Politics & Policy
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Trump targets California cap-and-trade, emissions programs
The order specifically cites California’s cap-and-trade program, under which the state auctions the right to produce greenhouse gas emissions, as an example of a targeted program.
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Reversing Biden policies, Trump 'unleashing' energy potential in Alaska
This includes reinstating a program to make the entire 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) available for oil and natural gas leasing.
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Dow drops more than 1,000 points amid tumultuous week for stock market
The stock market has primarily seen a decline over the past week, after Trump announced steep tariffs on some of the U.S.'s trading partners. But it saw an increase on Wednesday.
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Dow Jones nosedives 2,200 points as China pushes back on Trump's tariffs
The S&P 500 has closed at a 5.97% loss, which marks its biggest single-day loss since March 2020, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 5.8%.
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Jury orders Chevron to pay $744M in landmark Louisiana coastal restoration case
Chevron argued the lawsuit was flawed, claiming that the activities in question were permitted, legal, and often conducted under federal direction – particularly those tied to national security during World War II.
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Report: Pennsylvania energy affordability lagging
The report says the average retail price is 11.86 cents per kilowatt-hour. Total retail sales in megawatt-hours are 145 million.
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AOC leads Schumer in hypothetical NY primary poll, amid Dems' dissatisfaction with Senate leader
The poll was conducted by a liberal group called Data for Progress.
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Energy Department announces plan to accelerate AI by locating data centers on federal lands
The department identified 16 lands managed by the DOE, including national laboratories across the country, as potential sites for data centers and supporting energy infrastructure.
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Trump admin. suspends $500M in funding to Brown University over antisemitism issues
After the war began multiple anti-Israel protests broke out on college campuses with some students getting arrested.
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LA goes dark amid 'rampant' copper theft, city offers solar streetlights
Critics say undaunted thieves will just steal the valuable solar panels. They also wonder why Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is focusing on making infrastructure harder to steal instead of addressing theft itself.
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Truth Social parent company blames 'false reporting' for drop in Truth Social stock price
The group who owns the Truth Social platform says articles about the company published by Axios and The Financial Times were filled with false assertions that damaged its stock price.
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Liberals pushed EVs in name of ‘climate crisis,’ but anti-Musk terror warms conservatives to Teslas
Now that progressives rage against Musk’s machines, the supposedly apocalyptic burning of fossil fuels has taken a back seat to their war on Trump’s policies, in the same way climate celebrity Greta Thunberg now dons keffiyehs and protests Israel.
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Jury deliberations set to begin in monumental oil and gas lawsuit
The lawsuit, pitting the parish against companies including Chevron USA, Inc., is the first of 42 similar cases filed since 2013 to reach trial, accusing the industry of violating state permitting laws and exacerbating wetlands loss.