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Climate

Trump Resumes Wind War

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

Energy

Climate Heats Up Transatlantic Tensions

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

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AM Briefing

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

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An ICE agent.

ICE Chills EV Manufacturing

On PJM pressure, Orsted’s approval, and a carbon storage well milestone

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Trumponomics Is Starting to Have Some Ugly Effects

The energy sector — including oil and gas — and manufacturing took some heavy hits in the latest jobs report.

Energy

AM Briefing: Revolution Strikes Back

On a Justice Department crackdown, net zero’s costs, and Democrats’ nuclear fears

Revolution Wind Strikes Back at Trump’s Stop-Work Order
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Current conditions: Hurricane Lorena, a Category 1 storm, is threatening Mexico and the Southwestern U.S. with flooding and 80 mile-per-hour winds • In the Pacific, Hurricane Kiko strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it heads toward Hawaii • South Africa’s Northern Cape is facing extremely high fire risks.

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1. Revolution Wind fights back against Trump’s stop-work order

The owners of Revolution Wind are fighting back against the stop-work order from President Donald Trump that halted construction on the offshore wind project off the coast of Rhode Island last month. On Thursday, Orsted and Skyborn Renewables filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accusing the Trump administration of causing “substantial harm” to a legally permitted project that was 80% complete. The litigation claimed that the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management “lacked legal authority for the stop-work order and that the stop-work order’s stated basis violated applicable law.”

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Energy

AM Briefing: Trump’s Wind Blitz Widens

On Crux’s growth, Tesla’s slow ‘death,’ and a carbon storage warning

Trump Widens His War on Wind
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Current conditions: In the Pacific, Hurricane Kiko has strengthened into a Category 2 storm, and is on track to reach “major storm” status • In the Atlantic, moisture is moving into an area with a lot of dry air, posing a “high risk” of developing into a tropical storm • Northern India is facing intense monsoon winds and deadly landslides.

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1. Trump enlists more federal agencies in his war on wind

The White House has taken what The New York Times described as “the extraordinary step” of ordering half a dozen agencies to draft plans to thwart the country’s offshore wind industry. Helming the effort are White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. While the assault on the wind industry has largely taken place at the Department of the Interior, the departments of Transportation and Commerce joined the effort in the past two weeks, as this newsletter reported yesterday. Now the Trump administration is tapping in even more agencies, including those that traditionally have little jurisdiction over marine energy production. The Department of Health and Human Services has begun a study into whether wind turbines emit electromagnetic fields that could damage human health. The Department of Defense, meanwhile, is probing whether the projects pose a risk to national security. “We’re all working together on this issue,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, said during a cabinet meeting last week.

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