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The Gibson Power Plant operates April 10, 2025, in Princeton, Ind.
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Trump Offers Regulatory Relief for Coal, Iron Ore and Chemical Industries
Trump called the Biden-era rules expensive and, in some cases, unattainable.
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Solar panels are installed on a home in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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Interior Secretary Burgum Must Personally Approve All Wind, Solar Projects, New Order Says
Clean-energy advocates say the action could hamstring projects that need to be underway quickly.
July 17, 2025
The Tied Arch Bridge construction site, which will take high-speed trains over State Route 43, April 15, 2025, in Fresno County, Calif.
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Trump Administration Pulls $4B in Federal Funding for California's Bullet Train Project
Is California's bullet train dream derailing?
July 17, 2025
This April 7, 2017 file photo, shows Burton Tower on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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University of Michigan Faces Federal Investigation After Arrest of 2 Chinese Scientists
The scientists were charged with smuggling toxic biological materials into the U.S.
July 17, 2025
CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang speaks during a press conference at the Mandarin Oriental Qianmen after attending the third China International Supply Chain Expo, in Beijing, Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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Nvidia CEO Downplays Role in Lifting U.S. Ban on Chip Sales to China
“We can only influence them, inform them, do our best to provide them with facts.”
July 16, 2025
People wearing face masks wait at a traffic signal in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 14, 2024.
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Vietnam Will Ban Fossil-Fuel Motorcycles From Central Hanoi Over Pollution Concerns
The ban is part of a nationwide effort to curb air pollution.
July 14, 2025
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Sustainability, Economics
How Europe’s Clean Industry Deal Could Impact Global Manufacturing
July 11, 2025
M1A2T Abrams main battle tanks fire during a military live-fire shooting training in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, Thursday, July 10, 2025.
Taiwan's President Watches Live-Fire Drills With New U.S.-Made Tanks
July 10, 2025
The Spring Creek Mine in Decker, Mont., is just one mine in the Powder River Basin, the most productive coal-producing region in the U.S.
Engineering Prof: Americans May Soon Pay Higher Prices for Dirtier Energy
July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump, left, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington.
Trump Caught 'Flat Footed' by Pentagon's Move to Pause Ukraine Weapons Deliveries, Sources Say
July 9, 2025
In this April 25, 2018 photo, the logo of the Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) is seen in Taichung, Taiwan.
China Imposes Export Ban on Companies Tied to Taiwan’s Military
July 9, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington.
Trade Deal Pressure Ramps Before Wednesday Deadline
July 7, 2025
BKV Carbon Ventures health and safety advisor Adam Pope looks on at a compression station that is part of a carbon capture and sequestration process in Bridgeport, Texas, Thursday, May 29, 2025.
How Carbon Capture Works and the Debate About Whether it's a Future Climate Solution
June 26, 2025
Trucks loaded with container move through a container terminal port in Shanghai, China Monday, June 9, 2025.
Trump Says U.S. Has Signed Deal With China on Trade
June 27, 2025
Electric vehicle chargers sit outside a Ford dealership, Jan. 21, 2024, in Broomfield, Colo.
Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Release EV Charger Funding in 14 States
June 25, 2025
A runner grabs a bottle of water at the athlete's village prior to the start of the 116th running of the Boston Marathon, Hopkinton, Mass., April 16, 2012.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Win for Environmentalists in Fight Over ‘Forever Chemicals’
June 24, 2025
The Supreme Court, Washington, Feb. 27, 2025.
Supreme Court Rejects Company's Push for a Quick Decision on Tariffs
June 23, 2025
Protesters who have lost love ones to the opioid crisis protest outside a courthouse in Boston, Aug. 2, 2019, where a judge heard arguments in a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma.
Purdue Pharma's $7B Opioid Settlement Plan Could Get Votes from Victims, Cities
June 20, 2025
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July 9, 2025
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney at a press conference on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, June 19, 2025.
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Canadian Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Could Rise Depending on Trade Talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to impose new tariffs next month — depending on how talks progress.
June 20, 2025
An aerial image of Consumer Energy's J.H. Campbell Generating Complex in Ottawa County, Mich., Sept. 21, 2024.
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Michigan, Environmental Groups Challenge Federal Order to Keep Coal-Fired Plant Open
Consumers Energy had planned to close the power station by May 31.
June 19, 2025
Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, carries a panel as he and Brian Hoeppner, right, install a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., July 17, 2023.
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Senate Republicans Double Down, Target Clean Energy in Draft Tax Bill
Tax credits would still be phased out, just not so fast.
June 17, 2025
Rick Woldenberg, CEO of Learning Resources, an educational toy company whose products are manufactured in China, stands at a warehouse in Vernon Hills, Ill., April 11, 2025.
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Toy Company Challenges Tariffs Before the Supreme Court in Long Shot Bid for Quick Decision
Learning Resources argues that President Trump illegally imposed tariffs under an emergency powers law rather than getting approval from Congress.
June 17, 2025
This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope.
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U.S. Appeals Court Refuses to Vacate Biden Approval of Alaska's Willow Oil Project
Critics have raised concerns that the project would drive industrialization in the region.
June 16, 2025
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa.
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Trump Administration Offers Details of How It Would Control U.S. Steel
The union has concerns.
June 16, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a bill blocking California's rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump Signs Measure Blocking California's Ban on New Sales of Gas-Powered Cars
California's attorney general called the actions "unlawful, irrational and wildly partisan."
June 12, 2025
President Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., June 10, 2025.
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Court Allows Collection of Tariffs as Challenges Continue
The court added that it would expedite the case and hear arguments late next month.
June 12, 2025
Janelle Lowe prepares to charge her electric vehicle at a charging station Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Long Beach, Calif.
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Trump is Expected to Sign Measure Blocking California's Nation-Leading Vehicle Emissions Rules
Officials contend that what the federal government is doing is illegal.
June 12, 2025
The Warrick Power Plant operates Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Newburgh, Ind.
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Planet-Warming Emissions Dropped When Companies Had to Report Them
But the EPA wants to end that.
June 6, 2025
Garth Fernandez, Central Valley regional director for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, talks about the Cedar Viaduct in Fresno, Calif., April 15, 2025.
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Trump Administration Signals it will Slash Funds for Long-Delayed California High-Speed Rail Project
Federal reports conclude that there's “no viable path” to complete a partial section of the line.
June 5, 2025
In this photo shot from a television screen provided by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy in June 2020, shows damage to anchor support EP-17-1 on the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline within the Straits of Mackinac in Mich.
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Army Corps Analysis Finds Great Lakes Pipeline Tunnel Would Have Sweeping Environmental Impacts
The proposed $500 million tunnel has been bogged down by legal challenges.
June 2, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright listens during a press conference at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Berkeley, Calif.
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The Department of Energy Axes $3.7 Billion in Clean Energy Project Grants
Over $15 billion worth of projects are being reviewed.
June 2, 2025
American flags are displayed together with Chinese flags on top of a trishaw on Sept. 16, 2018, in Beijing.
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China Blasts U.S. for Its Computer Chip Moves, Threatening Student Visas
China said these practices violated the consensus reached during trade discussions last month.
June 2, 2025