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Georgia bet big on EV manufacturing. Trump pulled the plug.
It's a grim moment for what was a booming industry in the state. But EV makers are still forging ahead.
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![Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez gives a speech next to Energy Secretary Chris Wright during the signing of an oil agreement at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas.]()
![Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez gives a speech next to Energy Secretary Chris Wright during the signing of an oil agreement at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas.]()
With the midterms looming, Trump has no real way out of his gas price problem
The president is facing a shortage of refining capacity, and more Venezuelan oil isn't going to help.
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Michigan invests $7.5M to find out if it’s sitting on a clean energy gold mine
The funding will go toward researching geologic hydrogen, a carbon-free energy source buried beneath the state that could clean up heavy-emitting industries like transportation.
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![Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks on during an announcement with US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House]()
![Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks on during an announcement with US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House]()
The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
New guidance from the EPA takes away one of the most reliable tools for tracking pollution from power plants — and encourages data centers to build their own.
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![A picture of a sprawling liquefied natural gas export terminal, Plaquemines LNG, along the Mississippi River.]()
![A picture of a sprawling liquefied natural gas export terminal, Plaquemines LNG, along the Mississippi River.]()
On Louisiana’s disappearing coast, a natural gas terminal is poised to become the largest in the US
Fast-tracked by the Trump administration, the $18 billion expansion would more than double the size of Plaquemines LNG.
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The fossil fuel industry is spending record amounts to keep California from regulating it
In the first half of this year, oil and gas interests poured more than $17 million into fighting climate and worker-safety legislation.
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Offshore wind power projects are flailing, just when the East Coast needs them most
The region needs a lot of new electricity and wants it to be clean. The Trump administration and economic headwinds crippled its best solution.
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Tennessee helped usher in the nuclear age. It wants to lead the way again.
But the region’s long industrial and nuclear history has left more toxic legacies, too.
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Trump ordered to release billions in climate grants meant for Black communities
From the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, to sewage problems in Alabama, stalled projects could get new life after federal court rulings.
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Solar buoyed Europe’s grid amid record-breaking heat and drought this summer
The season of extreme weather holds lessons for how the continent can climate-proof its energy systems.
