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U.S. Has Deployed Weapons in Space, Air Force Secretary Says

✇NYT - Science
By: Francesca Regalado
Troy E. Meink’s comments were the first public acknowledgment of American weapons in orbit. The Pentagon has been preparing for potential conflict in space with Russia or China.
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Toxic PFAS Cleanups at Military Sites Face Decades of Delay

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Hiroko Tabuchi
The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in Congress.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

An email from the Pentagon to members of Congress said PFAS cleanups at nearly 243 military sites had been delayed.
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Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Relies on a Powerful and Divisive Partner

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Rebecca F. Elliott · Anatoly Kurmanaev and Edward Wong
The administration will work with a private Venezuelan oil company that has close ties to the country’s government.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

Venezuela is believed to have one of the world’s largest reserves of oil but it produces very little oil because of mismanagement, corruption and U.S. sanctions.
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Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Lift Freeze on Wind Power

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Brad Plumer
Since April, the Defense Department has halted all military reviews for wind projects, stalling dozens of projects nationwide.

© Nick Oxford/Reuters

Turbines near Throckmorton, Texas. Defense Department reviews are meant to ensure that wind farms do not interfere with radar or flight paths.
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Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Hiroko Tabuchi
Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties are demanding explanations.

© Nina Riggio for The New York Times

A burned airplane fuselage used in firefighting exercises at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico, a PFAS-contaminated site.
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Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups

✇NYT - Science
By: Hiroko Tabuchi
Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties are demanding explanations.
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Renewable Groups Ask Courts to End Pentagon’s ‘Total Halt’ of Wind Power

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Brad Plumer
More than 100 planned wind farms in 21 states are now stalled indefinitely as the Pentagon delays military reviews once seen as routine.

© Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times

The freeze affects 41 wind projects in Texas, which produces more wind power than any other state in the U.S., as well as projects in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington.
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