Matthew Daly | Manufacturing.net

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Federal Court Rejects Trump Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Open

Keeping the facility open beyond its May 2025 retirement has cost about $259 million so far.

September 11, 2026

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5 States Offer to Accept Nuclear Waste in Exchange for Help Developing Nuclear Energy

The projects look to create thousands of jobs.

July 29, 2026

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Microreactor Targeting Military Applications Reaches Critical Milestone

A private company has accomplished an industry first.

June 8, 2026

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Trump Announces $700M to Support Struggling Coal Industry

The funding would support 13 existing plans and help build new ones.

June 5, 2026

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U.S. to Pay French Company $1B to Exit Offshore Wind, Pivot to Fossil Fuel Projects

The CEO said the refunds would finance an LNG plant in Texas.

March 23, 2026

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EPA to Drop Health Impact Calculations from Key Air Pollution Rules

One critic called the change "reckless, dangerous and illegal."

January 13, 2026

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Trump Order Halts Offshore Wind Projects for At Least 90 Days

The Trump administration said it was suspending the projects because of national security concerns.

December 24, 2025

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Trump Proposal Would Weaken Vehicle Mileage Rules That Limit Air Pollution

Automakers applauded the planned changes.

December 3, 2025

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U.S. Rejects Bid to Lease Coal from Public Lands in Utah as Sales in Western States Fall Flat

Marking the third proposed coal sale from public lands in the West to fall through this month.

October 17, 2025

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Republicans Vote to Roll Back Biden-Era Restrictions on Mining, Drilling in 3 Western States

Advancing the administration's ambitions to expand energy production from public lands.

October 10, 2025

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Trump Approves Alaska Mining Road to Boost Copper, Zinc Production

Opponents worry that development allowed by the road would put subsistence harvests at risk.

October 7, 2025

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Trump Administration Cuts Nearly $8B in Clean Energy Projects in States That Backed Harris

The cuts are likely to affect battery plants and could threaten over 200,000 jobs.

October 3, 2025

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Trump Administration Offers $625M to Boost Coal-Fired Power Plants

The administration also plans to open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining.

September 30, 2025

A view of a solar farm west of Rio Rancho, N.M., on June 15, 2021.

$14 Billion in Clean Energy Projects Have Been Canceled in U.S. This Year

The most recent victims include a battery factory and two EV manufacturing sites.

May 29, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin speaks, Feb 3, 2025, in East Palestine, Ohio.

EPA Offers Industrial Polluters Way to Avoid Rules on Mercury, Arsenic, Other Toxic Chemicals

Environmental groups called the offer a "polluters' portal."

March 27, 2025