Category: US politics

Nearly two dozen states sue to stop Trump ending $7bn solar grant program

States who received funding under an EPA project aimed to expand solar energy for low-income communitiesNearly two dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its cancellation of a $7bn grant program aimed at expanding solar energy in low-inco…

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How Trump’s assault on US wind industry threatens jobs and power for nearly 5m homes

US president’s offshore wind crackdown targets nine projects, imperiling jobs and the clean energy transitionDonald Trump has jettisoned Republicans’ longstanding “all of the above” approach to energy by using the US government to aggressively stamp ou…

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New England states vow to fight Trump administration order to halt work on offshore wind farm that’s nearly complete

Rhode Island and Connecticut officials say project, slated to power 350,000 homes, is essential to their climate goalsThe Democratic governors of Rhode Island and Connecticut promised on Saturday to fight a Trump administration order halting work on a …

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Trump tariffs and green energy rollbacks push household electricity bills up 10%

US energy secretary said energy prices could hurt GOP in midterms, but blamed Democrats for price increasesHousehold electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlig…

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‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy

Former energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industryGeothermal is one of the most promising clean energy sources in the US, providing 24/7 renewable power that could meet rising energy d…

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US renewable energy has tripled in a decade – but Trump cuts almost $8bn in projects

Political uncertainty under Trump has dampened the market, even as red states see a boom in renewable energyRenewable energy in the US has surged to unprecedented levels, with the combined power generated by solar, wind and geothermal more than triplin…

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Revealed: Forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels soar in Trump’s first 100 days

Tariff chaos hampers Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’, but analysis still shows surge in planet-heating emissions‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environmentDonald Trump’s ambitions for the US to “drill, baby, dr…

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Trump halts construction of big wind farm off New York coast: ‘reckless and overreaching’

Wind power developer eyes legal remedies to order that blocks renewable energy projects and eliminates green job opportunitiesThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Th…

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