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Trump breaks wind funding again, canceling $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore projects

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

A blurred trump walks in front of a wind turbine.

Trump declares war on clean energy. The numbers show it’s the only thing keeping America’s lights affordable

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as he speaks to reporters just after passage of the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump’s signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. The bill now moves back to the House for final consideration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ may end clean energy credits. Critics warn it could send utility bills ‘through the roof’

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

Byesville, Ohio, The Guernsey Power Station, a gas-fired power station in eastern Ohio

Trump’s EPA moves to repeal rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

FILE – Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP want to use tax-cut package to authorize sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada and Utah

By Matthew Daly, Matthew Brown, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 07: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a member of the media during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is meeting with Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to release Israeli hostages from Gaza and newly imposed U.S. tariffs. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump signed an executive order targeting another foe: Showerheads that guzzle water

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press

Trump ends water conservation standards that limited showerhead flow and made it harder for him to wash his ‘beautiful hair’

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with coal miner Jeff Crowe during an event on energy production in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs executive orders to boost coal mining and energy production: ‘We’re ending Joe Biden’s war on beautiful, clean coal once and for all’

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington, DC

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from killing $14bn in climate grants awarded under Biden because its ‘vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient’

By Michael Phillis, Matthew Daly, and others

Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

EPA staffers must now get DOGE approval before spending anything on items greater than $50,000

By The Associated Press and Matthew Daly

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s EPA chief will try to claw back $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

FILE- A large soft drink with a plastic straw from a McDonald’s restaurant is shown in Surfside, Fla., May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Trump signs order banning federal use of paper straws because they ‘don’t work’—’We’re going back to plastic’

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Energy, testifies during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing for his pending confirmation, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump energy secretary pick—fossil fuel CEO Chris Wright—confirmed by Senate as he vows to ‘unleash’ U.S. power resources

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump avoids detailing plans on taxing Chinese imports as he says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming on Feb. 1

By Josh Boak, Matthew Daly, and others

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Biden pledges to cut U.S. greenhouse gases by more than 60% by 2035—weeks before he exits the world stage

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press