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April 23, 2024
The office running a crucial part of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda has Congress’ approval to lend more than $200 billion for next-generation energy projects — from solar farms and batteries to hydrogen production and lithium mining. So far, it’s given the go-ahead to a little more than $25 billion. And even as the administration
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The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in August 2017 in Cerulean, Kentucky. | Timothy D. Easley/AP By Jason Plautz 04/08/2024 05:00 AM EDT a report from NREL. That event did not result in any major U.S. power outages. But the grid has changed significantly since then, with fossil fuel plants retiring
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The sun sets over Phoenix during a heat wave last July. | Matt York/AP By Robin Bravender 03/29/2024 05:47 PM EDT a one-page form with the Commerce Department 10 days before they do so, thanks to a law from the 1970s that requires reporting of efforts to modify the weather. That’s not enough, say academics
READ MOREThen-Secretary of Energy Steven Chu (right) and then-President Barack Obama in February 2009. In a newly released interview, Chu said Obama should have used “the power of the presidency” to win lawmakers’ votes. | Ron Sachs/AFP via Getty Images By Robin Bravender, Timothy Cama and Kevin Bogardus 03/29/2024 05:47 PM EDT Oral histories produced by
READ MOREPresident Joe Biden’s policies — both the clean energy ones he’s publicly touted and the fossil fuel moves his administration prefers to keep quiet — have helped drive growth in renewables as well as oil and gas production. | Jamie Kelter Davis for POLITICO President Joe Biden is presiding over a historic boom in U.S.
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The final version of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Cars rule is the strictest federal climate regulation ever issued for passenger cars and trucks. | Paul Sancya/AP By Jean Chemnick and Mike Lee 03/20/2024 11:30 AM EDT Updated: 03/20/2024 01:11 PM EDT first proposed last spring. The agency estimated a year ago that the rule
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The funding will successfully incorporate Tesla’s uniquely designed red-and-white chargers into the overall experience for not only Tesla drivers, but also for all electric vehicle users traveling on American highways. By David Ferris 02/27/2024 05:00 AM EST Solidifying its charging technology as the accepted standard in the country, despite ongoing tensions between Musk and Biden.
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The decision made by President Joe Biden to halt the issuance of new permits for exporting natural gas is having a significant impact on the crucial swing state, which is the second largest producer of gas in the nation. President Joe Biden has caused concern among his supporters in the key state of Pennsylvania by
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On March 22, 2023, Michael Regan, the Administrator of the EPA, gives testimony at Capitol Hill in Washington. | Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images By Robin Bravender 02/26/2024 12:27 PM EST Major news: The United States has completed a significant regulation targeting the reduction of methane emissions in the oil and gas sector.
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Large equipment is employed to trim down trees in order to expand a current pathway for power lines near Bingham, Maine. The government’s proposal to import hydroelectricity from Canada to the New England region has sparked contentious disputes among energy corporations. | Photo by Robert F. Bukaty, courtesy of AP By Benjamin Storrow 02/25/2024 07:00
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