Federal judge blocks Trump administration restrictions on wind and solar projects

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down development of clean energy, including a requirement that all solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters be personally approved by the interior secretary, Doug Burgum...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/trump-wind-solar-clean-energy-order

‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country - POLITICO

"You cannot fire our firefighters. You cannot fire our trail crews. You have to have selective logging, and water restoration, and healthy forests," Zink said. "People in Washington, D.C., on the West Coast, East Coast — they don't understand what that means to us out here."…

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/15/doge-cuts-donald-trump-montana-00681695 

 

 

Biden Administration Moves to Raise the Cost of Drilling on Federal Lands - The New York Times

"The Biden administration is recognizing that over a century of business as usual by the oil and gas industry is incompatible with a world being ravaged by climate change, a crisis induced primarily by the industry itself," said Josh Axelrod at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advocacy group. But he added, "we can't continue to lease our public lands for fossil fuels while facing climate and biodiversity emergencies." 

Some of the changes were mandated by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which directs the Interior Department to increase the royalty rates paid by companies that drill on public lands to 16.67 percent from 12.5 percent, and to increase the minimum bid at auctions for drilling leases to $10 per acre from $2 per acre, among other provisions. The 12.5 percent royalty rates have been in place since 1920...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/climate/biden-drilling-federal-lands.html

Trump proposes 10 futuristic 'Freedom Cities,' with Jetsons-like flying cars

Former President Donald Trump called for a national contest to "charter new cities" on federal land…

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/03/trump-proposes-10-futuristic-freedom-cities-featuring-jetsons-like-flying-cars.html

US government sues Arizona over shipping container wall on Mexico border | Arizona | The Guardian

The complaint claims that the state of Arizona is trespassing on federal lands and says the US is entitled to compensation…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/14/us-government-sues-arizona-mexico-shipping-container-border-wall