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How Long Will Trump Be Able to Deny Reality with His Energy Policy?
Bill McKibben, The New Yorker
Bill McKibben writes that the Trump Administration’s irrational dislike of solar and wind energy imperils both the environment and the economy.
Aug 26, 2025, 10:00 AM
US Interior Department proposes adding copper to critical minerals list
Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment
The Geological Survey, a branch of the U.S. Department of the Interior, released the draft list in the Federal Register and it will be open for public...
Aug 25, 2025, 6:12 PM
Rivian CEO says it 'blows my mind' that the US auto industry is reprioritizing capital toward gas-powered vehicles
Henry Chandonnet, Business Insider
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said that the reprioritization of capital toward internal combustion engines would thin the EV market —offering an opportunity.
Aug 25, 2025, 5:53 PM
Trump told a major offshore wind project to stop construction just before it reached the finish line.
Justine Calma, The Verge
The Revolution Wind farm was already 80 percent complete before the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sent it a letter Friday to “halt all ongoing activities” to address purported national security concerns and “interference” with other potential uses for …
Aug 25, 2025, 3:45 PM
Will Manatees Survive the Trump Administration?
Lois Parshley, The Atlantic
Some species almost certainly won’t, if planned changes to environmental protections go through.
Aug 25, 2025, 12:00 PM
Trump orders RI’s Revolution Wind developers to stop offshore project already 80% complete
Nancy Lavin, Mainemorningstar.com
Revolution Wind, Rhode Island’s first large-scale offshore wind project, was put on ice by the Trump administration Friday, which ordered developers to...
Aug 25, 2025, 10:47 AM
Insane King Don Continues His Pathetic War On Wind And Sun
Susie Madrak, Crooksandliars.com
The Regime ordered Friday that all construction stop on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is already mostly built. Via the New York Times: The 65-turbine project had obtained all necessary permits from the Biden admini…
Aug 24, 2025, 10:00 PM
Trump, Congress To End Clean Vehicle Tax Credits
Mike Sylvester, CPA, Contributor, Mike Sylvester, CPA, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikesylvester/, Forbes
If you have been planning to buy a clean vehicle, please act soon. Federal tax credits credits for both individuals and businesses are ending over seven years early!
Aug 24, 2025, 1:35 PM
A Treasure Trove of Key Minerals Is Being Wasted in the U.S., Study Claims
Tik Root, Grist, Gizmodo.com
There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles.
Aug 24, 2025, 10:00 AM
US Strips Ocean and Air Pollution Monitoring From Next-Gen Weather Satellites
msmash, Slashdot.org
An anonymous reader shares a report: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is narrowing the capabilities and reducing the number of next-generation weather and climate satellites it plans to build and launch in the coming decades, two people fam…
Aug 22, 2025, 4:12 PM
New Jersey’s Most Notorious Dump Is a Model of Conservation
Kyra Morris, The Atlantic
The protections that made its balance possible are disappearing.
Aug 22, 2025, 12:00 PM
WATCH: 'Wet Wipe Island' clogs up area along River Thames
ABC News
The River Thames is supposed to be the beautiful heartbeat of London. Instead, there are an estimated 400,000 pounds of wet wipes clogging up one 820-foot stretch along the riverbed.
Aug 22, 2025, 11:51 AM
We could get most metals for clean energy without opening new mines
James Dinneen, New Scientist
An analysis of active US mines finds they already collect virtually all of the minerals the country needs for batteries, solar panels and wind turbines – but these critical minerals mostly go to waste
Aug 21, 2025, 7:00 PM
U.S. Cuts Antarctica’s Only Research Icebreaker Ship under Trump Budget Squeeze
Douglas Fox, Scientific American
The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research
Aug 19, 2025, 3:00 PM
Businesses face 'chaos' as EPA aims to repeal its authority over climate pollution
Michael Copley, NPR
A lot of companies want the EPA in charge of setting national climate regulations because it helps shield them from lawsuits and creates a predictable environment in which to make investments.
Aug 19, 2025, 9:39 AM
How to make clean energy progress under Trump in the states—blue and red alike
Joshua A. Basseches, MIT Technology Review
The second Trump administration is proving to be more disastrous for the climate and the clean energy economy than many had feared. Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed most of the clean energy incentives in former president Joe Biden’s Inflati…
Aug 19, 2025, 9:00 AM
Toxic algae season is back — and Trump has cut safeguards
Patrick Wensink, Salon
Climate change and funding cuts are putting our drinking water, ecosystems and lives in danger
Aug 16, 2025, 1:00 PM
Analysis-Tough US stance casts gloom over plastics pollution deal after Geneva flop
Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge, Yahoo Entertainment
GENEVA (Reuters) -The collapse on Friday of a sixth round of U.N. talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a key source of...
Aug 15, 2025, 2:55 PM
Private Spaceflight Enters the Wild West as Trump Slashes Regulations
Passant Rabie, Gizmodo.com
A new executive order calls for the drastic curtailment of environmental reviews for launch and reentry permits, making it easier for companies like SpaceX to do as they please.
Aug 14, 2025, 6:15 PM
Trump administration to unveil tougher solar and wind subsidy rules
Nichola Groom, Yahoo Entertainment
(Reuters) -The Trump administration is expected as soon as Monday to take another step toward curbing the growth of renewable energy in the United States by ...
Aug 14, 2025, 11:05 AM
Groups sue Trump agencies for using 'secret' report to reverse core of US climate rules
Valerie Volcovici, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two major environmental groups announced on Tuesday they have sued the Trump administration for secretly convening a group of climate...
Aug 13, 2025, 2:04 PM
The EPA wants to roll back climate regulations. Here’s how Hoosiers can have a say
Sophie Hartley, Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star
Almost a quarter of Indiana's greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation — a sector EPA wants to deregulate. Here's how you can have a say.
Aug 13, 2025, 1:30 PM
The twisted reason why the Trump administration claims to care about eagles
Benji Jones, Vox
The Trump administration is worried, it would seem, about eagles — like, the big birds of prey with sharp talons and famously good eyesight. Earlier this month, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who oversees endangered species, wrote on X that wind-energy proj…
Aug 12, 2025, 1:57 PM
Ford is doubling down on EVs — the timing is awful
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge
On Monday, Ford introduced an innovative new manufacturing process that it says will help make its EVs more sustainable, more desirable, and more importantly, more affordable. The timing couldn't have been worse. EV tax credits were set to expire at the end o…
Aug 12, 2025, 11:58 AM