Energy
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Trump’s rollback of fuel economy standards kicks the crutches from under Biden’s EV mandate
Automakers enthusiastically hopped onto the Biden-Harris administration's electric-vehicle agenda, spending billions — much of it tax money — to transition their lines to EVs. On Wednesday, they got on board the Trump administration's rollback of a key component of the previous administration's mandate.
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Media doing ‘damage control’ as widely reported study on cost of climate change gets retracted
The media widely reported on a study finding that the world would be $38 trillion poorer in the future unless action was taken to reduce emissions. The media were far quieter when it was found to have profound flaws. Now that the authors have retracted it, the flaws are being downplayed.
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Climate advocacy struggles in the Trump 2.0 era, but opponents warn its only restrategizing
COP30 failed to produce a resurgence of support for climate policies that the Trump administration has rolled back. Some climate groups are facing financial problems and are scaling back operations. Experts say the climate movement still has momentum, and opponents shouldn't get too comfortable.
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Keystone pipeline resumes transporting oil after rupture in North Dakota
According to the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association, total liquid pipeline incidents are down 23% over the past five years, even though pipeline mileage and barrels delivered have increased by approximately 5%.
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China again weaponizes control over rare earths to advance interests, as U.S. looks to break free
China regularly leverages its control over the rare earth market to shut down competition or advance its interests in disputes with the U.S. Each action increases the interest in developing domestic sources of the vital minerals.
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Trump expands Gulf of America oil and natural gas production
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered officials to hold the offshore lease sales in the Gulf of America starting in June.
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Construction begins on massive New York offshore wind project, as opponents look to Trump for help
Construction began without fanfare on a massive New York offshore wind project that will consist of nearly 150 turbines spanning 80,000 acres of ocean, each standing more than 1,000 feet tall. Opponents hope the Trump administration will take a closer look at this and other projects under construction.
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Trump targets Washington’s climate laws in recent executive order
The targets of Trump' executive order includes Washington's CCA that requires emitters to either reduce their carbon footprint or purchase “allowances” via a cap-and-trade program.
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Utility bill assistance program hit by federal staff cuts
The Energy Association of Pennsylvania said 435,000 residents used the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
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Trump targets California cap-and-trade, emissions programs
The order specifically cites California’s cap-and-trade program, under which the state auctions the right to produce greenhouse gas emissions, as an example of a targeted program.
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Reversing Biden policies, Trump 'unleashing' energy potential in Alaska
This includes reinstating a program to make the entire 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) available for oil and natural gas leasing.
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In 3 months, federal oil, gas lease sales total $39 million in 5 western states
In Trump’s first month in office, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management began leasing federal land in five western states.
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Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Land Management backs out after memo critical of Jan. 6 leaked
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, made the announcement Thursday during what was to be a hearing to consider Sgamma and two other nominees.