Politics

Food and farms

The Trump climate story is boring — except this part

We won’t see national progress on clean energy policy over the next four years. But interesting things could happen in the food-climate nexus.

By Michael Grunwald . 20 March 2025
Clean energy manufacturing

Chart: GOP districts to lose big if Trump halts clean energy factories

More than 80% of the planned $129 billion factory buildout — and tens of thousands of jobs — would go to Republican congressional districts.

By Dan McCarthy . 21 February 2025
Offshore wind

GOP think tank that tried to stop VA offshore wind now says ‘go ahead’

The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy said canceling America’s biggest offshore wind project under construction, off the Virginia coast, no longer makes economic sense.

By Clare Fieseler . 14 February 2025
Air travel

Trump DOE OKs first LPO disbursement — after GOP senator voices support

A Montana refinery for sustainable aviation fuel will now get $1.44 billion in financing that had been previously approved by the Loan Programs Office under Biden.

By Maria Gallucci . 14 February 2025
Clean energy

Trump EPA aims to claw back $20B in ‘green bank’ funds

EPA chief Lee Zeldin pledged to seize these IRA funds, which are meant to help disadvantaged groups access clean energy and already in a private bank.

By Jeff St. John . 13 February 2025
Offshore wind

NJ has given up on offshore wind for now. Who’s to blame?

Trump’s executive order helped grind New Jersey’s efforts to a halt, but rising costs, a lame-duck governor, and a congressman’s vendetta may have sealed the deal.

By Clare Fieseler . 11 February 2025
Clean energy

Here's every Biden-era energy loan — now all under threat from Trump

The DOE Loan Programs Office gave out $107 billion to 53 projects, from EV factories to a nuclear-plant restart. But the fate of the loans is unclear under Trump.

By Dan McCarthy, Jeff St. John . 5 February 2025
Clean industry

Clean cement startup Brimstone can make another key material: alumina

The U.S. imports lots of alumina, which is a key component of aluminum. Brimstone says it can produce the ingredient domestically using cleaner methods.

By Maria Gallucci . 5 February 2025
Policy & regulation

Trump's climate spending freeze is already causing serious economic harm

Federal courts have ordered funding to resume. But businesses and community groups struggling to stay afloat because of the pause don’t know when they’ll see it.

By Jeff St. John . 3 February 2025
Policy & regulation

Trump admin’s attack on clean energy and climate funding continues

Federal funding portals are down. Binding contracts are at risk. And a legal battle is sure to come. What happens next?

By Jeff St. John . 30 January 2025