A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the Biden administration went too far when it moved to indefinitely block new drilling off large portions of the…
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The Trump administration violated the law when it withheld three types of grants managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the nonpartisan Government Accountability…
A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from conditioning disaster and security funds for states on their immigration policies. Earlier this year, the…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) lambasted President Trump on Wednesday, one day after the president called climate change “a con job.” “What an abomination. What…
The Energy Department is planning to claw back $13 billion in unspent climate funds, it announced Wednesday. In a press release, the department said it plans…
In a unanimous decision, the Democratic caucus in the Senate wrote a letter on Monday in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to axe a…
The Trump administration is proposing to narrow the scope of safety reviews of chemicals that are already out on the market, it said Monday. The…
The Trump administration says it will defend a Biden era-rule that is expected to keep polluters on the hook to clean up toxic “forever chemicals.”…
A Trump administration plan to remove thousands of agriculture employees from Washington, D.C., is raising concerns among economists, who fear that such a move could…
Rising power prices are becoming a political liability for Republicans as electricity costs outpace inflation. A recent Consumer Price Index report found that electricity prices were rising…
The Trump administration is targeting another offshore wind project, the latest in a string of wind farms whose approvals it plans to cancel. In a…
Unions representing employees of the National Weather Service and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sued President Trump on Tuesday over an executive order that sought…
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Tuesday that rising electricity prices are what he “worries about most” as Americans face high power bills. “It’s what I…
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he pulled $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects Friday, suggesting investments be made elsewhere. “Wasteful, wind projects are…
The Trump administration on Friday issued an order stopping all activities of a wind energy project in Rhode Island that could have supplied electricity to…
A federal judge in Florida ordered late Thursday that some of “Alligator Alcatraz” be shut down and barred the Sunshine State from bringing in more…
The Interior Department is deputizing federal border agents and sending them to National Park Service sites amid the federal law enforcement takeover of Washington, D.C.,…
The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement could be on a collision course with its Republican allies over pesticides and toxic chemicals. MAHA is strongly…
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin realizes the United States can “shut him down with our energy capabilities” amid a…
The Trump administration is seeking to sue California to halt the state from enforcing its effort to electrify its truck fleet. The administration filed motions to join…