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"Facing staunch local opposition and federal roadblocks, a new wind project in Iowa is teetering on the brink, despite growing power demand."

"Federal energy regulators last Thursday greenlit a roughly $2 billion renewable energy megaproject on a Yakama Nation sacred site overlooking the Columbia River in Klickitat County."

"The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a written, public assessment of the possible consequences of a nuclear accident."

"A federal court on Monday halted the last of five stop work orders issued by the Trump administration in December to block major offshore wind farms, giving the wind energy industry five legal wins in a row over the government."

"States gave Drax millions in tax breaks in the hopes of boosting jobs."

"The manager overseeing Janus Henderson Investors’ flagship sustainable fund says there’s little to indicate that President Trump’s anti-green rhetoric will derail the rally gripping clean-energy stocks."

"A funny thing happened on the way to President Donald Trump’s mission to obliterate renewable energy. Solar and wind energy use is surging, especially globally, but even in the United States."

"The outlook for electric grid reliability in North America is worsening, as demand may outpace supply in the years ahead, according to a key watchdog."

"Even as electric vehicle sales slump, the U.S. fast-charging network grew over 30 percent last year, a new report shows."

"A fourth offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration was temporarily allowed to resume construction on Tuesday, marking yet another legal setback for the White House on the issue."