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President Donald Trump has no shame in admitting what he wants to get out of attacking Venezuela and threatening other energy resource-rich nations. “We’re gonna get the oil flowing the way it should be,” he said January 3rd, soon after his administration stunned the world with what many policy experts and Democratic lawmakers are calling […]
America’s new era of energy imperialism is about more than oil Read More »
Mr. Trump, who has thrown the full weight of his domestic policy behind fossil fuels, has openly scorned the scientific consensus that human activity is warming the planet, deriding climate science as a “hoax”
Trump pulls U.S. out of key climate treaty, science body: White House Read More »
Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5 million water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine, records show.
The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited. Read More »
Dominion Energy, an offshore wind developer and utility serving Virginia’s “data center alley,” filed suit against the Trump administration this week over its decision to pause federal leases for large offshore wind projects. The move puts a sudden stop to five wind farms already under construction, including Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The complaint
Trump’s war on offshore wind faces another lawsuit Read More »
The Energy Department ordered two coal-burning power plants to remain open, and the Environmental Protection Agency gave utilities more time to tackle toxic coal ash.
Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry Read More »
The sweeping changes have affected everything from coal plant retirements to international diplomacy over shipping emissions.
How Trump’s First Year Reshaped U.S. Energy and Climate Policy Read More »
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 Thursday with measures that further the bipartisan push for next-generation nuclear power plants. The Trump administration has embraced the technology as a new energy source for data centers demanding greater amounts of electricity for AI. Many Democrats, meanwhile, have championed smaller and
TAE Technologies’ fusion research reactor ‘Norm.’ | Photo: TAE Technologies Trump Media – yup, the parent company of Truth Social – is the latest entrant in the near century-long race to develop a nuclear fusion power plant. It announced a merger agreement with fusion company TAE Technologies on Thursday and a bold plan to break
Don’t expect Trump Media’s nuclear fusion power plant to generate electricity soon Read More »
If there’s one thing Republicans and Democrats came together on in 2025 – at least at the local level – it was to stop big, energy-hungry data center projects. For communities sick of rising electricity bills and pollution from power plants, data centers have become an obvious target. Fights against new data centers surged this
Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning Read More »
Unfortunately for these creatures, some people perceive rhino horns as status symbols with which to display wealth and success; the result is a multi-hundred-million-dollar global black market driven by high demand and high prices
Rhino dehorning brings poaching in African reserves crashing down Read More »
