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Climate

Jerome Powell.
Energy

The Fed Flips Green Fortunes

On EPA’s climate denial, virtual power plants, and Europe’s $50 billion climate reality

Climate

Trump Sues Over Superfund Statute

On Democrats’ AI blueprint, more nationalized minerals, and the GOP’s anti-geoengineering push

Blue
AM Briefing

Orsted’s Deep Discounts

On Toyota’s recalls, America’s per-capita emissions, and Sierra Club drama

Blue
AM Briefing

Trump Resumes Wind War

On EPA’s CO2 math, the British atom, and Ram’s reversal

Green
Doug Burgum.

Climate Heats Up Transatlantic Tensions

On Hyundai’s ICE delays, Russia’s nuclear hiccup, and China exports its boom

Blue
Donald Trump.

Trump’s Climate Contrarians Disband

On a copper mega merger, California’s solar canal, and Bahrain’s deep-sea mining bet

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AM Briefing

Climate Progress Takes a Hit Under Trump

On Rick Perry’s loan push, firefighters’ mask rules, and Europe’s heat pump problems

The White House.
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Current conditions: The Garnet Fire has scorched nearly 55,000 acres in Sierra National Forest, east of Fresno, California, and now threatens 2,000-year-old sequoia trees • Hurricane Kiko is losing intensity as it reaches Hawaii • Tropical Storm Tapah has made landfall over China, forcing evacuations and school closures.

THE TOP FIVE

1. Trump’s rollbacks could halve U.S. emissions cuts

U.S. emissions cuts under Trump's current policy versus the Biden-era policies. Rhodium Group

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Climate

U.S. Climate Progress Could Slow by More Than Half Under Trump

A new report from Rhodium Group takes stock of how Trump’s policies will affect America’s emissions future.

Donald Trump destroying wind turbines.
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In less than a year, the Trump administration has fully transformed U.S. climate and energy policy. The changes have come through the tax code, regulatory repeals, and sweeping but fickle tariffs. Taken together, it means that the worst-case scenario for climate action under Biden has now become the best-case scenario under Trump.

That’s one of the key findings of the Rhodium Group’s latest Taking Stock report, an annual look at how U.S. policies will shape our energy system and emissions trajectory. It’s the first comprehensive assessment of the degree to which Trump’s second term, early as it is, could impede the energy transition. While total U.S. emissions are not expected to go up in the coming decade, the report projects greatly diminished progress compared to the path we were on a year ago.

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