White House eyes data center agreements amid energy price spikes

A draft pact, obtained by POLITICO, seeks to help ensure data centers do not raise household electricity prices, strain water resources or undermine grid reliability.

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Trump’s message to oil companies on Venezuela: 'You gotta go in'

The White House has told companies they must to rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.

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White House, Energy secretary at odds over $30B in cuts

“There are definitely annoyances with the White House about who gets to decide what gets cut and when it gets cut,” an administration official said.

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The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices

The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...

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Climate change ‘beyond scientific dispute,’ National Academies report says

The report is a sharp rebuttal to a recent Trump administration's report, and Republicans have already targeted the report as “a blatant partisan act.”

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Trump’s killing of climate grants has recipients second-guessing federal help

"The risk is way too high and the effort is way too large," said one environmental group founder about federal grants.

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Trump administration taking new steps to block wind and solar projects, undisclosed memo says

The directive puts these renewable energy projects under heightened scrutiny at Interior in a move that could slow approvals and construction.

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EPA’s fight to freeze climate grants has ‘significant legal vulnerabilities,’ top attorney warned in email

The Trump administration's effort to regain control of $20 billion in already-distributed funding could expose the agency to billions in damages, a career lawyer wrote in an internal message obtained ...

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EPA’s fight to freeze climate grants has ‘significant legal vulnerabilities,’ top attorney warned in email

The Trump administration's effort to regain control of $20 billion in already-distributed funding could expose the agency to billions in damages, a career lawyer wrote in an internal message obtained ...

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Federal judge orders immediate thaw of climate, infrastructure funds

President Donald Trump does not have "unfettered power to hamstring in perpetuity" duly passed funding laws, the judge ruled.

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POLITICO Pro: Trump moves to hobble major US climate change study

The cuts are a potentially fatal blow to the National Climate Assessment that Congress mandated to ensure the government understands the threats posed by rising temperatures.

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Judge hammers EPA over lack of proof of wrongdoing in terminating $20B in climate grants

"Here we are, weeks in, and you're still unable to proffer me any information with regard to any kind of investigation or malfeasance," U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said.

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Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.

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Climate groups could beat Trump in fight for $20B. It may be too late.

The controversy over $20 billion of climate grants is stalling projects across the country and could force cancelation of projects designed to help people lower their energy costs.

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Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now

The ruling orders EPA and climate change groups to return to court to argue about the fate of the money.

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Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now

The ruling orders EPA and climate change groups to return to court to argue about the fate of the money.

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Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning

“Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world's richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.

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Trump calls for imprisoning his opponents in bellicose speech at Justice Department

For more than an hour, he delivered an insult-laden speech that shattered the traditional notion of DOJ independence.

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POLITICO Pro: Judge slams EPA’s climate grant cancellations: ‘You have to have some kind of evidence’

Judge Tanya Chutkan offered significant criticism of EPA’s action but stopped short of saying she will side with the Climate United Fund.

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EPA launches attack on ‘holy grail’ of climate science — and dozens of enviro rules

The move is the most aggressive attack yet by the Trump administration to undo previous efforts to limit the emissions that are warming the planet.

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Oil executives supported Trump. Now he's causing them heartburn.

Oil and gas executives were big backers of the Republican president and his "energy dominance' message, but the trade fights he's picked are driving up their costs and threatening to undermine the eco...

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Trump calls for company building Keystone XL Pipeline to return to America and ‘get it built’

President Donald Trump is working to restore the Keystone XL Pipeline construction project and asking the company who was initially tasked to build it to come back and resume operations.

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