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Climate

Trump Reportedly Wants to Fast Track Deep-Sea Mining
Economy

AM Briefing: Trump and the Deep-Sea Mining Debate

On critical minerals, Tesla’s home battery business, and India’s heat wave

Economy

AM Briefing: Trump’s Car Price Confession

On auto imports, special elections, and Volvo’s new CEO

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Climate

AM Briefing: The EPA’s Inbox Is Open

On skirting pollution rules, Arctic sea ice, and Empire Wind

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Politics

AM Briefing: Buckle Up, Auto Industry

On auto levies, NOAA’s new lawyer, and the future of FEMA

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South Korea Is Grappling With Devastating Wildfires

AM Briefing: South Korea’s Deadly Fires

On deadly blazes, China’s carbon market, and the goal of tripling renewables

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BYD Deals Another Blow to Tesla

AM Briefing: BYD Leapfrogs Tesla

On EV sales, a clean energy lobbying blitz, and fusion

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Climate

AM Briefing: Global Energy Demand on the Rise

On the IEA’s latest report, wildfires in North Carolina, and EV adoption

Extreme Heat Boosted Energy Demand in 2024
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Current conditions: A wildfire in New Jersey’s Wharton State Forest has burned 2,300 acres • An ancient Roman bridge collapsed in central Spain after extreme rainfall from four consecutive storms • Los Angeles could see record-breaking March heat today with temperatures nearing 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

THE TOP FIVE

1. The IRA has a math problem

The ballooning price tag of President Trump’s tax cut wishlist and preliminary budget negotiations on the Hill are pointing toward a budgetary showdown in which many of the Inflation Reduction Act’s benefits could become fiscal casualties. D.C. veterans, including former GOP Hill staff, tell Heatmap that even the most bipartisan parts of the IRA could be sacrificed in the budget reconciliation process in order to make room for Trump’s biggest legislative priorities, including extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, eliminating taxes on tips, overtime pay, and Social Security, and removing the cap on the state and local tax liability deductions.

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Politics

AM Briefing: A Letter from EPA Staff

On environmental justice grants, melting glaciers, and Amazon’s carbon credits

EPA Workers Wrote an Anonymous Letter to America
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Current conditions: Severe thunderstorms are expected across the Mississippi Valley this weekend • Storm Martinho pushed Portugal’s wind power generation to “historic maximums” • It’s 62 degrees Fahrenheit, cloudy, and very quiet at Heathrow Airport outside London, where a large fire at an electricity substation forced the international travel hub to close.

THE TOP FIVE

1. Trump issues executive order to expand critical mineral output

President Trump invoked emergency powers Thursday to expand production of critical minerals and reduce the nation’s reliance on other countries. The executive order relies on the Defense Production Act, which “grants the president powers to ensure the nation’s defense by expanding and expediting the supply of materials and services from the domestic industrial base.”

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