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The US Department of Agriculture Bans Support for Renewables, a Lifeline for Farmers

The agency said it’s concerned that farmland is being consumed by wind and solar facilities—which occupy a tiny fraction of the country’s productive acres.

By Georgina Gustin

 Solar panels, installed as part of the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, are seen at the Wooly Pig Farm Brewery in Fresno, Ohio. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Vice President JD Vance (left) and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speak to the press outside on recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene in Damascus, Va., in January 2025. Nonprofits in parts of Southwest Virginia devastated by the storm want a restoration of climate resiliency funding terminated by the Trump administration. Credit: Ben Curtis/AFP via Getty Images

Environmental Groups, EPA Spar In Court Over Trump’s Cancellation of Resiliency Funding

By Charles Paullin
A Volkswagen ID.4 EV charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2024. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

As Consumer Tax Credits Vanish, What Do You Need to Know?

By Dan Gearino
A view of an urban solar farm in Chicago. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Shine On: Illinois Hopes to Continue Solar Boom Despite Federal Headwinds

By Douglas J. Guth
Exterior construction was just about complete at the LG Energy Solution-Honda joint venture battery plant in October 2024 near Jeffersonville, Ohio. Credit: Honda

What Does the ‘Big Beautiful’ Debate Tell Us About the Politics of the IRA?

By Dan Gearino
A view of Dominion Energy’s Myrtle Solar project in Suffolk, Va. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Trump’s Budget Wish Could Threaten Billions in Clean Energy Investment in Virginia

By Charles Paullin
From left: Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Clay Higgins (R-La.) talk to the press about ongoing negotiations over the "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" at the Capitol Building on May 21. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts?

By Dan Gearino
Farmers participate in a regenerative agriculture workshop on May 31, 2022, in Cimarron, N.M. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Environmental Grant Funding

By Amy Green
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee participate in a markup hearing focused on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” in the Longworth House Building on May 13 in Washington, D.C.Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Congress Begins Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits With ‘Sledgehammer Approach’

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino
Jackie Robinson, lead instructor at the Energy Coordinating Agency, shows off a heat pump in his Philadelphia laboratory on April 22. Robinson and other instructors prepare hundreds of students each year for careers in HVAC and energy efficiency. Credit: Kyle Bagenstose/Inside Climate News

As Federal Incentive Rollbacks Loom, Could the Heat Pump Revolution Stall Out?

By Kyle Bagenstose
A nonprofit helping farmers adopt sustaibable practices in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions is among the plaintiffs suing the Trump administration over its funding freeze. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Judge Asks Trump Administration for More Evidence That Funding Freeze Is Constitutional

By Amy Green
A freeze in a federal loan program affects nonprofits across the country, including one in Fort Wayne, Ind., where David de Leon is construction manager. His organization works to restore old houses for use by low-income families. Credit: Rachel Von Art/Inside Climate News

How We Got a Green Bank, How Trump Is Trying to Kill It and Who Gets Hurt

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino
Gov. Jared Polis presents his budget for 2025 at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Nov. 1, 2024. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post

Can Colorado Keep Its Momentum on Climate Action as the Trump Administration Pulls Back Federal Support?

By Wyatt Myskow
A view of the entrance to a ranch near Dubois, Wyo. Credit: Louise Johns/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘An Unlikely Coalition’ Failed to Expand Rooftop Solar in Wyoming. Lawmakers Plan to Try Again

By Jake Bolster
Laura Beth Resnick’s Butterbee Farm is among thousands of recipients of funding from the Rural Energy for America Program. Credit: LA Birdie Photography

Farmers and Community Groups Sue Trump and the USDA, Seeking Funds They Were Promised

By Georgina Gustin
A view of a wind farm in Nolan, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Some Republicans Defend Clean Energy Tax Credits from Trump Administration Cuts

By Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
In Iola, Texas, the Blue Jay solar and storage plant. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Trump’s Tariffs and New State Regulation Could Increase Power Costs in Texas

By Arcelia Martin
Workers install solar panels for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s solar and battery storage plant in the Mojave Desert of Kern County on Nov. 25, 2024. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze for Climate Work. Will the White House Comply?

By Wyatt Myskow
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin recently called grants from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund reckless spending. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Former EPA Officials Blast Effort to Rescind Climate Funds, Calling It a Political ‘Smokescreen’

By Aman Azhar

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