The Trump administration has canceled nearly $4 billion in awards for emerging energy technologies issued under the Biden administration, it announced Friday. A press release described the $3.7 billion in canceled funding as mostly carbon capture projects — where technology is used to cut planet-warming emissions from fossil fuel plants — and “decarbonization initiatives.” It...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is warning that the House-passed budget reconciliation bill will cause energy prices to increase by 10 percent because it will “kill” clean energy programs around the country, increasing the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels. “Donald Trump and Republicans seem ready to kill clean energy in its tracks and raise...

Related video — DC Bureau: Economy in Focus A new report projects that home heating costs will rise by 9.2 percent this winter, with colder temperatures and increasing energy prices playing a role. The report from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), which represents state governments in securing federal funding, projects that households will...

Dozens of beaches in the U.S. are closed or under swimming advisories on the Fourth of July, as a result of high levels of bacteria in the water. Local and state governments have issued warnings about shores in their own areas but there is no centralized database to determine whether a beach is under a...

Very few Americans say in a new poll that it’s a good idea to scrap the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) entirely, a position President Trump has embraced in recent months. In the latest Economist/YouGov survey, conducted over the weekend, just 9 percent of respondents say FEMA should be eliminated. Another 10 percent say they...

President Trump’s proposed cuts to the National Park Service (NPS) are troubling some Republicans. The Trump administration has proposed a 30 percent cut to the park service’s operations and staffing budgets. In addition, the administration’s budget calls for transferring some park service sites to the states — a provision that is sparking particular ire from...

Since 2006, almost 500 people have been killed by lightning strikes in the U.S., according to the National Lightning Safety Council.

A coalition of 20 states on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its decision to shut down a multibillion-dollar grant program aimed at strengthening infrastructure before natural disasters strike. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, contends that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) unlawfully eliminated its Building Resilient Infrastructures and Communities (BRIC) program...