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- US Bureau of Land management is working to rapidly strip protections to largest tract of land in the US
- What will the AI revolution mean for the global south? Sun, 3 Aug 25, 8:00pmWe must avoid inequalities between the global north and global south being perpetuated in the digital age
- ‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy Tue, 29 Jul 25, 10:30pmFormer energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industry
- Trump promised to lower energy costs – his tax bill will raise them for people in red states the most Tue, 15 Jul 25, 12:00amHousehold energy bills in some Republican-leaning states could rise by more than $600 every year, analysis of the so-called ‘big, beautiful bill’ finds
- ‘Perpetual crisis mode’: how Trump uses emergency declarations to push radical agenda Mon, 23 Jun 25, 9:00pmPresident’s dubious claims of ‘emergency’ threaten civic and political norms in authoritarian style, experts warn
- White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open Fri, 20 Jun 25, 10:00pmOne plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021
- 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 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
- 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
- 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