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August 1, 2025

CGEP Webinar: President Trump’s Executive Actions on AI [1]

Join the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA for an online panel discussion on the Trump administration's recent executive actions on artificial intelligence and their implications for energy use in the United States and around the world. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
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"EVs Had A Decent Quarter. The Next Could Be Record-Breaking." [10]

"Tesla had another dreary quarter and GM is doubling down on EV production as automakers gear up for the end of federal tax credits."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [15]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Canary Media [16], 07/28/2025

"Controversial Interior Department Aide From DOGE to Leave Agency" [17]

"Tyler Hassen, a former Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team who was given sweeping powers to overhaul the Department of the Interior, is leaving the agency, he confirmed on Friday."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [22], 07/28/2025

Climate Advocates Outraged At Trump Admin Plans To Fast-Track AI Sector [23]

"The Trump administration has unveiled plans to speed the development of the highly polluting artificial intelligence sector, sparking outrage from climate advocates. Rolled out on Wednesday, the 28-page scheme pledges to remove so-called “bureaucratic red tape” and streamline permitting for datacenters, semiconductor manufacturing facilities and fossil fuel infrastructure."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [7]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [25], 07/28/2025

‘Total Infiltration’: How Plastics Industry Swamped Global Treaty Talks [26]

"Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet"

Chemicals [27]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Food [29]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [3]
International [9]
Source: Guardian [31], 07/25/2025

Senate Committee Advances Bipartisan Interior-Environment Spending Bill [32]

"Senate appropriators on Thursday advanced legislation funding environment and natural resource agencies targeted for deep budget cuts by the Trump administration." "The bill’s spending would be higher than a House Republican proposal and the Trump administration’s budget request."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [34], 07/25/2025

"On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow" [35]

"Old oil wells on the reservation spew chemical-laden water. The feds have done little to honor treaty obligations to clean them up."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [30]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: Capital & Main [39], 07/24/2025

"Court Upholds A Landmark Clean-Heat Rule In Southern California" [40]

"The first-in-the-nation regulation, passed last year, will cut NOx emissions from more than 1 million boilers and water heaters in the smoggy Los Angeles area."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [33]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [30]
Public [3]
California [41]
Source: Canary Media [42], 07/24/2025

"Trump’s EPA Delays Rules Requiring Toxic Coal Ash Cleanup" [43]

"The Trump administration just dealt another blow to U.S. environmental regulations — one that could allow more contamination of drinking water from toxic coal ash contamination. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed on July 17 to extend deadlines for required reporting and groundwater monitoring at coal ash landfills and dumps."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [30]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Canary Media [45], 07/24/2025

"Trump Admin Cancels $4.9B Loan For Biggest Transmission Line In US" [46]

"The Trump administration just dealt a blow to the biggest transmission line project currently underway in the United States." "The Grain Belt Express is over a decade in the making and would bring huge amounts of cheap wind and solar from the plains to the East. Its future is now murky."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [19]
Technology [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Canary Media [47], 07/24/2025

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