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Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects

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.

© Joshua A. Bickel/Associated Press

The Trump administration has now struck deals energy developers totaling more than $2.5 billion to cancel offshore wind leases.
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Trump’s FEMA Nominee Calls Staff Cuts a ‘Challenge’ for Disaster Agency

Cameron Hamilton, who briefly led the agency on an acting basis last year but was fired for contradicting the president, also said he would get money out to states faster.

© Mariam Zuhaib/Associated Press

Cameron Hamilton, President Trump’s FEMA nominee, testifying before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday.
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D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Pollution Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s Data Center

The department cited national security concerns, saying Elon Musk’s company had played a crucial role in the Iran war. It also argued it has the authority to stop environmental lawsuits brought by citizens.

© Brad J. Vest for The New York Times

Construction at xAI’s power plant in Southaven, Miss., in February. The NAACP has sued the company over air pollution from generators there.
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Tensions Are Rising Among States That Rely on the Colorado River

A prolonged drought means the nation’s largest reservoirs are dwindling, and litigation over access to water could lie ahead.

© Nina Riggio for The New York Times

The Upper Colorado River on the Grand Canyon last month. About 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of cropland depend on the Colorado for drinking water and irrigation.
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Renewable Groups Ask Courts to End Pentagon’s ‘Total Halt’ of Wind Power

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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