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News Articles: energy policy

Wind turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Supporters say offshore wind projects are a valuable resource for meeting rising power demand and ensuring electric reliability.

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

Trump's attacks on offshore wind could hurt infrastructure spending across the economy

President Trump has tried to kill offshore wind's future in the U.S. But industry analysts say the attacks could hurt business confidence across the U.S. economy.

March 26, 2026
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By:
  • Michael Copley

Tagged as: 

  • News

Trump takes aim at windmills despite increasing energy costs

President Trump's mission to fight renewable wind energy comes at a time of rising energy costs.

March 24, 2026
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency building in Washington, DC.

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

Trump's EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight

The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.

February 11, 2026
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By:
  • Jeff Brady and
  • Camila Domonoske
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
President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20. Trump has used executive orders to establish multiple national emergencies, which give him access to expanded powers.

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  • National

President Trump is testing the limits of emergency powers — again

President Trump has declared multiple national emergencies since taking office. That's helping him act quickly. There are few checks and balances on the emergency powers he's claiming.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Then-candidate Donald Trump at an October campaign event in Pennsylvania.

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

As Trump vows to embrace fossil fuels, U.S. climate policy won't change quickly

President Trump's first weeks in office included executive orders that aim to stop or roll back former President Biden's ambitious climate agenda and redirect the country's attention to fossil fuels.

February 01, 2025
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
A Trump executive order temporarily pauses leases and permits for onshore and offshore wind projects.

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

Here's how Trump's pause on wind projects could threaten jobs and climate goals

A Trump executive order temporarily pauses leases and permits for offshore and onshore wind projects. Wind advocates say an offshore wind freeze could threaten states' climate goals and jobs.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Julia Simon
President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders after his inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. He also declared a national energy emergency.

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

Trump's energy emergency is a gift to fossil fuel firms. It's likely headed to court

President Trump signed a "national energy emergency" that gives his administration new powers to boost fossil fuel development around the country.

January 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
People walk near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on the day a new law to save energy nationwide goes into effect on Thursday. The new law includes a wide variety of temporary measures, like banning the illumination of landmarks and regulating temperatures in public and private venues, to save electricity. These are a response to inflation and lower natural gas and other energy supplies from Russia.

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  • World

Russia's effort to break European energy unity seems to be failing — at least for now

One of the intended outcomes of Russia's war in Ukraine is to dissolve European unity on energy policy, analysts say, but the unity is so far holding firm.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
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