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Trump Attacks National Academies Over Climate Chapter in Judges’ Manual

✇NYT - Science
By: Karen Zraick
The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.
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Trump Attacks National Academies Over Climate Chapter in Judges’ Manual

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Karen Zraick
The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.

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The National Academies of Sciences building in Washington, D.C.
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Truth Social Parent to Sell Faster Access to Trump’s Posts

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Rebecca F. Elliott
The product, Truth API, could give Wall Street trading firms an edge in seeing President Trump’s posts on the social media platform he partly owns.

© Allison Robbert/Associated Press

A Truth Social booth at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington this month.
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An Extraordinary White House Meeting

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: David Gelles
A new book sheds light on President Trump’s affinity for fossil fuels.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

An oil refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela. In a meeting with the president, the Chevron chief executive pushed for an extension of the company’s license to operate in the country.
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Twitter Turns 20: Two Decades of Memes, Movements and Hot Takes

✇NYT - Technology
By: Neil Vigdor
The first tweets from the public appeared on July 15, 2006, several months after a soft launch. It was rebranded as X after being acquired by Elon Musk.
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Trump Sharply Cuts the Size of Two National Monuments in Utah

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Maxine Joselow
Native American tribes and environmental groups are expected to challenge the move to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

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A hiker in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
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Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Catrin Einhorn and Maxine Joselow
The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.

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Piping plovers need undisturbed beaches to nest and raise their young.
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E.P.A. Moves to Loosen Limits on Pollution From Trucks

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Maxine Joselow
The Trump administration wants to roll back some Biden-era restrictions on smog-causing emissions from heavy-duty vehicles.

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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.
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Trump’s Plans for Nuclear Power Lurch Ahead

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Claire Brown
Recent technological advances have brought the president’s goals a bit closer to reality.

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright, center, visited the National Reactor Innovation Center near Idaho Falls, Idaho, last month.
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New Rules Require Election Changes for States to Get Terrorism Grants

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Scott Dance · Nick Corasaniti and Hilary Howard
Federal officials said they would withhold some money unless states pursue paper ballot systems, verify citizenship and conduct costly audits.

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Courts have already blocked similar efforts by the administration to withhold funding, saying the Constitution does not grant the executive branch power over elections.
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U.S. to Overhaul Radiation Safety Rules to Spur Nuclear Expansion

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Brad Plumer
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.”

© Audra Melton for The New York Times

The proposed rule changes could make it cheaper and easier to build and operate new nuclear power plants in the United States.
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Another Trump Administration Payment to Stop Offshore Wind Farm

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Maxine Joselow
It was the fourth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to forfeit their offshore wind leases.

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Duke Energy is one of the nation’s largest utilities. Here, a Duke Energy wind farm project in Rolling Hills, Wyoming.
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In Europe, Tesla Sales Are Rising Despite Views on Elon Musk

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Jack Ewing
Price cuts and low-interest-rate loans are luring buyers, including people offended by the company’s chief executive.

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A Tesla Supercharger station in Germany. Tesla’s sales have rebounded sharply in Europe alongside sales of all electric cars.
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U.S. Presses Meta to Agree to A.I. Reviews

✇NYT - Technology
By: Tripp Mickle · Eli Tan and Sheera Frenkel
Federal officials are urging the lone major tech company holdout to allow government safety evaluations, weeks after ordering Anthropic to pull its latest model.
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