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FEDERAL FUNDING

• The new head of the U.S. Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office is looking for ways to cancel previously issued clean energy project loans and focusing on nuclear power, natural gas, and other Trump-favored development. (Bloomberg)

• The U.S. EPA tells agency officials to continue distributing Inflation Reduction Act and bipartisan infrastructure law funds to some programs after a two-week-long pause. (Politico)

• Across New England, some $435 million in federal funding for low-income solar programs is inaccessible as awardees find themselves locked out of the online platform used to claim the money. (Boston Globe)

CLEAN ENERGY

A clean energy trade association says chaos within the Trump administration has virtually paralyzed solar and wind permitting on federal and even some private lands even though the Republican party espouses an ​“all of the above” energy platform. (Heatmap)

SOLAR

More than 160 solar industry leaders will come to Capitol Hill today to try to convince congressional Republicans that clean energy can contribute to ​“American energy dominance.” (Washington Post)

POLITICS

• Energy industry leaders and former U.S. EPA officials say EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will have a much easier time revoking Biden-era emissions rules if he doesn’t try to replace them. (E&E News)

• Community-led groups and universities are scrambling to download data and launch trackers on regulatory rollbacks as the Trump administration directs agencies to scrub climate references from government websites. (Inside Climate News)

• New Sen. John Curtis, a Utah Republican, hopes to find common ground with Trump on climate change, like he did with his party when he created the House Conservative Climate Caucus in 2021. (E&E News)

FOSSIL FUELS

• New Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says he’ll direct the department to identify emergency and other powers it can use to implement President Trump’s energy emergency declaration and speed up oil and gas production. (The Hill, Inside Climate News)

• Advocates say the Trump administration’s bid to ​“unleash American energy” will weaken endangered species protections and open up sensitive federal lands to drilling and mining. (Barrons)

GEOTHERMAL

A Massachusetts utility announces it will give up on a networked geothermal pilot project that would have been one of the first in the country, citing higher-than-expected costs. (CommonWealth Beacon)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Georgia officials and businesses wait to see how Trump’s rollback of electric vehicle initiatives will affect the state’s burgeoning EV manufacturing sector. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, subscription)

PIPELINES

Industry groups offer swift support for President Trump’s nominee to run the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, while safety advocates took a more neutral approach. (E&E News, subscription)

HYDROPOWER

Trump’s fondness for hydropower could mean the renewable source receives ​“support for expansion and modernization while other renewables face increased uncertainty,” an industry analyst says. (E&E News, subscription)