"Even U.S. allies locked in national security disputes with Beijing, like the Philippines, are finding it impossible to resist China’s green energy infrastructure."
"The White House unveiled a preliminary fiscal 2026 budget Friday, outlining a plan for Congress’ Republican majorities to try to slash funding for climate programs, renewable energy, vulnerable communities and other Democratic-aligned priorities." "The preliminary funding proposal outlines cuts the administration wants for myriad clean energy, climate and environment programs."
"In California's water-stressed Central Valley, farmers are fallowing land and installing solar, providing financial stability and saving water."
"The House of Representatives took a trio of votes this week targeting California’s decades-old authority to enforce its own environmental standards, setting the stage for a significant standoff in the U.S. Senate, where Democrats say Republican leaders would have to defy long-standing congressional order to get the measures passed."
"Last week, the US Department of the Interior announced that it would speed up the approval process for certain fossil fuel projects, proclaiming that environmental analyses that previously would have taken years must now be taken down to, at maximum, a month. While the new procedures are seemingly a gift to the industry, this may actually be terrible news for pipeline developers, drillers, and miners."
"After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history."
"Current regulations date back to the Carter administration, and a planned overhaul could help fast-track gas export projects."
"The House on Wednesday voted to axe California’s clean truck rules — defying Congress’s own internal watchdog in doing so."
"One hundred days into the second Trump administration, many environmentalists’ worst fears about the new presidency have been realized—and surpassed."
"A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking outrage by bypassing a U.N. agency that regulates deep international waters."
