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Loss of subsidies could make the renewables sector stronger in the long run

The U.S. has pulled the plug on decades-old subsidies for wind and solar, but industry watchers say the sector is strong enough to stand...

Gov. Landry reverses course on solar program

Gov. Jeff Landry has reversed his stance on the Solar for All program, initially backing the program launched under President Joe Biden and the...

Federal officials rescind offshore wind lease acreage

The Trump administration is canceling plans for new offshore wind development, rescinding over 3.5 million acres previously set aside for wind projects. Federal officials say...

Are greenhouse gases really dangerous? The EPA is reconsidering

President Donald Trump’s administration last week proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse...

What’s behind the EU’s $750B deal for American energy?

As part of a new trade pact, the European Union has pledged to buy $750 billion worth of American oil, natural gas and nuclear...

EPA green-lights Louisiana’s air quality plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Louisiana’s long-delayed air quality plan, concluding the state isn’t significantly contributing to sulfur dioxide pollution in other...

Trump administration proposes Dec. 10 offshore lease sale

The Trump administration is proposing to hold a sale of oil and gas drilling rights on 80 million acres in the Gulf on Dec....

Senate considers saving hydrogen tax credit

The Senate is considering a plan to save a lucrative tax credit for the production of hydrogen that would be scrapped in the tax-and-spending...

DOE cancels carbon capture grants in recent funding cuts

From carbon capture to solar power, companies across the clean-tech spectrum are reeling from funding withdrawals, policy changes and import restrictions brought in by...

Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill would eliminate hydrogen production credit

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” could upend Louisiana’s clean hydrogen economy by eliminating a popular tax credit starting next year, The Center...

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