Federal court rejects Trump administration order keeping Michigan coal plant open | PBS News

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal court on Friday ruled that the Energy Department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-court-rejects-trump-administration-order-keeping-michigan-coal-plant-open

 

Court deals first blow to Trump’s coal rescue campaign - POLITICO

“DOE needs to stay in its lane and use its emergency powers only in actual emergencies,” Lenoff said in a statement following the ruling.

 “Preventing the market-driven retirements of coal plants to advance a coal-friendly agenda is not a proper use of emergency powers,” he said. “We will continue to challenge unlawful orders if DOE persists in issuing them.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/11/court-deals-first-blow-to-trumps-coal-rescue-campaign-01072134

Over 1,600 energy department webpages on utility bill savings removed as US temperatures soar

These removals are just the latest example of a broader pattern: information that conflicts with the administration’s priorities – from data on queer and trans youth to online resources from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – is being removed from federal websites and surveys.

 The energy department deletions coincide with the Trump administration’s latest push to undermine federal climate regulations. At least 18 webpages were removed within days of the proposed rollback to energy efficiency regulations for home appliances like air conditioners and heaters...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/15/energy-department-webpages-deleted-heatwave 

Feds' order to halt closure of aging Michigan coal plant is illegal, plaintiffs tell judges

"This administration came in with a fixation to funnel Americans' money to the coal industry," he said. "The administration is abusing federal authority to overrule decisions to retire polluting, failing coal plants, letting coal companies pollute the air we breathe and the water we drink — and then charge us the bill."…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2026-05-15/feds-order-to-halt-closure-of-aging-michigan-coal-plant-is-illegal-plaintiffs-tell-judges

 

House passes three-bill spending package with weeks left to avoid a shutdown - POLITICO

The measures would fund the departments of Energy, Commerce, Interior and Justice, as well as water programs, the EPA and federal science initiatives through the end of the current fiscal year..

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/08/house-passes-three-bill-spending-package-with-weeks-left-to-avoid-a-shutdown-00716935

 

Inside Congress Live

Negotiators have finalized a compromise on the Energy-Water, Commerce-Justice-Science and Interior-Environment spending measures...

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/05/congress/3-bill-funding-package-released-following-house-senate-breakthrough-00710477

 

How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change

The Trump administration recruited five marginalized researchers to challenge the international consensus on global warming. Here's how it went wrong...

https://www.politico.com/interactives/2025/chris-wright-doe-climate-change-report/ 

Energy Department Tries to Stifle Workers’ Use of Climate-Related Words – Mother Jones

"Banning the use of these words would silence key elements of DOE's mission," another anonymous current agency staffer told the Guardian. "But what is even more worrying is that Secretary Wright is also illegally freezing and cancelling programs that fund advanced research into solar, wind, and other clean energy technologies. DOE leadership can choose to stick their heads in the sand, but that won't make the climate crisis go away or stop super storms and wildfires from destroying more homes."…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/energy-department-censorship-climate-change-words/ 

 

Trump energy secretary to return billions set aside for green projects

The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, on Wednesday announced that his department will return to the treasury billions of dollars set aside for green projects, while dodging questions about affordability and grid reliability and claiming international climate policy has not lowered emissions...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/24/trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright

 

We annotated the Department of Energy’s misleading climate report - The Washington Post

Scientists say the report cherry-picks key data and misrepresents the state of climate research...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/31/endangerment-repeal-climate-science-report/ 

 

Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states - POLITICO

A list circulating inside the Energy Department suggests cutting funding for the development of four hydrogen production hubs in mostly Democratic-leaning states while maintaining funding for three hubs spread across mostly red states, three people familiar with the plan said Wednesday...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/energy-department-hydrogen-projects-blue-states-00249589 

 

DOGE Goes Nuclear and Fires DOE Staff in Charge of Our Own Nuclear Weapons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Bc8G-JtuQ

Trump energy nominee Chris Wright misinterprets studies, climate scientists say - The Washington Post

Chris Wright cites data to back his claim there is no climate crisis. Authors of the papers he cites say he is misinterpreting their work...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/04/trump-energy-climate-nominee-chris-wright/

Earthjustice Statement on DOE’s Regional Hydrogen Hub Announcement

"Green hydrogen that is powered by new renewable resources can play an important role cleaning up what we cannot electrify, like steel manufacturing. Strong policies and smart, targeted investments can ensure the right path...

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/earthjustice-statement-on-does-regional-hydrogen-hub-announcement

DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president

"We would do Education, we would do Commerce, we'd do Energy, and we would do IRS," DeSantis said in an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum when he was asked whether he favored closing any agencies. 

"If Congress will work with me on doing that, we'll be able to reduce the size and scope of government," he added. "If Congress won't go that far, I'm going to use those agencies to push back against woke ideology and against the leftism that we see creeping into all institutions of American life."…

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/desantis-says-eliminate-four-federal-agencies-elected-president-rcna91733

Biden to tap former Michigan Gov. Granholm to lead Energy Department - POLITICO

Granholm, who served two terms as Michigan's governor, is experienced in dealing with the auto industry.....

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/15/biden-to-tap-former-michigan-gov-granholm-to-lead-energy-department-445782

Trump administration eyes paying oil companies to keep crude in the ground: reports | TheHill

The Trump administration is contemplating paying oil companies to leave their product in the ground, a measure that could help boost the struggling industry while the market has been crushed by an oversupply of crude. According to reporting from multiple outlets, the Department of Energy (DOE) is drafting a plan that would pay companies to leave as much as 365 million barrels untapped by considering it part of the nation’s emergency stockpile.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/493187-trump-adminsitation-eyes-paying-oil-companies-to-keep-crude-in-the

US Department of Energy is now referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas” - Ars Technica

The Department of Energy is on its path to "energy dominance" with bizarre re-branding.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/us-department-of-energy-is-now-referring-to-fossil-fuels-as-freedom-gas/

Trump budget seeks cuts in science funding - The Washington Post

President Trump’s third budget request, released Monday, again seeks cuts to a number of scientific and medical research enterprises, including a 13 percent cut to the National Science Foundation, a 12 percent cut at the National Institutes of Health and the termination of an Energy Department program that funds speculative technologies deemed too risky for private investors...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/03/11/trump-budget-seeks-cuts-science-funding/

Trump to propose massive renewable energy cuts, something Republicans don't even want - ThinkProgress.org

As President Donald Trump prepares his to release his fiscal year 2020 budget request, he is expected to propose massive cuts to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) renewable energy and energy efficiency budget...
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-renewable-energy-budget-cuts-3382dc457f20/