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Food and farms

Biden’s climate-smart ag program was better than nothing. Trump killed it.

In a climate-dumb move, the Trump administration ended a flawed but necessary program aiming to lower agricultural emissions. We can still draw useful lessons from it.

By Michael Grunwald . 4 June 2025

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Clean energy

In N.C., all eyes on Senator Tillis as IRA tax credits hang in balance

North Carolina will lose big if cuts to clean energy incentives become law. Will Tillis, on record against "wholesale repeal" of the credits, go to bat for his state?

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 2 June 2025

Clean industry

Trump admin cuts $3.7B for industrial decarbonization and carbon capture

The decision will devastate ambitious efforts to cut emissions from heavy industry ranging from food production to chemicals.

By Jeff St. John . 30 May 2025

Politics

The quiet demise of Texas’ anti-renewables legislation

Three bills that would’ve hurt solar and wind development have expired as some Republicans and business groups show support for renewables.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 30 May 2025

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Politics

A Michigan coal plant was about to close. Trump ordered it to stay open.

Environmental and consumer advocates say the DOE has “manufactured an emergency” to keep a costly, polluting coal plant running and serve Trump’s pro-coal agenda.

By Jeff St. John . 26 May 2025

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Politics

House Republicans nuke incentives for clean energy — except nuclear

Tax credits for buying EVs, building clean power generation, and electrifying your home are all over if the bill becomes law.

By Kathryn Krawczyk . 23 May 2025

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Carbon-free buildings

Why killing home-energy tax credits would be bad for the economy

House Republicans passed a budget bill that would axe consumer tax credits for energy efficiency, solar, and more, a move that could hurt consumers, jobs, and the grid.

By Alison F. Takemura . 22 May 2025

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Offshore wind

A timeline of Trump’s failed attempt to kill Empire Wind

Trump officials will allow the New York offshore wind farm to resume construction, backing down from a controversial stop-work order and months of attacks.

By Clare Fieseler . 20 May 2025

Offshore wind

‘Nobody’s seen it’: An elusive report could drive Empire Wind to collapse

Sen. Chuck Schumer, Equinor, and Interior staff say Trump officials refuse to share NOAA documents that are the basis for Empire Wind’s costly stop-work order.

By Clare Fieseler . 16 May 2025

The House Ways and Means Committee convenes for budget markup

Policy & regulation

Geothermal and nuclear could lose big under GOP tax proposal

The House Republicans' budget proposal would gut Inflation Reduction Act tax credits. Two of the GOP’s favorite energy sources could suffer.

By Dan McCarthy . 16 May 2025

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Politics

Biden’s climate-smart ag program was better than nothing. Trump killed it.

In N.C., all eyes on Senator Tillis as IRA tax credits hang in balance

Trump admin cuts $3.7B for industrial decarbonization and carbon capture

The quiet demise of Texas’ anti-renewables legislation

A Michigan coal plant was about to close. Trump ordered it to stay open.

House Republicans nuke incentives for clean energy — except nuclear

Why killing home-energy tax credits would be bad for the economy

A timeline of Trump’s failed attempt to kill Empire Wind

‘Nobody’s seen it’: An elusive report could drive Empire Wind to collapse

Geothermal and nuclear could lose big under GOP tax proposal