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What Is an Energy Emergency? The Trump Administration Says It Alone Decides.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing the first challenge to a series of orders that have blocked retirement of aging coal and oil plants. Advocates say keeping the plants running has been costly to consumers and the environment.

By Marianne Lavelle

A view of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Credit: Consumers Energy
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

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

Transmission lines feed into a substation near a data center construction site on July 24 in Lewis Center, Ohio. Credit: Eli Hiller/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump Administration Seeks to Speed Data Center Grid Connections and Expand Federal Control of Power System

By Dan Gearino

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

Chris Wright testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of Energy on Jan. 15 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Ting Shen/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance

By Dan Gearino

Trump’s Top Staff Choices Could Have Far-Reaching Consequences for the Climate

By Kiley Price

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