Energy & Fuel

"The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways"

"Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive."

Source: Inside Climate News, 12/23/2025

BLM Makes More Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Available For Energy, Mining

"The Trump administration is planning on making more acres of public land available for energy and mineral development in eight Western states, a move worrying environmentalists watching for the declining population of greater sage-grouse."

Source: Utah News Dispatch, 12/23/2025

"‘Bonkers’: DOI Letter Halts All Five In-Progress Offshore Wind Farms"

"The Interior Department announced Monday it is pausing leases for all five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in America, citing unspecified issues of national security."

Source: Canary Media, 12/23/2025

"Controversial Dakota Pipeline Gets a Big, Belated Government Boost"

"A delayed environmental review cleared the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operating. Separately, a North Dakota judge expressed unusual exasperation over the tangled legal battles."

Source: NYTimes, 12/22/2025

Feds Pave The Way For Big Tech To Plug Data Centers Right Into Power Plants

Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants, issuing a long-awaited order Thursday, as the Trump administration urges them to help the U.S. lead the world in artificial intelligence and revive domestic manufacturing.

Source: AP, 12/22/2025

"Georgia’s Lame-Duck Utility Commission OKs Massive, Pricey Gas Buildout"

"Critics fear Georgia Power’s $16.3 billion investment in fossil-gas plants and batteries will jack up customers’ bills if data centers don’t show up as forecasted."

Source: Canary Media, 12/22/2025

"Another Trump Financial Conflict, This Time With Nuclear Power"

"Trump Media plans to merge with a company developing nuclear fusion technology, putting the president’s financial interests in competition with other energy companies over which his administration holds sway."

Source: NYTimes, 12/22/2025

DOE Watchdog Will Audit Trump Cuts Of Nearly $8B In Clean Energy Grants

"An internal watchdog in the U.S. Department of Energy will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects across 16 states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election."

Source: AP, 12/19/2025

Federal Judge Blocks Whitmer From Shutting Down Pipeline Under Great Lakes

"A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ‘s attempt to shut down an aging oil pipeline running beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes, finding that only the federal government can regulate interstate pipeline safety."

Source: AP, 12/19/2025

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