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The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.
A pair of proposals from the Trump administration would lower costs and weaken requirements for fossil fuel companies that drill on federal property.
The department cited national security concerns, saying Elon Musk’s company had played a crucial role in the Iran war. It also argued it has the authority to stop environmental lawsuits brought by citizens.
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The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.
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President Donald Trump is expected to announce the allocation of over $700 million federal dollars to upgrade coal power plants and U.S. exports.
A PAC representing wind and solar energy interests spent $1.1 million to boost the Republican primary opponent of Chip Roy, an opponent of renewables. Now they are trying to save a Republican ally in Iowa.
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The lawsuit, the largest ever filed by the Australian government, claims 3M hid information about the harmful effects of PFAS used at military bases.
The Trump administration broke the law, Michigan and others told a court, by declaring an “energy emergency” and forcing an aging coal-burning plant to keep operating.
Costs have been mounting in the year since the Trump administration began directing aging coal plants to say open.
The panel voted to override Endangered Species Act restrictions on oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico, home to critically endangered whales and other imperiled wildlife.