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- ‘Putting profit over people’: big gas is waging war on a California clean air rule Wed, 4 Jun 25, 11:00pmCoalition that includes SoCalGas, country’s largest gas utility, has launched fierce campaign against transition away from gas-fired appliances
- Meta signs deal with nuclear plant to power AI and datacenters for 20 years Wed, 4 Jun 25, 1:34amFacebook and Instagram parent’s deal follows other big tech companies signing agreements with power companies
- Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining Tue, 3 Jun 25, 8:35amDoug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversed
- ‘Going to increase prices on everybody’: US energy department workers sound alarm over cuts Sat, 31 May 25, 9:00pmEmployees say cuts and deregulation undermine department’s ability to function and will cause cost hikes
- Trump hates wind power. But these Texas Republicans are embracing it Tue, 27 May 25, 10:00pmWind turbines have become a financial lifeline in rural areas, but state legislators are now targeting them
- Trump signs executive orders to spur US ‘nuclear energy renaissance’ Sat, 24 May 25, 6:26amPresident aims to construct new nuclear reactors as he implements his own energy policies and undoes Joe Biden’s
- Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn Thu, 22 May 25, 9:00pmBill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts
- Trump administration to allow work to continue on $5bn New York wind farm Wed, 21 May 25, 12:32amGovernor lobbied Trump in a series of phone calls, and will now allow new gas pipeline capacity to move forward
- Oil industry funded Girl Scouts and British Museum to boost image, evidence suggests Wed, 21 May 25, 2:00amBP has funded Washington’s National Gallery of Art, UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company and National Portrait Gallery
- US oil firms pumping secret chemicals into ground and not fully reporting it Wed, 21 May 25, 2:03amStudy shows firms in Colorado, including Chevron, have pumped 30m lbs of chemicals in 18 months without meeting all disclosure rules
- Republican push to cut green tax credits would raise utility bills, new data shows Fri, 16 May 25, 5:03amStudy shows rollback of credits would increase energy expenses for American of both red and blue districts
- Trade deal with US could spell end of UK’s bioethanol industry, say bosses Mon, 12 May 25, 7:23pmHundreds of jobs may be at risk, say heads of ABF Sugar and Ensus, as Starmer agrees to remove tariffs on US ethanol
- US renewable energy has tripled in a decade – but almost $8bn in projects now face cuts Wed, 7 May 25, 11:00pmPolitical uncertainty under Trump has dampened the market, even as red states see a boom in renewable energy
- Utility bills could rise as Trump’s EPA to end Energy Star program, experts warn Thu, 8 May 25, 1:19amReported closure of program for home appliances comes amid president’s hatred of water-conserving showers
- US renewable energy has tripled in a decade – but Trump cuts almost $8bn in projects Wed, 7 May 25, 11:00pmPolitical uncertainty under Trump has dampened the market, even as red states see a boom in renewable energy