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The Trump administration on Tuesday announced it will loan $1.9 billion to NextEra Energy to finance the restart of an Iowa nuclear plant. The project...
The Trump administration’s Venezuela oil deal puts the federal government in business with a controversial figure from the South American nation....
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump considers narrowing water pollution protections The Trump administration on...
The Trump administration announced Friday it was proposing to fast-track approvals for oil drilling projects in Alaska after a request from a trade...
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it was proposing to fast track approvals for oil drilling projects in Alaska after a request from a...
The Trump administration on Friday proposed further narrowing protections under the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and...
The Forest Service is closing 23 research sites that it described as having few to no staffers as part of a broader reorganization, it announced...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Judge halts EPA effort to overturn California car rules A federal judge late...
The federal government is extending a pause on some construction of President Trump’s signature border wall, as well as additional border...
A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration effort to overturn California’s clean car rules through Congress. Judge...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Chevron plans to double its Venezuela oil production Chevron announced early...
Chevron announced early Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to expand its oil production in Venezuela. Chevron said that it has been assigned...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Administration details oil deal with Venezuela The Trump administration unveiled...
A federal court on Monday struck down a New York law that sought to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change. Brenda Sannes, an Obama...
The Trump administration unveiled additional details Monday evening about its new oil deal with Venezuela. The administration said in a press release...
President Trump announced last week that the U.S. would team up with a Venezuelan company to pump oil from a large swath of the South American...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump: U.S. has control of large slice of Venezuela's oil President Trump said Friday...
The Trump administration is eyeing a land swap that would give part of Yosemite National Park to a private company, according to a document submitted...
The Trump administration on Friday moved to relax fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks. The Transportation...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump eyes Yosemite land swap The Trump administration is eyeing a land swap that...
President Trump said Friday evening that there will be “majority U.S. control” of a large swath of Venezuela’s oil reserves. “BREAKING NEWS:...
President Trump on Friday posted an update on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, quoting an Interior Department official as saying it was “Coming...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump seeks to cut report's worst-case climate scenarios The Trump administration is...
President Trump has declared a national emergency seeking to block some foreign equipment from being used in the U.S. electric grid. Trump, in a...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is threatening to cut off Canadian power to the U.S. in retaliation for President Trump’s trade war, a move that could...
An early government projection on the exposure to toxic chemicals following the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment indicated that the...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story What would losing Canada's electricity mean for the U.S.? Ontario Premier Doug Ford...
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) crew broke the law when it skipped houses with President Trump signs during Hurricane Milton recovery...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Paxton unveils data center plan Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) unveiled a plan...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story DOI outlines short-term plan for water cuts in CA, AZ, NV The federal government has...
The federal government has unveiled its short-term plans for Colorado River water cuts from California, Arizona and Nevada — issuing a plan that’s...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Cramer puts hold on Trump nominees over wetlands Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer (N.D.)...
Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer (N.D.) is placing a hold on all future Trump nominees over the administration’s approach to wetlands. In a statement...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump says he wants to revive controversial pipeline President Trump indicated late...
The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to strip protections from 44 million acres of national forest. The U.S. Forest Service has proposed to...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story CBP halts Big Bend National Park border construction Customs and Border Protection...
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott said he would halt construction activity in Big Bend National Park as efforts to erect a...
Environmental and community groups sued the Trump administration on Friday over its approval of two chemicals for use in semiconductors despite posing...
The Trump administration is canceling a Biden-era effort to speed up power line construction in parts of Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma,...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump cuts Biden-era effort to boost power lines The Trump administration is...
As it faces some bipartisan pushback on its construction activities at Big Bend National Park, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is emphasizing that...
Prices that U.S. consumers are paying at the gas pump have stubbornly stuck around $4 per gallon, a high price for this late in the summer, as the...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Gasoline prices remain stubborn at about $4 Prices that U.S. consumers are paying at...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story NOAA pulls support from Arctic Report Card The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump again waives shipping rules to bring prices down The Trump administration is...
The Trump administration is once again waiving U.S. shipping rules as part of an effort to keep gasoline and other fuel costs down, the White House...
The U.S.’s emergency oil reserve has fallen below 300 million barrels of oil for the first time since it was being filled decades ago. New Energy...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Ex-White House official nominated as DOI watchdog President Trump has nominated a...
The Senate has confirmed President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has faced significant scrutiny for its...
President Trump has nominated a former White House official and Project 2025 author to be the Interior Department’s internal watchdog, a move that...