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- New England states vow to fight Trump administration order to halt work on offshore wind farm that’s nearly complete Sun, 24 Aug 25, 8:46amRhode Island and Connecticut officials say project, slated to power 350,000 homes, is essential to their climate goals
- Young climate activists in Wisconsin sue state over pro-fossil fuel policies Sat, 23 Aug 25, 4:43amLawsuit brought by two non-profit law firms have had previous wins in Montana and Wisconsin
- A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1m a day Thu, 21 Aug 25, 10:16pmA town had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration ordered it to stay open, a move it extended this week
- A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running Thu, 21 Aug 25, 9:30pmA town had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration issued a ‘pollution pass’ to keep it open
- Scientists rush to bolster climate finding Trump administration aims to undo Thu, 14 Aug 25, 5:49amSome experts tee up public comment on EPA report calling fossil fuel concerns overblown, as others fast-track review
- Experts push to uphold credible climate science findings as Trump administration spreads doubt Thu, 14 Aug 25, 3:00amVeteran scientists organize response to recent energy department report while top group of advisers ‘fast-track’ review of greenhouse gas evidence
- The Trump administration has decided coal is female – here’s why | Arwa Mahdawi Wed, 13 Aug 25, 8:00pmWhat is really behind the US Department of Energy’s weird pronouncement on social media?
- ‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling Sat, 9 Aug 25, 10:00pmUS 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