Energy

2025 Kicks Off With Warmest January on Record

2025 Kicks Off With Warmest January on Record

January 2025 was the warmest January on record, according to data from the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service. The data has surprised scientists, who predicted that this January would be at least slightly cooler on average than January 2024 now that the El Niño weather pattern has ended and the cooling La Niña weather pattern […]

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    Trump Pauses Federal Leases and Permits for Wind Energy Projects

    Trump Pauses Federal Leases and Permits for Wind Energy Projects

    One of the many executive orders President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office temporarily stopped the United States’ sale of offshore wind leases in federal waters. It also paused permits, approvals and loans for offshore and onshore wind projects. “On day one, the Trump administration is putting dirty fossil fuels front […]

    Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Paris Agreement, Again

    Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Paris Agreement, Again

    As one of his first orders of business upon taking office, President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Agreement.  During his former presidency. Trump had announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the agreement in June 2017, as he argued that the accord put an unfair economic burden on American […]