At the first Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University, President Trump cheered $92 billion in investment in both energy and AI infrastructure, Bloomberg reports.
Blackstone's president Jon Gray touted the potential of colocation. “The special sauce here is putting these together, because building transmission lines, pipelines — that’s really difficult.”
Republicans withdrew the 34% of the IRA's funds unspent by the Biden admin, but left intact programs tackling drought, rural and tribal electrification and climate resilience, Heatmap reports.
The One Big Beautiful law didn't kill the IRA. Heatmap News says more than $105 billion of unspent funds could still be used to tackle climate change. The question is will it happen?
Eni, one of Europe’s largest companies, has signed a 20-year agreement to buy American LNG as U.S. President Donald Trump calls on the continent to boost imports to avoid tariffs, Politico reported.
First questions on my mind: will this affect energy prices across Europe (positively or negatively)? Does Europe really need it? And will it play its role in avoiding a full out trade war?
Carbon credit auditors are mostly falling short of providing accurate and objective assessments due to conflicts of interest, according to a new study, Bloomberg reports.
Another challenge for an industry that continues to struggle to get meaningful traction as a climate solution.
The U.S. Commerce Department launched a national security probe into imports of polysilicon that could result in additional tariffs primarily for China, Solar Power World reports.
China holds a 93.5% global polysilicon market share. Via recently enacted laws and executive orders, President Trump is making it hard to make and deploy solar panels. This is yet another step.
In an op-ed published by The Economist, Trump's Energy Secretary Chris Wright is crystal clear that the current administration is focused on energy growth above all else in the name of prosperity.
He acknowledges climate change as a risk, but says as CO2 in the atmosphere has increased, so too has life expectancy. The blind spot? The dangerous and deadly costs of global warming are exponential.
The EU is seeking "fair competition" with China and not a race to the bottom in wages and environmental standards, the bloc's vice president told the AFP while in Beijing.
The VP's visit comes as China seeks to improve relations with the EU as a counterweight to superpower rival the United States. The EU wants to boost its industrial competitiveness. Delicate dance.
Early indications show the defense budgets coming out of the House and Senate both focus significant spending on advanced nuclear energy, E&E News reports.
Trump's executive orders promoting nuclear are impacting projections, E&E News reports. Both House and Senate versions look to stand up a Pentagon group focusing on advanced nuclear energy.
The Defense Department's multibillion-dollar agreement with MP Materials to a secure an end-to-end domestic, rare earths supply chain sets a precedent, Columbia's CGEP writes.
Undoubtedly a good deal, but as the article notes, let's see whether this agreement to secure long-term offtake agreements spreads to other commodities as well. If it does, it's a huge win.
Climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and dangerous, but humans and governments are not acknowledging the problem sufficiently or taking enough action, the AP reports.
Key quote: “There’s plenty of evidence that we sit there and do absolutely nothing while these risks are coming right at us like a moving railroad train and we’re standing in the tracks."