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- 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
- Democratic-led states sue Trump for blocking wind energy projects Tue, 6 May 25, 3:19amAdministration is ‘devastating one of our nation’s fastest-growing sources of clean energy’, says NY attorney general
- Revealed: Forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels soar in Trump’s first 100 days Fri, 2 May 25, 9:00pmTariff chaos hampers Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’, but analysis still shows surge in planet-heating emissions
- How a solar storm could lead to a US nuclear disaster worse than Chornobyl | Mark Leyse Mon, 28 Apr 25, 8:00pmSolar storms as intense as a 1921 superstorm have the potential to cause a nightmare scenario – and we are unprepared
- US interior agency to fast track fossil fuel and mining permits over ‘fake emergency’ Thu, 24 Apr 25, 11:45pmDepartment cites Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration to expedite permissions from multiple years to 28 days
- US interior agency to fast track permits for fossil fuel and mining projects Thu, 24 Apr 25, 11:45pmDepartment cites Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration to expedite permissions from multiple years to 28 days
- Fifteen years after Deepwater Horizon, Trump is setting the stage for disaster | Terry Garcia Sun, 20 Apr 25, 10:00pmCuts to science, environmental and safety agencies are a rejection of hard-won knowledge gained from studying the disaster that occurred 15 years ago