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Economy

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Economy

Trump Is Disabling the Agency That Could Fight China’s Rare Earths Embargo

The Loan Programs Office is good for more than just nuclear funding.

Energy

Tariffs Are Dominating Clean Energy Earnings Calls

See also: federal policy, batteries, and electricity demand.

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Economy

AM Briefing: Tesla Profits Fell 71% in Q1

On earnings, a White House denial, and hydrogen

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Climate

AM Briefing: The Death of the ‘Climate Pope’

On LNG exports, Pope Francis’ legacy, and Schedule F

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A farmer and solar panels.

The Funding Freeze Is Thawing. But Energy Startups Have a New Fear.

Catching up with David Funk of Zero Emissions Northwest on policy whiplash and complications from tariffs.

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Solar panels and money.

How Solar Could Lose Its Cost Advantage

Tariffs and the loss of Inflation Reduction Act incentives could realign new power pricing, according to Morgan Stanley.

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Economy

AM Briefing: Permitting Goes Paperless

On modernizing permitting, IRA funds, and a revolt at BP

Trump Signs Executive Order to Modernize Permitting
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Current conditions: Central and northeast New Mexico will face “extremely critical fire conditions” over the next two daysThousands of Iraqis are suffering from respiratory problems caused by a severe sandstorm Temperatures could hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit in Balochistan, Pakistan, during a heat wave this week.

THE TOP FIVE

1. Trump signs executive order modernizing environmental permits

On Tuesday, President Trump signed a memorandum ordering the “maximum use of technology in environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure projects of all kinds.” The order also directed the Council on Environmental Quality, which oversees the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act, to put together a process for modernizing technology in environmental reviews. Thomas Hochman, the director of infrastructure policy at the Foundation for American Innovation, a center-right think tank, celebrated the move by the Trump administration, writing on Twitter “it’s high time to eliminate paper-based reviews, modernize permitting technology (which is often as old as the laws themselves), and experiment with different permitting tools.”

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Podcast

What Happens to Global Decarbonization in a Trade War?

Rob and Jesse assess the climate geopolitics of Trump’s latest trade moves.

Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump has implemented what is easily the most chaotic set of American economic policies in recent memory. First, the U.S. declared a trade war on the entire world, imposing breathtaking tariffs on many of the country’s biggest trading partners. He’s paused that effort — but scaled up punitive tariffs on China, launching what would be the 21st century’s biggest global economic realignment without any apparent plan. Now Trump says that more levies are coming on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, no matter where we get them.

All of this is a disaster for the U.S. economy — but it’s also ruinous for any potential American role in decarbonization or the fight against climate change. Even more than Trump’s deregulatory actions, his trade war could spell the end of a long-held U.S. decarbonization dream.

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