President Trump’s nomination of attorney Laura Swett to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission comes at a pivotal moment for American energy and technology. The promise of artificial intelligence presents incredible economic opportunity but also brings new challenges for energy and national security. Fortunately, the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County has tilted the...
The world may be witnessing the early steps of a twenty-first-century space race. While the Trump administration has cut 24 percent of NASA’s 2026 budget, the country is also accelerating its plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 to meet its goal of establishing a permanent base on the lunar surface. The 100-kilowatt reactor is...
A U.S. Senate panel proposed a full phase-out of solar and wind energy tax credits by 2028 but extended the incentive to 2036 for hydropower, nuclear and geothermal energy, which are favored by President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a draft bill circulated on Monday. The draft bill, part of a sprawling Republican budget package,...
The future of affordable, reliable, clean energy should not depend on the government. Instead, it should depend on consumers' choices. While governments can help by enacting policies that empower and reduce barriers to clean energy development, businesses and individual consumers will be the fundamental drivers of change, demanding cleaner, more sustainable energy.
The fight over California’s sky-high energy bills had an obvious winner this week: the owners of rooftop solar panels. They blasted lawmakers with emails and phone calls, and showed up to a protest in Los Angeles County and a Wednesday hearing in Sacramento — where they were ultimately rewarded. Over the past couple of years,...
A group of Republicans called for a “full repeal” of energy tax credits passed by Democrats in 2022 in a Thursday letter. Their letter comes after a different group of 21 Republicans, mostly moderates, called for changes to be “targeted and pragmatic” in March, and four senators expressed opposition to a “full-scale” repeal last month. The two...
As we head into a new administration, we provide some background on the men who could make up Trump’s National Energy Council and steer energy and environment policy from the cabinet level.
The event hosted by C3 Solutions underscored the importance of streamlining permitting processes, reducing bureaucratic red tape, and unlocking domestic resources.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, along with governors from 15 other states, signed a joint letter Monday urging Congress to pass a new farm bill and provide “immediate financial assistance” to the agricultural sector. “Our nation’s agriculture industry is in trouble and if meaningful support is not provided soon, the well-being of...
Donald Trump has yet to enter the Oval Office for his second term officially, but his threat of tariffs is already raising concerns about the economic harm it could impose. If enacted, Trump’s trade agenda will counter his promises of American energy dominance and lower energy bills for American families and businesses.
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