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News Articles: Energy

The Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The laboratory will soon be home to five new test reactors being built by private companies. Supporters hope the reactors will power data centers needed for artificial intelligence.

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  • Technology

The Trump administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review

The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.

February 03, 2026
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
The Environmental Protection Agency awards the blue and white Energy Star logo to the most efficient appliances.

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  • Climate

Energy Star has emerged stronger after Trump's EPA tried to end it

The Trump administration tried to end or privatize the government Energy Star efficiency program. But now Trump has signed a budget bill that fully funds the program and leaves it even stronger.

February 03, 2026
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
High-voltage power lines are pictured on January 14, 2026 in Miami, Fla. President Trump promised to cut energy bills in half within one year of his re-election. Gasoline prices have fallen about 20%, but electricity rates are still rising.

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  • Business

Trump promised to cut energy bills in half. One year later, has he delivered?

Cheap gasoline, yes. Drill, baby, drill? Not so much. And electricity bills are going up, not down.

January 20, 2026
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Wind turbine bases, generators and blades sit at The Portsmouth Marine terminal that is the staging area for Dominion Energy Virginia, which is developing Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, on Dec. 22 in Portsmouth, Va.

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  • Energy

Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers'

A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down.

January 12, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A sculpture of a hand holding an oil drilling rig stands outside the state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 26, 2025. In the background are a street and a tall building.

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  • Business

The world has too much oil right now. Will companies want Venezuela's?

Crude prices are low. Companies are being cautious. But huge reserves — particularly of the heavy, viscous oil Venezuela has in abundance — remain appealing.

January 07, 2026
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Wind turbines operate in July at the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts.

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  • Climate

The Trump administration pauses wind projects off New England, New York and Virginia

An Interior Department statement did not detail the national security risks. It's the administration's latest pus to hobble offshore wind and limit renewable energy sources.

December 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A CleanSpark crypto mining facility in Sandersville, Georgia has the power capacity of 250 megawatts. CleanSpark

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  • News

The costs of crypto mining in Georgia. Will it be regulated along with new data center rules?

With great attention paid to Georgia data centers and their impacts on the environment and local communities, another type of major industrial facility is racking up lots of energy consumption — enough to put Georgia second in the country, according to one report.

December 04, 2025
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By:
  • Kala Hunter
An EV charging station in Forsyth. Credit: Mary Landers/The Current

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  • News

Federal cash flows again for Coastal Georgia EV chargers

The Trump administration first demanded removal of equity pledges from the multiyear plan.

November 28, 2025
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  • Maggie Lee and
  • The Current
Hannah Solar, LLC, a leader in sustainable energy, will soon be in Rome.

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  • Energy

Clean energy job growth continues to be a major economic driver in Georgia, study says

Clean energy job growth is still outpacing other sectors of Georgia’s economy according to nonpartisan energy and economy organization E2.

November 28, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
An employee works on a solar panel inside the Hanwha Qcells Solar plant, Oct. 16, 2023, in Dalton, Ga. U.S. manufacturers have added 56,000 jobs in the last three months.

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  • Energy

Georgia clean energy job growth is cooling, new study says

A new study released by the for the nonpartisan climate research group E2 says that clean energy progress is slowing, especially in Georgia.  

October 24, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Wind turbines stand next to the Neurath coal-fired power plant on April 15, 2024, in Ingendorf, Germany.

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  • Energy

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

October 09, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
The Fortunatos' Green Idea House in Hermosa Beach, Calif., has a flat roof with a 5-foot overhang that shields the sun and cools the home.

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  • Climate

5 lessons from a house that generates more energy than it uses

With higher utility bills, a house that produces more energy than it uses may be appealing. In Southern California, one such house has existed for more than a decade: the "Green Idea House" in Hermosa Beach.

September 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
Technicians with Sunpath Solar install solar panels at the Asbury Memorial Church in Savannah on Sept. 11, 2025. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA/CatchLight Local/Report for America

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  • Energy

Solar on a Savannah church highlights losses from federal cutbacks

Asbury Memorial Church is getting one of the last installations of a pilot project for a statewide pilot program that began in 2023.

September 18, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
The Reliance Industries oil refinery in Jamnagar, in India's Gujarat state. Researchers say that the refinery gets nearly half its crude oil from Russia and that most of the oil products that the U.S. imports from India are made in this refinery.

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  • World

The U.S. is a major importer of Indian products made from Russian oil

The United States imports oil products from India's Reliance Industries refinery, which sources nearly half its oil from Russia.

September 08, 2025
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By:
  • Omkar Khandekar and
  • Brent Jones
A Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle charges via a fast charger in Torrance, Calif., on February 23, 2024. A federal program to fund fast chargers across the U.S. has been on pause for six months, but the Trump administration is now restarting it.

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  • Business

After a freeze, Trump administration reluctantly agrees to fund EV chargers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he doesn't agree with federal subsidies for high-speed EV chargers, but that his department "will respect Congress' will" and release the funds.

August 18, 2025
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  • Camila Domonoske
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