Trump Administration Cancels $700 Million in Biden-Era Energy Contracts for Red States Despite trims, the Energy Department is still wasting billions. Reason · Oct 21, 2025
Nuclear security agency begins furloughing workers as part of shutdown, energy secretary says Furloughs have begun at the federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025
Energy Department offers $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across Midwest The Department of Energy says it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest power companies to upgrade nearly 5,000 miles of transmission lines across five states, mostly in the Midwest, for largely fossil fuel-run energy The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025
EPA, DOE employees face layoffs; aviation staffing worsens - Roll Call The administration said it plans to lay off 20 to 30 employees at the EPA and 187 at the Energy Department, according to a court filing. Roll Call · Oct 15, 2025
These are the agencies Trump is purging during the shutdown Thousands are being let go from agencies overseeing health care, the environment and education. Axios · Oct 10, 2025
Donald Trump Is the Coal President Just as Biden’s preference for renewables distorted markets and harmed consumers, so too does Trump’s bias toward coal. Reason · Oct 5, 2025
The White House Thinks Taking Partial Ownership of a Canadian Mining Company Will Reduce the National Debt Trump's deal with a lithium mine in Nevada follows similar "creative deals" with Intel and U.S. Steel. Reason · Oct 2, 2025
From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025
Josh Hawley and Democrat Allies Target AI With New Legal and Regulatory Regime Two bills recently introduced by Hawley would set American AI and the economy back. Reason · Oct 2, 2025
Trump's $625 Million Coal Plan May Raise Utility Bills for Millions of Americans One report found that forcing retiring coal plants to remain open could increase annual electricity costs by $3 billion through 2028. Reason · Sep 30, 2025
Lithium Americas Stock Surges Over 80% as Trump Administration Seeks 10% Stake Amid Loan Talks Lithium Americas' stock price gains come as Trump seeks to acquire a 10% stake in the lithium producer as it renegotiates a $2.2 billion loan from the Energy Department. International Business Times UK · Sep 25, 2025
Environmental Groups Are Suing To Silence Scientists Who Wrote a Report Questioning Climate Change Alarmism The groups are using the lawsuit to halt the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda. Reason · Sep 15, 2025
Trump reports distort science to justify rollback of key climate protections, experts warn From sea ice mix-ups to wildfire distortions, scientists say the reports misled on climate dangers. Euronews · Aug 27, 2025
Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding Scientists are criticizing two key documents from the Trump administration that challenge the idea that climate change endangers the public The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025
Fortune · Aug 22, 2025 Trump's 19-year war on wind power is 'weaponizing bureaucracy to undermine American energy production,' critics say Trump is tying wind and solar projects up in ever-increasing bureaucratic layers and reviews while expediting fossil fuels.
The Conversation · Aug 12, 2025 4 laws that could stymie the Trump EPA’s plan to rescind the endangerment finding, central to US climate policies The Trump administration’s plan to unravel many of the nation’s climate policies hinges on rescinding what’s known as the endangerment finding. But its strategy for doing that appears to run afoul of several federal laws.
We Got This Covered · Jul 24, 2025 Trump’s latest move has Republicans asking why he’s sabotaging his own AI agenda "You can't have it both ways."
Windows Central · Jul 23, 2025 US agency overseeing nuclear weapons breached in Microsoft SharePoint attack Microsoft SharePoint zero-day flaws were exploited to breach over 50 organizations, including the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Fortune · Jul 17, 2025 Kinder Morgan kicks off oil and gas earnings season with a bullish outlook, in part thanks to thirsty data centers The company is focused on building pipelines to feed data center growth from Arizona to South Carolina and beyond.
The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025 A look inside a lab making the advanced fuel to power growing US nuclear energy ambitions At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, a half-dozen workers are making what appear to be gray billiard balls
Roll Call · Jul 9, 2025 Senate confirms Griffith as Energy undersecretary - Roll Call Preston Wells Griffith III worked at DOE in the first Trump administration as principal deputy assistant secretary for international affairs.
We Got This Covered · Jun 23, 2025 Donald Trump issues bizarre ultimatum, says ‘everyone’ who won’t lower oil prices is conspiring with ‘the enemy’ Everyone keeps oil prices down.
The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025 Michigan, environmental groups challenge federal order to keep power plant open Environmental groups and Michigan’s attorney general have filed separate challenges against a federal order that is keeping a coal-fired power plant open this summer
Reason · Jun 17, 2025 Why Is the Energy Department Making Rules About Sex and School Sports? How Trump is using the agency to fast-track changes to discrimination law.
Reason · Jun 6, 2025 The 5 Worst Green Energy Projects Funded by Biden From financing eminent domain abuses in Tennessee to climate-friendly ketchup, the Biden administration approved billions of dollars in wasteful spending.