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Trump executive order pauses leasing and permitting for wind energy projects
Politics
Trump executive order pauses leasing and permitting for wind energy projects
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressJanuary 21, 2025
Trump’s interior secretary pick Doug Burgum says U.S. needs to make more electricity from coal to win AI arms race
Environment
Trump’s interior secretary pick Doug Burgum says U.S. needs to make more electricity from coal to win AI arms race
By Matthew Brown, Jennifer McDermott, Jack Dura and The Associated PressJanuary 17, 2025
An aerial view of Three Mile Island, site of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history
Tech
Silicon Valley is pouring billions into nuclear energy because without it, the U.S. risks ‘browning the grid’
By Alexa St. John, Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressOctober 16, 2024
Biden administration announces $6bn in funding for projects to slash industrial emissions, the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize industry
Environment
Biden administration announces $6bn in funding for projects to slash industrial emissions, the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize industry
By Isabella O'Malley, Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2024
Kathy Hochul
Environment
Months after $4 billion writedown and calling U.S. ‘most painful part of our portfolio,’ Danish energy giant brings wind farm to New York
By Jennifer McDermott, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressMarch 14, 2024
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Environment
Offshore wind farms are sending electricity to America’s grid for the first time ever—with the help of Europe’s green giants
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressJanuary 4, 2024
The U.S. clean energy push just marked a huge milestone as major offshore wind farms start powering the domestic grid for the first time ever
Environment
The U.S. clean energy push just marked a huge milestone as major offshore wind farms start powering the domestic grid for the first time ever
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressJanuary 3, 2024
Wind farm
Environment
Conservative-backed mission to save the whales collides with lack of evidence that offshore wind is fatal
By Christina Larson, Jennifer McDermott, Patrick Whittle, Wayne Parry and The Associated PressDecember 24, 2023
New York offshore wind farm
Environment
New York governor hails ‘milestone’ of first offshore wind farm, as Danish giant shows America how to do clean energy
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressDecember 7, 2023
Biden’s clean energy agenda suffers a big blow when a first-of-its-kind nuclear project is cancelled
Environment
Biden’s clean energy agenda suffers a big blow when a first-of-its-kind nuclear project is cancelled
By Jennifer McDermott, Matthew Daly and The Associated PressNovember 9, 2023
Orsted
Environment
America’s wind execs on Biden’s scrapped offshore dreams: ‘We probably still need to go through the same learning curve that Europe did’
By Jennifer McDermott, Matthew Daly, Michael Hill, Mike Catalini and The Associated PressNovember 4, 2023
Hawaiian Electric
Environment
Hawaiian Electric admits its power lines started the Maui wildfire but says the fire department declared mission accomplished too soon
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressAugust 28, 2023
Linemen work on poles Aug. 13, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii, following a deadly wildfire that caused heavy damage days earlier.
Environment
A utility company’s decrepit power lines may have sparked deadly blaze in Maui
By Jennifer McDermott, Bernard Condon, Michael Biesecker and The Associated PressAugust 28, 2023
Hawaii residents fear ‘climate gentrification’ after devastating Maui fires cause $3.2B in property losses
Environment
Hawaii residents fear ‘climate gentrification’ after devastating Maui fires cause $3.2B in property losses
By Isabella O'Malley, Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressAugust 18, 2023
‘I heard buzz, buzz’: Downed power lines are a prime suspect in at least some of Maui’s devastating wildfires
Environment
‘I heard buzz, buzz’: Downed power lines are a prime suspect in at least some of Maui’s devastating wildfires
By Jennifer McDermott, Bernard Condon, Michael Biesecker and The Associated PressAugust 15, 2023
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Egg companies made $1.22 billion in profit off a $6 carton — now they’re buying their way out of a price-fixing case with 53 million donated eggsplaceholder alt text
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressJuly 2, 2026
AI
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By Nick LichtenbergJuly 3, 2026
Big Tech
As Big Tech showers employees with perks to win the talent war, Nvidia built a nearly $5 trillion company by making people pay for their own lunchplaceholder alt text
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