Anna Kramer

4 days ago | notus.org | Anna Kramer

For the second time in as many weeks, the Trump administration used emergency powers to prevent an old fossil-fuel power plant from closing just one day before it was scheduled to shutter. Energy Secretary Chris Wright ordered late on Friday that an oil- and gas-fired power plant in Pennsylvania keep operating through the summer, citing concerns about possible energy shortages in the region.

1 week ago | notus.org | Anna Kramer

The Trump administration has canceled nearly $4 billion in funds for industrial projects mostly planned for rural and conservative areas in states including Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Alabama and Ohio. The Department of Energy withdrew more than $3.7 billion in funding for 24 projects, the agency announced on Friday.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Anna Kramer

President Donald Trump directed a significant overhaul of the United States’ nuclear power and safety regulation Friday, drawing cheers from industry advocates long frustrated by America’s stunted nuclear industry. Trump signed four executive orders that direct a dramatic reorganization of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, allow for building reactors on Department of Defense and Department of Energy land, and speed up testing of new technologies at the national laboratories.

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Emily Kennard |Anna Kramer

Mere hours after the House took an ax to clean energy tax credits in its budget bill, Senate Republicans already suggested that their counterparts had taken those cuts too far. The House budget so severely constrains the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits that it will likely jeopardize significant energy and manufacturing investments — most of which are in Republican districts.

2 weeks ago | timesofsandiego.com | Anna Kramer |Ursula Perano |Em Luetkemeyer

Senate Republicans voted 51-44 to overturn California’s electric-vehicle mandate via the Congressional Review Act on Thursday, defying the Government Accountability Office and the Senate parliamentarian.