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Report: White House Wants to Cut Renewable Energy Programs by 72%

Report: White House Wants to Cut Renewable Energy Programs by 72%

President Donald Trump—who remarked Tuesday that his administration ended the nonexistent “war on beautiful clean coal”—really wants to make fossil fuels great again. The White House plans to ask Congress to cut the Department of Energy’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs by a massive 72 percent in fiscal 2019, according to draft budget documents […]

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    Report: White House Wants to Cut Renewable Energy Programs by 72%

    Report: White House Wants to Cut Renewable Energy Programs by 72%

    President Donald Trump—who remarked Tuesday that his administration ended the nonexistent “war on beautiful clean coal”—really wants to make fossil fuels great again. The White House plans to ask Congress to cut the Department of Energy’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs by a massive 72 percent in fiscal 2019, according to draft budget documents […]

    Energy.gov Gets Altered, Removes Climate Benefits of Renewables

    Energy.gov Gets Altered, Removes Climate Benefits of Renewables

    By now it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Trump administration is wiping Obama-era climate initiatives off the Internet. This time, the Department of Energy (DOE) has significantly altered its websites on renewable energy, removing references on how clean energy technologies can reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels and help lower climate-changing emissions. The […]

    Energy Department Tells Staff to Stop Using Phrase ‘Climate Change’

    Energy Department Tells Staff to Stop Using Phrase ‘Climate Change’

    A supervisor at the Department of Energy‘s Office of International Climate and Clean Energy told staff to stop using the phrases “climate change,” “emissions reduction” and “Paris agreement” in any official written communications, according to POLITICO‘s sources. The instructions were reportedly given at a Tuesday meeting held shortly after President Trump‘s latest controversial executive order […]

    The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells

    The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells

    DeSmog Canada By Elizabeth Hand Early scientific analysis predicted that the risks associated with hazardous waste injection wells would be negligible. Unfortunately, experience has indicated that disposing of hazardous waste deep underground has been linked to water contamination, destroyed ecosystems, toxic leaks and earthquakes. Now we are learning that there is a difference between scientific […]