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EU wants African sunlight to power Europe's electric revolution
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (183+ words) Full access to essential energy & environment news for professionals. By Elena Giordano | 06/10/2026 06: 43 AM EDT Brussels hopes that EU funding for solar panels in the Sahara Desert and wind turbines along the Mediterranean will lure private money to co-invest. A solar…...
Trump officials woo "patriotic" mineral companies
19+ hour, 11+ min ago (229+ words) Full access to essential energy & environment news for professionals. EXPLORE COVERAGE GET ACCESS By Hannah Northey | 06/09/2026 01: 28 PM EDT Agencies across the federal footprint are pushing to financially boost producers of the kind of minerals that China controls. A Pentagon official…...
Solar, wind project impacts likely limited after court vacates IRS tax guidance
1+ day, 11+ min ago (224+ words) Full access to essential energy & environment news for professionals. By Pavan Acharya | 06/09/2026 07: 57 AM EDT Wind and solar projects are racing to start construction on projects and qualify for tax credits ahead of a crucial July 4 deadline. Turbines operate at the…...
Senate Dems push spending rider on wind, solar permits
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (225+ words) Full access to essential energy & environment news for professionals. EXPLORE COVERAGE GET ACCESS By Josh Siegel | 06/09/2026 06: 23 AM EDT The Democrats want appropriators to force the administration's hand. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a letter to appropriators urging spending bill…...
Dem bills would promote renewables, target LNG exports
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (203+ words) Full access to essential energy & environment news for professionals. By Josh Siegel | 06/09/2026 06: 20 AM EDT Sen. Jeff Merkley plans to introduce a trio of bills Tuesday under the banner of energy affordability. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) during a hearing on Capitol…...
DOE restores federal funding for Nevada lithium mine
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (209+ words) By Benjamin Storrow | 06/08/2026 06: 49 AM EDT The nearly $58 million Biden-era grant will go to a project to turn claystone into battery-grade lithium for electric vehicles. Mountains overlooking Tonopah, Nevada, as seen from the Silver Top silver mine. The Trump administration has…...
Republicans reject renewable energy, data center amendments to Interior-EPA bill
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (171+ words) By Kevin Bogardus | 06/04/2026 06: 43 AM EDT Democrats tried to firm up permitting for renewable energy projects in the Republican-drafted spending legislation. They failed. House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Interior-Environment Subcommittee Chair Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) during a hearing this year....
China wasted clean energy, leading to higher CO2 " analysis
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (176+ words) By Sara Schonhardt | 06/04/2026 06: 20 AM EDT The country's climate pollution climbed 2 percent this year because wind and solar power weren't integrated into the grid. Solar panels were integrated into a sewage treatment plant in Zhengzhou, China. AFP via Getty Images China's…...
Pentagon backs tax credits, foreign IP licensing for battery-making equipment
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (175+ words) By James Bikales | 06/03/2026 06: 50 AM EDT The Pentagon is endorsing the creation of new tax credits and a "balanced" approach to allow U. S. companies to license foreign intellectual property from allies for the equipment used to make batteries, according to a report…...
Emboldened clean-energy donors eye big campaign spending
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1472+ words) By Timothy Cama, Kelsey Tamborrino | 06/03/2026 06: 26 AM EDT Renewable energy boosters flexed their muscle when helping defeat Rep. Chip Roy's bid for Texas attorney general. Republican Rep. Chip Roy lost a Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general last month. Francis…...