Energy & Environment

Energy Department Announces $100 Million in Funding to Refurbish US Coal Plants

DOE will provide $100 million in funding to revamp the country’s existing coal-fired power plants in a bid to support the U.S. coal industry.

US Calls for Common Sense Approach as UN Talks for Global Plastics Treaty Fail

The United States supports “common-sense and pragmatic approaches” to address the toxic problem of plastic pollution in the environment.
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Burgum Orders Scale-Back on Solar, Wind Projects Citing Low Energy Efficiency

Sec. Burgum signed order to rein in “environmentally damaging” wind and solar projects and ensure federal lands are used optimally for energy initiatives.

Federal Government Ending Preferential Treatment for Wind Energy Projects

DOI is implementing four policy measures to end special treatment for “unreliable energy sources,” such as wind, and to ensure affordable, reliable energy development nationwide.

Existing US Energy Generation Retirements Increase Blackout Risk by 100 Times in 2030: DOE

Planned retirement of more than 100 gigawatts of power generation capacity by end of the decade could increase risk of blackouts in the US by 100 times.

With China Rapidly Scaling Up Nuclear Energy, US Faces ‘A Sputnik Moment’

US has nearly twice as many nuclear reactors and at least five times the number of AI-generating data centers that China now has.

EPA to Roll Back Biden-Era Power Plant Emissions Rule

EPA's Zeldin said Trump admin will seek to relax “Clean Power Plant” greenhouse gas and mercury emission regulations imposed under Biden and Obama.

EPA Looks to Remove Biden-Era Carbon Limits From Coal, Gas-Fired Power Plants

EPA has confirmed that it is drafting a plan to remove the caps on greenhouse gases from coal- and natural gas-fired power plants across nation.