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Trump Funds Two New Coal Plants and Extends Another Dozen, Citing ‘Energy Dominance’

The DOE on Thursday announced about $700 million in support for the declining coal industry with funds from the Defense Production Act. Environmentalists denounced the move, calling coal dirty and expensive.

By Steven Rodas

 A pile of coal is seen at the Longview power plant in Maidsville, W.Va. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Duke Energy’s coal-fired Roxboro plant sits on the shores of Hyco Lake in Person County. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Trump Administration Doubles Down on Coal Power in North Carolina

By Lisa Sorg
HVAC technicians install a heat pump system at a home in Charlotte, Vt., on July 21, 2025. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

DOE Restarts Home Efficiency Rebates, and Electrification Is the Biggest Loser

By Dan Gearino
An LNG tanker from the United States unloads at a terminal near Athens, Greece, on Dec. 27, 2025. Credit: Nicolas Koutsokostas/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Trump Pushes ‘Peace Pipelines’ to Boost Exports of Climate-Busting LNG to Europe

By Dennis Pillion
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said President Trump “took a wrecking ball to solar and wind energy projects.” Credit: Gabriel Matias Castilho/Inside Clean Energy

Cuts to Renewable Energy Research in Energy Department’s Budget Irk Senate Democrats

By Gabriel Matias Castilho
Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks to the attendees at S&P Global’s CERAWeek in Houston on Monday. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

White House’s ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Wartime Mandate Meets Volatile Market Reality

By Katie Surma
Sen. Susan Collins enters the U.S. Captiol on Jan. 27 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

By Nathaniel Eisen
Employees walk into the U.S. Department of Energy building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Administration Dropped Controversial Climate Report From Its Decision to Rescind EPA Endangerment Finding

By Dennis Pillion
At the Tucson Convention Center in August 2025, demonstrators opposed "Project Blue," a massive data center installation proposed by Amazon Web Services. Data centers have also now become a flashpoint in Phoenix, the third largest data center market in the country. Across the state, ratepayers are linking data center development to higher electric bills. Credit: Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

In Arizona, Utilities and State Regulators Double Down on Fossil Fuels and Higher Costs Despite Residents’ Opposition

By Wyatt Myskow
An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia, in November 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Data Centers in PJM Grid Can Rely Solely on Generators During the Cold, DOE Rules

By Charles Paullin
Cars pass a data center under construction in Ashburn, Va., on Nov, 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
A pipe marked "geothermal" leans on other pipes in a residential neighborhood

Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion

By Phil McKenna
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who spoke at AFPI’s inaugural Global Energy Summit last month, helped establish the organization in the wake of Trump’s 2020 election defeat. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

One Year After Trump’s Election, This Group Is Celebrating Their Sway Over U.S. Energy Policy

By Aidan Hughes
A view of the coal-fired Coal Creek Station power plant near Underwood, N.D. Credit: Dan Koeck/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Burning Money’: Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants

By Anika Jane Beamer
A view of Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far

By Marianne Lavelle
An employee with EnergyX, an Austin-based lithium startup, works in the company’s laboratory on Oct. 7. Credit: Sergio Flores/The Texas Tribune

A New Generation of Industries Emerges in Texas From Federal Push for Mining Revival

By Dylan Baddour
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference at her Manhattan office on Feb. 20 in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Federal Actions Make New York’s Energy Future More Uncertain

By Lauren Dalban

The Trump Administration Is Cutting Billions in Clean Energy Investments—But the Savings Are Overstated

By Aidan Hughes, Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
Students walk through the University of Michigan campus on April 3 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Los Alamos and University of Michigan Want to Build a National Security ‘Data Center’ in Ypsilanti. Residents and Local Officials See Few Benefits.

By Tom Perkins

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