Clean energy’s big year

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Ford’s CEO says the end of federal subsidies for EV manufacturing and new tariffs on Canada and Mexico would put U.S. jobs at risk. (New York Times)

• A joint venture co-founded by some of the world’s leading automakers will move forward with plans to deploy 30,000 EV charging stations around the U.S. by 2030, despite Trump’s attempts to freeze billions in federal charger funding. (Automotive Dive)

• President Trump’s tariffs on aluminum and steel will likely drive up costs for U.S.-made cars, experts say. (The Hill)

CLIMATE

• The acting director of the Securities and Exchange Commission moves to roll back a rule requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their climate impacts and risks. (New York Times)

• Many billionaires who have previously funded major climate campaigns have gone quiet in the weeks since Trump took office. (New York Times)

• Northeast advocates and political leaders are skeptical of Trump’s order declaring an energy ​“emergency”, and say state and local authority limits the federal government’s ability to force increased use of fossil fuels. (CT Mirror)

GRID

• A new Duke University report suggests the U.S. grid can handle new demand from data centers, factories, and electric vehicles so long as officials can curtail them when the grid is stressed. (Utility Dive)

• New England and New York grid operators say they are coordinating with Canadian power suppliers to ensure reliability if Trump imposes tariffs on energy imports. (Utility Dive)

EFFICIENCY:

• Trump says he will order the U.S. EPA to reverse Biden administration rules increasing efficiency standards for lightbulbs and appliances. (Politico)

• The Trump administration is expected to comply with a judge’s order and unfreeze federal spending in the coming days, making rebates for electric heat pumps available again. (Washington Post)

WIND

An anti-renewables organization presses the Trump administration to review Dominion Energy’s offshore wind farm near Virginia, which has all its permits but could be subject to Trump’s executive order to review ​“existing wind energy leases.” (Heatmap)