Energy
Trump’s testing plans for U.S. nuclear weapons won’t include explosions, energy secretary says
New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.
Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
Jacqueline Chapman is a retired school aide who relies on a $630 monthly Social Security check to get by. She was navigating the loss of her federal food aid benefits when she learned the assistance she receives for heating her Philadelphia apartment may also be at risk.
Orban to press Trump for Hungary’s exemption from new U.S. sanctions on Russian oil
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday that he would try to persuade U.S. President Trump to grant Hungary exemptions from Washington's newly announced sanctions targeting Russian oil when he meets with the president next week.
Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling
The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation's environmental jewels.
Philippine victims of 2021 typhoon seek compensation from Shell
Philippine victims of a 2021 typhoon are seeking compensation from energy giant Shell for deaths and damage that they say were intensified by climate change partly resulting from the oil and gas company's carbon emissions.
Selling the sun: U.S. company is building satellite mirrors to keep solar farms operating after dark
Thousands of mirrors orbiting the earth could soon light up the night sky if a California startup gets permission from the U.S. government to launch an experimental satellite that would beam sunlight on solar farms at night.
Brazil green-lights oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River ahead of U.N. climate summit
Brazil's government approved on Monday exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River. The decision comes only weeks before the United Nations climate conference in Belem, COP30, where efforts to reduce the use of fossil fuels will be discussed.
Republicans declare ‘Coal Week’ as Trump administration leads fossil-fuel comeback
Senate Republicans introduced a resolution Monday declaring "Coal Week," as the climate-change movement's least-favorite energy source enjoys a rebound under the Trump administration.
Trump team looks to Australia for rare earths to avoid Chinese ‘extortion’
Australia could be a major source of the rare earths being withheld by China, a top White House official said Monday ahead of a visit from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Vietnam’s love affair with gas bikes is colliding with a new electric reality
Vietnam is split between two visions: the rumbling, reliable gas-powered motorbikes that now rule the roads, and sleek, silent electric bikes the government says are its future.
State attorneys general sue Trump administration for canceled solar program funding
The attorneys general of more than a dozen states have sued the Trump administration over the termination of $7 billion in funding intended for affordable solar energy projects across the U.S.
U.S. rejects bid to lease coal from public lands in Utah as sales in western states fall flat
U.S. officials rejected a mining company's bid for more than 6 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah, marking the third proposed coal sale from public lands in the West to fall through this month, the Interior Department disclosed Thursday.
Trump’s pivot away from solar power hit planned 62,300-acre project in Nevada desert
Solar proponents are melting down over a Trump administration move to curb the development of a project in Nevada that environmental groups said would threaten the sensitive ecosystem and blight one of the most intact remaining landscapes in the state.
AI modernizing nuclear warheads
The Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration is using artificial intelligence as part of an extensive modernization program for nuclear warheads.
Trump says India agreed to stop buying Russian oil
President Trump said India has agreed to stop buying oil from Russia, a move he had heavily criticized as keeping alive the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Judge dismisses young climate activists’ lawsuit challenging Trump on fossil fuels
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump's executive orders promoting fossil fuels and discouraging renewable energy.
