The federal government wants to help utilities buy large components for up to 10 large nuclear reactors. It’s unclear which, if any, companies might participate.

It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects.

More than 100 planned wind farms in 21 states are now stalled indefinitely as the Pentagon delays military reviews once seen as routine.

As the midterm elections approach, many leading Democrats are rethinking their approach to climate change.

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