The Trump administration plans to announce Wednesday that it has reached a broad nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that could lead to the country enriching its own fuel for nuclear reactors, U.S. officials said. The accord is intended to further bind the United States with the Saudi government as the war with Iran strains the...
Congress, amend the Endangered Species Act
The far-left environmental lobby has a problem with Rep. Bruce Westerman’s proposed amendments to the Endangered Species Act. The Sierra Club calls them “nothing short of a tragedy.” The Center for Biological Diversity simply calls it the “Extinction Act.” These slogans are alarming and completely disconnected from what the bill does and from the stubborn reality of a law that is failing...
A growing political reckoning is coming for data centers, POLITICO Poll shows
Americans’ attitudes toward data centers have grown increasingly sour and politically polarized in the past six months, a trend that signals trouble for the artificial intelligence industry and leaders of both parties, according to new results from The POLITICO Poll. While growing opposition to the sprawling, server-packed data hubs is coming from both sides of...
Wildfire prevention needs a better federal framework
As major fires burn across Colorado and Utah this summer, the broader Western lesson is hard to miss. Colorado’s Aspen Acres fire forced evacuations and destroyed more than 160 structures. Utah’s Babylon Fire passed 100,000 acres recently, the state’s first fire to reach that mark in eight years. Colorado officials also issued air-quality advisoriestied to wildfire smoke moving through the...
Trump threatens Canada over wildfire smoke: ‘Maybe they should pay us some damages’
President Donald Trump said Sunday night he’s considering making Canada financially compensate the United States for economic damage caused by wildfire smoke that drifted from Canada into parts of the U.S. last week. While speaking to reporters after returning from the World Cup final, Trump said he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the match about the smoke that enveloped much...
A Supreme Court climate case meets a changing scientific consensus
Americans are worried about energy costs, grid reliability and falling behind China. The Supreme Court is about to weigh in on something that touches all three. The case, Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, is one of the numerous climate litigation cases seeking to hold energy producers financially responsible for the purported consequences of climate change. Supporters...
Trump’s Reactor Pilot Program Is On Schedule
On May 23, 2025, President Trump, via Executive Order 14301, took multiple actions to jumpstart the nation’s long-dormant nuclear energy industry. Besides “expeditiously” processing applications for qualified test reactors and revising agency policies to further expedite review, approval, and deployment of advanced reactors under Energy Department supervision. The goal was to enable operational test microreactors within...
New York imposes first-in-the-nation statewide freeze on ‘hyperscale’ data centers
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is imposing the nation’s first-ever statewide freeze on new “hyperscale” data centers. Hochul is pausing state-level environmental permits for “up to” a year to give the state time to put together a framework to protect the environment, the energy grid and New Yorkers’ electric bills, her office said. Hochul aides told...
France shuts down nuclear reactors as heatwave intensifies
France’s state-owned energy group EDF temporarily shut down three nuclear reactors on Sunday, while warning that seven others may need to adjust their power output as the heatwave sweeping the country continues. According to the company, the measure is an environmental protection requirement to avoid discharging excessively hot water into rivers already warming because of...









