“New York intends to build a large nuclear-power facility, the first major new U.S. plant undertaken in more than 15 years and a big test of President Trump’s promise to expedite permitting for such projects,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Democrats and clean energy advocates are ratcheting up pressure on a handful of Republican senators to salvage billions of dollars in projects, ahead of an expected vote next week on President Trump’s megabill that targets critical subsidies for elimination,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“How fast to wind down clean-energy credits is one of several contentious pieces of the tax-and-spending legislation, along with reductions in Medicaid spending, that Republican party leaders need to iron out quickly to hit a July 4 deadline for delivering the bill to Trump’s desk. While some Republicans are trying to protect funding for projects in their states, other GOP lawmakers see the subsidies as a ripe target for savings, as the party moves to extend and expand Trump’s tax cuts.”

“The Trump administration said on Monday that it planned to eliminate federal protections across millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness, a move that would allow drilling and mining in some of the last remaining pristine wilderness in the country,” the New York Times reports.

“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 future of domestic battery, electric vehicle and solar and wind energy development,” the AP reports.

“Many companies are concerned that investments will be in jeopardy amid House Republicans’ passage of a tax bill that would gut clean energy credits.”

New York Times: “If passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Trump, the bill would sharply slow the sales and production of battery-powered cars and trucks in the United States and set back the global effort to address climate change.”

“The measure would gut subsidies for battery manufacturing, incentives for purchases of electric vehicles by individuals and businesses, and money for charging stations that Congress passed during the Biden administration. And it would impose a new annual fee on owners of electric cars and trucks.”

“President Donald Trump’s imaginary gas price has fallen,” CNN reports.

“Two weeks ago, Trump falsely claimed ‘a couple’ states had just seen gas prices fall to $1.98 per gallon. That was not even close to true – no state had an average lower than about $2.70 per gallon, and there was no evidence any individual station was offering gas for under $2 per gallon – but the next day Trump said ‘three states’ had just hit $1.98 per gallon, which was also far from the truth.”

“Trump repeated this inaccurate assertion about three $1.98 states at least three times this week. Then, during a commencement address at the University of Alabama on Thursday night, he used an even lower figure.”

Gallup: “Americans’ support for the use of nuclear energy as an electricity source in the U.S. has risen six percentage points, to 61%, since Gallup’s last measurement, in 2023. This is just one point shy of the 2010 record high for this question that has been tracked since 1994; it includes 29% of U.S. adults who say they “strongly” and 32% who “somewhat” favor nuclear energy.”

“President Trump has America’s wind-energy industry at a standstill,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Developers are delaying some projects and writing down the value of investments. Plans are hanging in limbo.”

“During his campaign, Trump directed fierce criticism to offshore wind projects, which he promised to ‘end on day one.’ His first wave of executive orders included a pause for federal permits and leasing for wind projects on land and at sea.”

Fortune: “Rivian’s most ambitious investment project to date could be at risk, after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp warned disbursement of a $6.6 billion U.S. federal loan had been put on hold.”

“The automaker secured the financing through a dedicated Department of Energy program in the dying days of the Biden administration. The funds are needed to erect a manufacturing plant that can build its next-generation R2 electric cars at scale.”

“The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has created a new class of ’emergency’ permits for fossil fuel projects, raising the possibility that pipelines, mines, power plants and other facilities could be fast-tracked for approval as part of President Trump’s demand to increase oil, gas and coal production,” the New York Times reports.

“The move could reduce the opportunities for the public and local officials to weigh in on the effects of proposed projects. It may even short-circuit the National Environmental Policy Act, a 55-year-old law that requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental effects of major projects before they are built. That process can take months or even years, depending on the project’s complexity.”

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) is calling on President Trump to let tax credits and contracted federal dollars under the Inflation Reduction Act to proceed as promised to businesses, Politico reports.

He also urged Trump to not pick “winners and losers” on energy sources — including wind power.

“A federal clean-energy program fueled by hundreds of billions of dollars during the Biden administration has lost about one-fourth of its staff as part of President Trump’s program to reduce employees across the government,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Roughly 60 employees, including dozens of so-called probationary employees hired in the past few years, have resigned since Trump took office or were fired last week at the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office.”