Colman 07/22/25
Republicans spent four years railing against former President Joe Biden’s use of Washington’s money and regulatory heft to promote wind farms, solar panels and electric cars.
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Key senator makes bipartisan plea to Trump to invest in weather and early warning networks
By Andrew Freedman 07/22/25
A prominent senator is calling on President Donald Trump to reverse course on his proposal to slash the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, making a case for America to be a world…
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Strong, Opposing Reactions to Cancelation of Louisiana’s $3 Billion Coastal Restoration Project
By Jeff Ferrell and Eva Tesfaye 07/21/25
The state of Louisiana has officially canceled the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project. Once billed as the largest-ever coastal restoration effort of its kind, the $3 billion project had long been considered the cornerstone of Louisiana’s…
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Global Coal Demand Is Rising, and America Wants In
By Matthew Zeitlin 07/21/25
While the story of coal demand has been largely about rapid industrialization in Asia — especially India and China — the United States under President Trump has been working hard to make itself a main…
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Science and Democracy Under Siege
By Darya Minovi and Others 07/21/25
Since the Inauguration, the administration has systematically destroyed federal scientific systems. The Trump administration’s actions are not normal. This is an illegal power grab—a wholesale attack on the democratic systems upon which this nation was…
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Lights Out
By Jonathan Mingle 07/20/25
For anyone concerned that the world is hurtling toward three degrees of warming by the end of the century—a future described as “hellish” by the UN secretary general—there is one useful byproduct of the budget…
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Trump administration escalates fight against climate lawsuits
By Lesley Clark 07/18/25
The Trump administration and two dozen Republican-led states are urging the Maryland Supreme Court to toss out three lawsuits that seek to hold the oil and gas industry financially liable for climate change.
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Enviros unleash more ads slamming GOP ‘beautiful’ vote
By Timothy Cama 07/18/25
Environmental groups are continuing their advertising onslaught against vulnerable Republican lawmakers who voted to pass the tax and spending bill rolling back renewable energy credits.
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How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Changed America’s Clean Energy Policy
By Robinson Meyer 07/18/25
The landmark Republican reconciliation bill, which President Trump signed on July 4, has shattered the tax credits that served as the centerpiece of the country’s clean energy and climate policy.
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Why the megalaw didn’t kill Biden’s biggest climate program
By Jean Chemnick 07/17/25
President Donald Trump’s megalaw was supposed to consign EPA’s $27 billion climate lending program to the dustbin of history. Instead it’s raising new questions about the fate of the Biden-era program.
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California can fix Trump’s EV mistake
By Mike Murphy 07/17/25
When he signed his budget bill into law on July 4, President Trump dealt a heavy blow to America’s electric vehicle industry, ending most federal support for U.S. electric vehicle manufacturing and hobbling automakers’ $100-billion…
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Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows
By Nina Lakhani 07/17/25
Donald Trump’s huge spending boost for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons (Mt) of planet-heating gases – on a par with the annual carbon equivalent (CO2e) emissions generated by 68 gas power plants…
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Trump taps Project 2025 contributor to fill vacant FERC seat
By Ethan Howland 07/17/25
The White House on Wednesday named David LaCerte, an official in the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, to fill a vacant seat at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Trump adds new level of scrutiny to wind and solar projects
By Jake Spring 07/17/25
The Interior Department said Thursday that it would add additional layers of review for wind and solar energy projects, following President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending any “preferential treatment” for renewable energy.
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The Big Beautiful Lie
07/16/25
While families across the country celebrated the 4th of July, the Republican Congress passed a new federal budget that makes one thing clear: polluters come before people. This bill isn’t subtle. It’s bold in its…
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America’s Clean Energy Transition Will Continue Despite the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
By Isabel Hoyos and Others 07/16/25
President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law on July 4, radically reforming the American energy and industrial policies shaped by his predecessor’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
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Internal Agency Memo Calls for Political Reviews of Solar, Wind Projects
By Jael Holzman 07/16/25
The federal government is poised to put solar and wind projects through strict new reviews that may delay projects across the country, according to a widely circulating document reviewed by Heatmap.
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Publication of sustainability reports has dropped by half this year
By Jim Giles 07/16/25
Just 432 large U.S. companies filed sustainability reports during the first half of 2025, a sharp drop from the 831 that did so during the same period last year.
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
By Hana Kiros 07/15/25
Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people abroad who need it. Nearly 500 metric tons of emergency…
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Trump administration moves away from abolishing FEMA
By Natalie Allison 07/11/25
For months, President Donald Trump and his homeland security secretary have said the Federal Emergency Management Agency could be eliminated. But as the president visited Texas to view the impact of last week’s deadly floods,…
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The Race to Build Solar and Wind Before Trump’s Tax Credit Deadline
By Colin Kinniburgh 07/11/25
As negotiations over President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” came down to the wire last week, renewable energy developers were holding their breath. Until the eleventh hour, it looked like Congress was ready to make…
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Trump tours Texas flood damage as the disaster tests his pledge to do away with FEMA
By Sean Murphy and Will Weissert 07/11/25
President Trump on Friday toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded local officials amid mounting criticism that they failed to warn residents fast enough that a deadly wall of water was coming…
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The Lasting Threat of Trump’s Cuts to NOAA and NWS on American Communities
By Margaret Cooney and Cody Hankerson 07/10/25
Over the Fourth of July weekend, heavy rainfall led to devastating and catastrophic flooding across six Central Texas counties. More than 100 people have died, with hundreds more reported as still missing. The flood has…
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Trump’s crackdown on renewable energy has just begun
By Jake Spring 07/09/25
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday evening ordering his administration to crack down on remaining loopholes allowing access to renewable energy tax breaks, after Congress voted last week to overwhelmingly roll back the…
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Let’s talk impeachment with John Bonifaz of Free Speech For People
By Jess Craven and John Bonifaz 07/08/25
Hi, everyone! Thanks for coming to watch my conversation. with the awesome John Bonifaz of Free Speech For People! I’m glad you all seemed to like it so much—I’ve gotten lots of great feedback!
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The Only Weather Models That Nailed the Texas Floods Are on Trump’s Chopping Block
By Jeva Lange 07/08/25
Tropical Storm Barry was, by all measures, a boring storm. “Blink and you missed it,” as a piece in Yale Climate Connections put it after Barry formed, then dissipated over 24 hours in late June,…
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One Big Beautiful Bill set to slash through U.S. climate and justice drive
07/08/25
In the end, President Donald Trump’s giant tax and spending plan rocketed past both fiscal hawks and social moderates in the House with no changes on Thursday.
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How the Trump administration is already cutting off climate research
By Scott Dance 07/05/25
A $15 million federal grant was supposed to help scientists better understand how the warming climate is harming plants and animals, setting many on paths toward extinction. But the Trump administration shelved it earlier this…
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Mid-year check on 2035 climate plans
06/19/25
Halfway through 2025 and, despite an early deadline this year, only 11 of the 40 countries the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) assesses have submitted a 2035 climate target (NDC). Of them, just one has put…
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‘Set up for failure’: Trump’s cuts bring climate and energy agencies to a standstill, workers say
By Zack Colman 06/17/25
Cuts and freezes are jamming up some of the basic functions of government at agencies targeted in President Donald Trump’s rollbacks of his predecessors’ energy and environmental policies, more than a dozen federal employees told…
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What Trump’s FEMA Cuts Mean for Hurricane Season
By Lauren Rosenthal and Zahra Hirji 06/13/25
The Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1 and is predicted to be more active than usual this year. A busy hurricane season would test the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of President…
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Trump’s Onshore Wind Pause Is Still On
By Jael Holzman 06/11/25
Federal agencies are still refusing to process permit applications for onshore wind energy facilities nearly six months into the Trump administration, putting billions in energy infrastructure investments at risk.
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Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
By Eric Holthaus 06/11/25
A major US government website supporting public education on climate science looks likely to be shuttered after almost all of its staff were fired, the Guardian has learned.
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The One Word Trump Is Using to Erase Greenhouse Gas Rules
By Emily Pontecorvo 06/11/25
In federal policymaking, the weight of the law can rest on a single word. When it comes to reducing planet-warming emissions from the power sector, that word is “significantly.” The Clean Air Act requires the…
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Sunnova Announces Strategic Action to Facilitate Value-Maximizing Sale Process
06/09/25
Sunnova Energy International Inc. (“Sunnova” or the “Company”) (NYSE: NOVA) today announced that on June 8, 2025, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries voluntarily filed petitions for chapter 11 relief in the United States…
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Top Trump officials visit prolific Alaska oil field amid push to expand drilling
By Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen 06/02/25
President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing through Alaska’s vast pipeline system and build a massive natural gas project as its “big, beautiful twin,” a top administration official said Monday while…
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Trump Scales Back Emergency Funds as Hurricane Season Starts
By Philip Elliott 05/29/25
Two weeks before Election Day last year, Donald Trump dropped into western North Carolina, where the devastation from Tropical Storm Helene was still fresh and frustration with Washington was boiling over. If elected, Trump pledged,…
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The DOGE Cuts Will Outlast Trump
By Jeva Lange 05/28/25
By anyone’s best guess, there are — or soon will be — 284,186 fewer federal employees and contractors than there were on January 19, 2025. While Voice of America and the U.S. Agency for International…
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Trump aims for 400 GW of nuclear by 2050, 10 large reactors under construction by 2030
By Brian Martucci 05/28/25
The White House wants to deploy 300 GW of net new nuclear capacity by 2050 and have 10 large reactors under construction in the U.S. by 2030 while expanding domestic nuclear fuel supplies, according to…
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Methane Trackers Meet a New Moment
By Emily Sanders 05/27/25
When Sharon Wilson arrives on site at an oil and gas facility in Texas, it’s the smell that often greets her first. An odor similar to rotten eggs or a mechanic shop can come from…
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Tax bill passed by House Republicans would gut Biden-era clean energy tax credits
By Matthew Daly, Alexa St. John And Matthew Brown 05/23/25
The multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package passed by House Republicans early Thursday would gut clean energy tax credits that Democrats approved three years ago while supporting increased mining, drilling and other traditional energy production.
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For Real, What Do Trump’s Executive Orders Do?
By Sambhav Sankar 05/12/25
Since taking office in January, President Trump has signed at least 130 EOs, plus more than 75 presidential proclamations and memoranda, on everything from “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” to “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias”…
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Trump’s Thirst for Cheap Oil Irks an Industry He Loves to Praise
By Kevin Crowley and David Wethe 05/11/25
Terrel Hardin was at a diner along Route 66 in western Oklahoma when his phone rang with bad news: The engine on one of his oil rigs had broken. In times past it would be…
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The Trump administration has all but stopped enforcing environmental laws
By Tom Perkins 05/08/25
Protecting the nation from polluters is a core function of the Environmental Protection Agency. But in the last few months, federal enforcement of major violations of environmental laws appears to have ground to a halt.…
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States denied disaster aid as FEMA safety net begins to shrink
By John Ryan 05/07/25
In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump turned down half the requests for major disaster aid that crossed his desk.
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Trump administration plans to end Energy Star program for home appliances
By Maxine Joselow 05/06/25
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to end Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels have certified the energy efficiency of home appliances for more than three decades, according to three people briefed on…
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National park advocates erect 300 billboards nationwide to protest ‘DOGE’s dangerous cuts’
By Kamrin Baker 05/06/25
Earlier this year, in accordance with the Trump administration’s efforts to “cut federal spending,” through the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, major layoffs and budget cuts were instituted across the National Park and National…
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Park Service suspends air-quality monitoring at all national parks
By Maxine Joselow 05/05/25
The Trump administration has temporarily suspended an air-quality monitoring program at national parks across the country, according to an internal email obtained by The Washington Post and two people familiar with the matter who spoke…
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Opinion | Trump’s executive order to boost US deep-sea mining will force China to act
By Ma Bo and Liu Yuhang 05/05/25
On April 24, President Donald Trump issued a groundbreaking executive order directing the United States to accelerate deep-sea mining operations in international waters, marking the first time the US government has endorsed the commercial extraction…
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Annual ocean conference nets $9.1 billion for initiatives, despite US absence
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts 05/05/25
Delegates from more than 100 nations and thousands of participants convened in Busan, South Korea, between April 28 and 30, for the 10th Our Ocean Conference (OOC). The annual event focuses on enacting concrete actions…
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Trump cuts will lead to more deaths in disasters, expert warns: ‘It is really scary’
By Nina Lakhani 05/05/25
The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to disaster management will cost lives in the US, with hollowed-out agencies unable to accurately predict, prepare for or respond to extreme weather events, earthquakes and pandemics, a leading expert…
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Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species
By Tammy Webber 05/05/25
Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species and whether industry had a hand in drafting it.
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Trump has cut global climate finance. China is more than happy to step in.
By Christian Shepherd 05/04/25
The Philippines, among the countries in Southeast Asia, has the most contentious relationship with China: It is embroiled in a protracted and high-stakes territorial dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea, and has accused…
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Scientific societies to do climate assessment after Trump administration dismissed authors
By Maya Yang 05/03/25
Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis…
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Trump Budget Cuts Threaten National Parks
By Saanvi Doshi 05/03/25
America’s national parks welcome millions of visitors per year, some 331.9 million in 2024. And parks offer more than just scenery. The 63 American national parks are vital to conservation and local economies. The National…
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New ‘Climate Superfund’ Laws Face Widening Legal Challenges
By Karen Zraick 05/02/25
The Trump administration sued to block two state laws designed to force oil companies to pay the costs of climate change. Several other states are joining the fight, too.
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Senate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants
By Maxine Joselow 05/01/25
The Senate voted Thursday to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants, oil refineries and other industrial facilities, reversing one of President Joe Biden’s major…
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Trump administration sues Hawaii, 3 other states to block climate lawsuits, laws
05/01/25
President Donald Trump’s administration said today it is suing four Democratic-led states to prevent them from enforcing “burdensome and ideologically motivated” laws and pursuing lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over the harms caused by…
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Fact-Checking the ‘President Who Follows Science’
By Rebecca Dzombak 04/30/25
In the first hours of his second term, he withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization.
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In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment
By Kiley Bense and Others 04/30/25
One hundred days into the second Trump administration, many environmentalists’ worst fears about the new presidency have been realized—and surpassed.
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The State Of Clean Energy Jobs
04/30/25
In just two years, clean energy incentives sparked a historic surge in U.S. factory construction and created over 400,000 new jobs. Now, though, President Trump is moving quickly to dismantle key parts of the sector,…
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Trump administration dismisses authors of key climate report
By Andrew Jeong 04/29/25
The Trump administration told scientists writing a congressionally mandated climate report that it was “releasing” them from their roles and that the report’s scope was being reevaluated, in an email sent Monday and seen by…
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The EPA is canceling almost 800 environmental justice grants, court filing reveals
By Maxine Joselow and Amudalat Ajasa 04/29/25
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to cancel a total of 781 grants issued under President Joe Biden, EPA lawyers wrote in a little-noticed court filing last week, almost twice the number previously reported.
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Trump administration dismisses all authors of major climate report, throwing US assessment into limbo
By Andrew Freedman 04/29/25
The Trump administration has dismissed all the scientists and other authors working on the next authoritative look at how climate change is affecting the United States, according to an email sent to authors Monday and…
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Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn
By Maya Yang 04/27/25
Environmental conservation groups are expressing major concerns over Donald Trump’s recent proclamation to reverse fishing regulations across the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine national monument, a federally protected area in the central Pacific Ocean spanning nearly…
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Trump policies put NY climate goals further out of reach
By Rosemary Misdary 04/25/25
President Donald Trump’s first term helped inspire New York’s landmark climate law, which set renewable energy goals that would put the state on the path toward a zero-emissions economy. Four months into Trump’s second term,…
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At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables
By Joe Lo 04/24/25
While the leaders of the UK, European Union (EU) and ministers from Barbados and Colombia argued that clean energy provides energy security, ministers and officials from oil and gas producers like the US, Iraq and…
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Trump administration sidelines public to expand drilling and mining on public lands
04/24/25
On Wednesday evening, the Trump administration unveiled emergency permitting procedures to fast-track oil, gas and mining projects on national public lands – sharply curtailing public participation and environmental review. The changes, issued under a declared…
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Trump officials consider shrinking 6 national monuments in the West
By Jake Spring and Dino Grandoni 04/24/25
Trump officials are analyzing whether to remove federal protections for national monuments spanning millions of acres in the West, according to two people familiar with the matter and an internal Interior Department document, in order…
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Interior Department to Fast-Track Oil, Gas and Mining Projects
By Lisa Friedman 04/23/25
The Interior Department said late Wednesday that it would fast-track approvals for projects involving coal, gas, oil and minerals on public lands, arguing that President Trump’s declaration of an energy emergency allowed it to radically…
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EPA to fire or reassign more than 450 staffers working on environmental justice, DEI
By Amudalat Ajasa 04/22/25
The Environmental Protection Agency has informed more than 450 employees working on environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion that they will be fired or reassigned, according to an agency spokesman, as part of the…
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US Weather Analysis for 27 States Goes Dark in Funding Lapse
By Lauren Rosenthal and Brian K Sullivan 04/17/25
Weather analysis tools used by a wide array of businesses and government entities across the US have gone dark after funding for long-running regional climate hubs lapsed. The websites for four US National Oceanic and…
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Trump Admin Halts New York Offshore Wind Project, Orders Review of All Existing Biden-Era Wind Permits
By Thomas Catenacci 04/16/25
The Trump administration is halting construction of a massive offshore wind project being built in federal waters off the coast of New York and ordering a sprawling review of existing offshore wind permits, the Washington…
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New Executive Order Challenges State Climate Laws
By Shawn Zovod and Others 04/11/25
Challenging a slew of state climate-related laws and programs, President Trump’s April 8, 2025 executive order (EO) set the stage for more legal fights between the federal government and states. In the new EO, “Protecting…
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Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget
By Scott Dance 04/11/25
A new Trump proposal would eliminate nearly all National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration labs focused on studying the world’s weather, climate and oceans and would slash much of the agency’s budget — part of what…
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A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate
By Michael Phillis and Others 03/13/25
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he said would spur the U.S. economy by rolling back rules that have unfairly burdened industry. Many of the moves…
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Trump wants to bring back incandescent light bulbs. Factories don’t even make them anymore
By Adele Peters 02/14/25
In 2019, when the first Trump administration rolled back energy efficiency standards on light bulbs, President Trump said that modern bulbs don’t “make you look as good,” and “as a vain person, that’s very important…
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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
By Catrin Einhorn 02/10/25
The draft was almost ready for submission, due in less than a month. More than 150 scientists and other experts had collectively spent thousands of hours working on the report, a first-of-its-kind assessment of nature…
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Scoop: The Draft Order that Offshore Wind Opponents Sent to Trump
By Jael Holzman 01/15/25
Major groups in the anti-offshore wind movement are going big, submitting a lengthy policy wishlist to the Trump transition team,according to the documents obtained and first reported by Heatmap News.
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The Trump Administration’s Expected Impact on U.S. Rail
By Michael K. Friedberg and Thomas Freeman 01/13/25
A second Donald Trump Administration is poised to usher in notable changes in U.S. passenger and freight rail policy.
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