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"A Michigan Coal Plant Was About To Close. Trump Ordered It To Stay Open." [1]

"The Trump administration has followed through on a threat to use emergency wartime powers to force expensive and polluting coal-fired power plants to stay open — even if the utilities that own them, the states in which they operate, and the grid operators responsible for maintaining reliability all agree it’s safe to shut them down."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Technology [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Canary Media [12], 05/29/2025
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"Judge Halts Trump Administration Effort To Axe New York Congestion Pricing" [13]

"A judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, which imposes a significant toll on cars entering part of Manhattan."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
Source: The Hill [20], 05/29/2025
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"Trump Forces Showdown Over Nuclear Regulation" [21]

"In his call Friday for a nationwide expansion of new nuclear power plants, President Donald Trump has set up a potentially historic showdown between his authority and the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. standard-setter for nuclear safety for the past half-century."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Transportation [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [23], 05/28/2025
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"Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Bill May Derail U.S. Battery Industry" [24]

"Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Technology [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [25], 05/28/2025
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"From EVs to HVAC, Clean Energy Means Jobs In Central Illinois" [26]

"Decatur has been losing factory jobs for years. A clean energy workforce hub promises renewal — and provides training for students from disenfranchised communities."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [27]
People & Population [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Canary Media [28], 05/27/2025
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States, Enviros Sue Trump Over Billions in Funding Freezes for EV Charging [29]

"Sixteen states, the District of Columbia and more than a half dozen environmental groups have alleged in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has indefinitely and unlawfully frozen funds for a nationwide electric vehicle program." "Congress appropriated funds in the 2021 infrastructure bill for a national network of electric vehicle charging stations. The administration, which opposes EVs in favor of gasoline-power vehicles, has frozen the money."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Technology [8]
Transportation [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 05/27/2025
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"How Electric Vehicles are Targeted by the Republican Policy Bill" [31]

"The measure, passed by the House, would roll back incentives for people to buy electric vehicles and for automakers to make them in the U.S."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [32], 05/27/2025
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"Trump Signs Executive Orders To Boost Nuclear Power, Speed Up Approvals" [33]

"President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely to reach."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [34]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Waste [35]
Public [9]
California [36]
Source: AP [37], 05/27/2025
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"DOGE Appointee Sparks Turf Battle At Interior: ‘Ignore The Email From HR’" [38]

"The Interior bureau that holds the key to Trump’s fossil fuel agenda is riven by feuding between career staff and an emissary from Elon Musk’s budget-cutting operation."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Politico [40], 05/27/2025
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"Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants" [41]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [42], 05/27/2025
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