LoginIs the Senate megabill compromise the last word on clean energy?
A last-minute compromise in the megabill eases the ramp down in clean energy incentives sought by hardliners.
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GOP fight over clean energy threatens to derail megabill
A diverse group of Republicans led by Sen. Joni Ernst are looking to reverse harsh changes to the GOP megabill.
‘No alternative funding sources’: Trump’s stifling of disaster aid leaves cities adrift
The president canceled $4.5 billion in FEMA grants that helped communities prepare for rising disaster damage.
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Trump pushes Thune to crack down on wind and solar in megabill
The president is directly intervening in the talks to push for the quicker phase out of clean energy tax credits in the House bill, but that would likely face pushback from moderate GOP senators.
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Oil prices tumble as Iran attack avoids crude infrastructure
The move was interpreted as an attempt to ratchet down hostilities after the U.S. military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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Oil prices jump as market awaits Iran response to attacks
A move by Tehran to disrupt oil shipments could mean sharply higher prices at the pump in the United States.
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‘Throwing us off a cliff’: Megabill could derail hundreds of planned clean energy projects
A POLITICO analysis identified 794 planned clean electricity generation facilities — mostly in GOP districts — that could lose subsidies under the House bill. The Senate is debating changes.
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Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful
EPA cannot "thumb its nose at Congress" by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.
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‘Fight of our lives’: Lobbying intense on climate law credits
Groups and companies have blitzed Capitol offices in recent weeks. They're also running ads.
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NAACP launches lawsuit over pollution from Musk’s xAI
Memphis is already ranked as an asthma capital of the nation.
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‘Set up for failure’: Trump’s cuts bring climate and energy agencies to a standstill, workers say
Federal workers say taxpayers are now getting far less from the government because of the DOGE-led effort to cut the workforce.
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Trump fires former Biden chair from Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC Commissioner Christopher Hanson’s dismissal comes as the White House has sought control over independent agencies.
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'The White House should be worried': Oil prices soar after Israel's attack on Iran
No matter how the fighting unfolds, it promises to increase prices at the gasoline pump just as voters' natural gas and electricity bills are already set to rise.
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White House looks to freeze more agency funds — and expand executive power
The latest move targets more than $30 billion in spending at EPA, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.
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GM slow-rolls its all-EV aspirations
The automaker is putting more money into gas-powered cars, making it all but impossible to reach its goal of selling only electric vehicles by 2035.
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‘We've lost the culture war on climate’
The U.S. government has long recognized greenhouse gases as a threat, but major rules to address them have failed to stick.
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Trump's EPA delivers new blow to Biden climate agenda
EPA argues that the second-largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution contributes too little to the world’s climate problem to be worth regulating.
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EPA to propose rolling back climate rule for power plants Wednesday
It marks an escalation in President Donald Trump's effort to purge climate initiatives from the federal government.
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Trump energy adviser slams renewables, says focus is on fossil fuels
The National Energy Dominance Council's executive director said the administration doesn't have faith in solar and wind energy.
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GOP megabill could undermine US energy production, Republicans warn
Five takeaways from the Trump administration officials, lawmakers, business leaders who spoke at POLITICO’s Energy Summit.
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Granholm: Democrats must ‘do a better job’ selling clean energy
The Energy secretary under former President Joe Biden said her party needs to be more adventurous in speaking to voters.
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Senate Republican questions megabill deadline — and says Musk ‘missed an opportunity’ to shape it
Sen. John Curtis on Tuesday also addressed concerns about clean energy tax credits.
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Energy powerhouse to Republicans: Don't ‘take renewables off the table’
The head of NextEra Energy warns that building new natural gas generation and nuclear power will take too long — and wind and solar power are quicker to add now.
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Heinrich: ‘Republicans are going to own increased energy prices’
Republicans are trying to rescind government support for new solar and wind power projects in their reconciliation bill.
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House energy chair: Musk ‘never mentioned’ megabill on day of vote
The Tesla CEO's objections to the "big beautiful bill" never came up during a breakfast just after the House approved it, Rep. Brett Guthrie said at POLITICO's Energy Summit.
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Automaker divisions paralyze key trade group in megabill fight
General Motors told POLITICO it supports new anti-China restrictions on clean energy tax credits that other automakers have publicly opposed.
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Musk, Tesla blast GOP plans to end clean energy tax credits in megabill
The message came hours after CEO Elon Musk announced he was leaving the Trump administration.
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Supreme Court limits agency environmental reviews
The high court ruled the National Environmental Policy Act requires agencies to consider only the direct effects of a project rather than its broader impacts.
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BLM official escorted out of building after DOGE conflict
The removal of Mike Nedd, BLM’s deputy director for administration and programs, is the latest upheaval in personnel at the agency that is critical for oil and gas production.
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