Trump Tried to Stop EV Charging Program. It Has Kept Rolling Along Anyway. [1]
"Trump froze funding for the Biden-era initiative, but, after court battles, some states continue to use the money."

"Trump froze funding for the Biden-era initiative, but, after court battles, some states continue to use the money."
"The Trump administration is throwing its weight behind gas providers and utilities that want the Supreme Court to strike down Biden-era Department of Energy rules that tightened standards for gas-powered commercial water heaters and consumer furnaces."
"Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning far off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region. Wind farms are taking shape and operating along the East Coast, even as President Donald Trump seeks to end the U.S. offshore wind industry. He often talks about his hatred of wind power and calls turbines ugly."
"The new investigation by DeSmog and Politico found boutique Paris-based PR firm Digital Tellers is linked to a web of connected Facebook groups and accounts, which regularly share false claims about the cost, noise and reliability of heat pumps."
"Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land. Residents are fighting back."
"The oil crisis triggered by the Iran war has changed the fossil fuel industry for ever, turning countries away from fossil fuels to secure energy supplies, the world’s leading energy economist said."
"The Trump administration announced two more payouts Monday for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development."
"Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of Monsanto’s argument that federal law prevents state courts from holding the company financially responsible for failing to warn consumers about the risk of cancer from its popular Roundup weedkiller."
"Republican allies of the oil and gas industry question the objectivity of an independent report from the nation’s top science advisers on the harms of human-caused climate change."
"A proposed waste-to-energy facility in Fiji has been labelled as "waste colonialism" by opponents of the plant. The $900 million venture, backed by Australian billionaire Ian Malouf, would burn hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste each year at a site built near a popular tourist destination."
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