President Trump issued a memo directing the federal government to withdraw from a deal with four tribes and two states that considered the future operation of four dams on the Lower Snake River and eventually could have led to their breach.
The U.S. hasn’t built new nuclear plants over the past 50 years (other than the Vogtle disaster) because they haven’t made any economic sense, argues columnist Steve Huntoon.
Government job cuts have been a major theme of the Trump administration, and while DOE has faced some cuts former officials say are already significant, many more employees are going to leave in the months to come.
President Donald Trump’s policies and the growth in demand from data centers and other new customers have changed the trajectory of the power system, speakers said at the Energy Future Forum.
BOEM lifted a stop-work order on the Empire Wind 1 project in a deal that will have New York work on expanding pipelines into the Northeast, a goal the White House has publicly sought since shortly after President Trump took office.
A coalition of 17 states alleges that President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding billions of dollars in congressionally approved funds meant for the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
A group of 18 Democratic state attorneys general filed suit against President Donald Trump’s executive order that halted wind energy projects’ federal approvals.
Conference attendees are optimistic that the rapidly rising demand for energy will mean the federal government eventually will have to harness wind power.
