Today’s headlines: Blue-state climate grants restored, and more

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COURTS

• A federal judge overturns the Interior Department order halting construction on the nearly-complete Revolution Wind, which the Trump administration targeted in December along with four other wind projects. (Politico)

• A federal judge reverses the U.S. Energy Department’s clawback of $28 million in funding for blue-state climate projects, which were among more than $7.5 billion in grants the DOE canceled in October. (E&E News)

COAL

• The U.S. House passes a funding bill that would roll back $500 million previously allocated for cleaning up abandoned mines. (Inside Climate News)

EMISSIONS

• The U.S. EPA reportedly plans to stop recording the health benefits of curbing fine particulate matter and ozone pollutants. (New York Times)

SOLAR

• A series of deals across finance, fashion, tech, and other industries show a steady desire for solar power among businesses. (Wall Street Journal)

FINANCE

• Global venture capital investments in climate and clean tech totaled around $40 billion last year, falling nearly 50% from a 2021 high. (Axios)

NUCLEAR

• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) today will announce a goal of deploying 5 GW of nuclear power, up from the 1 GW goal she proposed last summer. (Syracuse Post-Standard)

DATA CENTERS

• Hochul will also announce an initiative to ensure data centers and other power-hungry developments pay for their own power costs if they don’t create large numbers of jobs or other benefits. (Axios)

• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) calls on the tech industry to push for energy project permitting reform that doesn’t put solar and wind projects at a disadvantage. (E&E News)

• President Trump praises the AI boom, but calls for data center builders to ​“pay their own way” in a social media post. (Washington Post)