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New York to Build New Nuclear Power Plant

June 23, 2025 at 10:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“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.

Filed Under: Energy

Clean Energy Projects Hinge on Senate Megabill

June 20, 2025 at 10:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“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.”

Filed Under: Energy

Trump to Open Alaskan Wilderness to Drilling

June 2, 2025 at 9:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“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.

Filed Under: Energy


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$14 Billion in Clean Energy Projects Already Canceled

May 30, 2025 at 7:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“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.”

Filed Under: Energy

Republican Tax Bill Could Sharply Slow EV Sales

May 23, 2025 at 5:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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.”

Filed Under: Energy

Trump Plans to Shut Down Energy Star Program

May 6, 2025 at 10:16 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Trump administration is preparing to eliminate two key Environmental Protection Agency divisions focused on climate change and energy efficiency, including its consumer-facing Energy Star program,” CNN reports.

“The agency is planning to shutter its climate change division and climate protection partnership division, both of which sit within the agency’s office of air and radiation… The moves will impact several climate programs including the greenhouse gas reporting program and EPA’s partnerships on methane – a super-polluting, planet-warming gas emitted from oil and gas, agriculture and landfills.”

Filed Under: Energy, Environment

Trump Keeps Making Up Gas Prices

May 2, 2025 at 1:13 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“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.”

Filed Under: Energy

Nuclear Energy Support Near Record High

April 12, 2025 at 7:52 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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.”

Filed Under: Energy

Nuclear Bomb Staffers on ‘Non-Essential’ List

April 5, 2025 at 7:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Energy Department has identified 8,500 jobs as “non-essential” — including positions that oversee the nation’s stockpile of nuclear weapons — as it prepares to cut employees in response to a mandate from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team, Bloomberg reports.

Filed Under: Energy, National Security

Conservatives Suddenly Embrace Tesla

March 26, 2025 at 10:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Conservatives are rallying around Tesla while liberals ditch or distance themselves from Elon Musk’s electric vehicles in a surprising about-face for a company whose fate is deeply tied to the politics of sustainability and climate issues,” The Hill reports.

“Republicans, who have long eschewed electric vehicles and the movement away from fossil fuels, have come to Tesla’s defense as it suffers financially and faces attacks tied to Musk’s work with the Trump administration.”

Filed Under: Energy, Environment

Ontario Will Cut Off U.S. Electricity Exports

March 3, 2025 at 7:45 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“As Canada prepares for President Donald Trump to unleash his trade war against Canada on Tuesday, Ontario’s ready to pull the plug,” the Toronto Sun reports.

“Speaking Monday at a mining convention in downtown Toronto, Ontario Premier Doug Ford doubled down on threats to cut electricity exports to U.S. border states if the tariffs go through.”

Said Ford: “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face.”

He added: “They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard, we’re going to come back twice as hard.”

Filed Under: Energy, Foreign Affairs

Putin Ally Seeks Restart of Gas Pipeline with U.S. Backing

March 3, 2025 at 10:01 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A former spy and close friend of Vladimir Putin has been engineering a restart of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe with the backing of US investors, a once unthinkable move that shows the breadth of Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Moscow,” the Financial Times reports.

Filed Under: Energy, Foreign Affairs

Trump Paralyzes the U.S. Wind Power Industry

February 23, 2025 at 10:48 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“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.”

Filed Under: Energy

Fate of Rivian’s Federal Loan Hangs in the Balance

February 21, 2025 at 9:18 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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.”

Filed Under: Energy

Trump Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects

February 20, 2025 at 1:30 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“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.”

Filed Under: Energy

Oklahoma Governor Wants Trump to Back Off

February 19, 2025 at 10:11 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Energy

Clean-Energy Program Takes Deep Staff Cuts

February 17, 2025 at 6:59 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“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.”

Filed Under: Energy

Trump Suspends $5 Billion EV Charging Program

February 7, 2025 at 12:30 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Federal Highway Administration on Thursday announced the suspension of a Biden-era electric vehicle charging network, the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to gut its predecessors’ energy and environmental moves,” The Hill reports.

“The suspension marks the latest Trump administration move to freeze funds already approved by Congress.”

Filed Under: Energy, Environment

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