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FILE - President Donald Trump talks about the Endurance all-electric pickup truck, made in Lordstown, Ohio, at the White House, Sept. 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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What’s next for EVs under President Trump?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to eliminate what he incorrectly labels “the electric vehicle mandate” imposed under...

FILE - John Podesta, U.S. climate envoy, speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
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Biden climate adviser says California wildfires show ‘you have to take the science seriously’

Wildfires near LA highlight worsening climate change challenges that Trump must address more seriously in his next term.

FILE - EPA Administrator Michael Regan stands near the Marathon Petroleum Refinery as he conducts a television interview, while touring neighborhoods that abut the refinery, in Reserve, La., Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31

Michael Regan, who has led the EPA throughout Biden's four-year term, said Friday he will leave the agency Dec. 31.

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
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Biden pledges to cut US greenhouse gases by more than 60% as he exits world stage

The new goal calls for reducing net emissions by 61% to 66% below 2005 levels in 2035.

FILE - Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm talks during a session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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U.S. Energy chief Granholm warns against ‘unfettered exports’ of liquefied natural gas

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says a "business-as-usual approach" to LNG exports is "neither sustainable nor advisable."

FILE - Pump jacks extract oil from beneath the ground in North Dakota, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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EPA hails ‘revitalized’ enforcement efforts as Biden administration heads to exit

EPA enforcement in 2024 cut 225M pounds of pollution, targeted overburdened communities, and set record fines for violations.

ElectricityFuelNatural GasNewsOilSolarWind

Donald Trump’s call for ‘energy dominance’ is likely to run into real-world limits

Trump has pledged to “drill, drill, drill" and sell more oil and other energy sources to allies in Europe and around the globe.

Liberty Oilfield Services CEO Chris Wright is pictured in Denver, Jan. 17, 2018. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP)
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What to know about Chris Wright, Trump’s choice to run the Energy Department

Trump’s Energy Secretary pick, Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright, backs fossil fuels, fracking, and plans to reverse Biden’s climate policies.

A conceptual image of a gas flame burning high in the sky in an oil drilling setting.
EmissionsEnvironmentLegislationNatural GasNewsOil

Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies

For the first time, oil and gas companies will face federal fees for methane emissions above certain levels under a new Biden EPA...

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