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Trump Sharply Cuts the Size of Two National Monuments in Utah 14 July 2026 at 22:43

Trump Sharply Cuts the Size of Two National Monuments in Utah

14 July 2026 at 22:43

Native American tribes and environmental groups are expected to challenge the move to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

NYT - Energy & Environment
Trump Sharply Cuts the Size of Two National Monuments in Utah 14 July 2026 at 22:43

Trump Sharply Cuts the Size of Two National Monuments in Utah

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Maxine Joselow

14 July 2026 at 22:43

Native American tribes and environmental groups are expected to challenge the move to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

A hiker in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.

NYT - Energy & Environment
Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species 10 July 2026 at 22:24

Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Catrin Einhorn and Maxine Joselow

10 July 2026 at 22:24

The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.

Piping plovers need undisturbed beaches to nest and raise their young.

NYT - Energy & Environment
E.P.A. Moves to Loosen Limits on Pollution From Trucks 9 July 2026 at 20:20

E.P.A. Moves to Loosen Limits on Pollution From Trucks

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Maxine Joselow

9 July 2026 at 20:20

The Trump administration wants to roll back some Biden-era restrictions on smog-causing emissions from heavy-duty vehicles.

Trucks at the Port of Oakland. The new proposal would rescind a 2022 rule designed to significantly reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, which cause smog.

NYT - Energy & Environment
Another Trump Administration Payment to Stop Offshore Wind Farm 29 June 2026 at 23:41

Another Trump Administration Payment to Stop Offshore Wind Farm

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Maxine Joselow

29 June 2026 at 23:41

It was the fourth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to forfeit their offshore wind leases.

Duke Energy is one of the nation’s largest utilities. Here, a Duke Energy wind farm project in Rolling Hills, Wyoming.

NYT - Energy & Environment
Interior Department Moves to Relax Rules for Drilling on Public Lands 22 June 2026 at 19:33

Interior Department Moves to Relax Rules for Drilling on Public Lands

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Maxine Joselow

22 June 2026 at 19:33

A pair of proposals from the Trump administration would lower costs and weaken requirements for fossil fuel companies that drill on federal property.

One proposal would lower the cost of the bonds that fossil fuel companies must pay the Interior Department before they start drilling or mining on public lands.

NYT - Science
Algae Is Turning the Reflecting Pool Green. Again. 15 June 2026 at 22:29

Algae Is Turning the Reflecting Pool Green. Again.

NYT - Science

By: Maxine Joselow

15 June 2026 at 22:29

Algal blooms have hit the site, between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, after a $14.2 million repair project.

NYT - Energy & Environment
Trump Announces $700 Million in Funds Meant to Boost Coal Industry 4 June 2026 at 21:56

Trump Announces $700 Million in Funds Meant to Boost Coal Industry

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer

4 June 2026 at 21:56

The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.

Of the roughly $700 million in total funding, $425 million would be used to upgrade and extend the life of 13 coal plants that otherwise might have closed in the coming years.

NYT - Science
Trump Announces $700 Million in Funds Meant to Boost Coal Industry 4 June 2026 at 21:56

Trump Announces $700 Million in Funds Meant to Boost Coal Industry

NYT - Science

By: Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer

4 June 2026 at 21:56

The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.

NYT - Science
New York Sues Trump Administration Over TotalEnergies Wind Farm 2 June 2026 at 20:33

New York Sues Trump Administration Over TotalEnergies Wind Farm

NYT - Science

By: Maxine Joselow

2 June 2026 at 20:33

The lawsuit argues that it is illegal to pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies $795 million to cancel a planned wind farm off New York.

NYT - Energy & Environment
I.R.A. Rebates for Appliance Swaps Could Be Phased Out 1 June 2026 at 22:33

I.R.A. Rebates for Appliance Swaps Could Be Phased Out

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer

1 June 2026 at 22:33

New guidance from the Energy Department would prevent people from receiving rebates after making such swaps.

The new guidance would also end rebates for the replacement of gas-powered dryers, heat pumps and water heaters.

NYT - Energy & Environment
S.E.C. Proposes to Kill Climate Change Disclosure Rule 31 May 2026 at 17:10

S.E.C. Proposes to Kill Climate Change Disclosure Rule

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Maxine Joselow

31 May 2026 at 17:10

The regulation would have required all publicly traded companies to disclose whether they faced significant risks from climate change and its effects.