California regulators on Tuesday vowed to strengthen their commitment to slashing harmful vehicular emissions as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to overturn the state’s pollution policies. “Clean air efforts are under siege, putting the health of every American at risk,” said Liane Randolph, chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), on a Tuesday...

The Trump administration is planning to ease rules governing the phaseout of planet-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in cooling equipment, it said Thursday. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in a press release a Biden-era rule governing the phaseout of these chemicals led to “an increase in consumer costs and shortages.” As a result, the EPA says that...

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the federal government is still struggling to figure out the drone sightings but that he was confident law enforcement would ultimately resolve the matter. “I believe that at the moment, our federal government is still struggling to figure this out,” Johnson, who served during the Obama administration, said...

The Trump administration formally announced Thursday that it planned to expand drilling in the Arctic, including in the contentious Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  The Interior Department said that it would take steps toward opening up the entire 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. Drilling in the...

President Trump signed an agreement Monday to heighten cooperation with Australia on rare earth materials and critical minerals. Trump signed the agreement alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who visited the White House. "We are discussing critical minerals and rare earths, and we’re going to be signing an agreement that’s been negotiated over a period...

The conservative House Freedom Caucus said Friday it would “not accept” changes that “water down” its cuts to green energy tax credits as the Senate weighs whether to alter parts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The House version of the “big, beautiful bill” would make drastic changes to tax cuts for low-carbon energy...

Conservation groups filed two legal challenges Wednesday to the Trump administration’s moves to shrink areas protected from offshore oil and gas development. In the first lawsuit, a coalition of local and national groups including the Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and the Northern Alaska Environmental Center sued over Trump’s attempt to rescind...

Today, on February 1st, the Minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista Borges, visited the Caculo Cabaça dam in the Cuanza Norte province to oversee the progress of construction and lead the Project's Steering and Monitoring Committee meeting. At the outset of the visit, accompanied by industry experts, the minister conducted an extensive guided tour of the dam's construction site. The Caculo Cabaça dam, towering at 113 meters, will boast a nominal capacity of 2,172 MW, divided between two facilities. The reservoir will hold a useful volume of 92.6 hm³, equipped with five units and a hydraulic system with a nominal capacity of 1100 m³/s. Additionally, the project includes two electrical substations, one at 400 kV and the other at 220 kV, linked respectively to the primary and ecological plants. The project encompasses three main elements: temporary river diversion, core civil engineering works, and the procurement, installation, and commissioning of electromechanical equipment. The construction timeline spans 80 months. This initiative forms part of the nation's strategy to augment electricity production capacity. It's notable that on May 20, 2023, President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço ceremonially initiated the river diversion. Regarding the workforce, out of 2,598 workers, 84.26% are domestic, while 15.74% are expatriates. Construction commenced...