Infrastructure

"How Ukraine Is Turning to Renewables to Keep Heat and Lights On"

"Russia continues to bomb Ukraine’s fossil-fueled power plants, leaving much of the nation shivering during a brutal winter. But Ukraine’s new emphasis on developing decentralized power — from solar panels to wind turbines — is advancing an unexpected green energy transition."

Source: YaleE360, 02/13/2026

"Trump Wants 100% American-Made EV Chargers. Some See Sabotage."

"The requirement would be next to impossible for federally funded charging stations to meet, industry advocates say."

"The Trump administration is proposing to require that federally funded electric vehicle chargers be fully U.S. made — an all-but-impossible target that could kill a multibillion-dollar effort to build a nationwide charging network.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday that raising the threshold to 100 percent domestic manufacturing — up from 55 percent — would advance U.S. manufacturing and improve national security.

Source: E&E News, 02/12/2026

TVA Says It Now Doesn’t Want To Close Two Coal-Fired Plants

"The nation’s largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter, changing course before a meeting of its board, which has a majority of members picked by the coal-friendly Trump administration."

Source: AP, 02/11/2026

"Trump Will Order Defense Department to Buy Coal Power"

"President Donald Trump plans to announce an executive order on Wednesday directing the U.S. Department of Defense to buy electricity from coal-fired power plants." "Climate and security experts say the plan is outdated and could place the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/11/2026

"How The Fracking Boom Put An Oil Field In The Guadalupe River Floodplain"

"More than 500 enormous oil tanks dot the floodplains of the Guadalupe River and its tributaries where they cross one of Texas’ leading oilfields, an Inside Climate News investigation has found, posing risk of an environmental disaster." "Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/10/2026

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