Environmental Lawyers Get Ready to Pounce on Energy Deregulation Moves April 23, 2025 By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici U.S. environmental groups say they are hiring lawyers and preparing for a major legal showdown with President Donald Trump’s administration...
Trump Issues Order to Block State Climate Change Policies April 10, 2025 By Nichola Groom U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that aims to block the enforcement of state laws passed...
Trump Hostility to US Offshore Wind Reverberates Through Supply Chain February 14, 2025 By Nichola Groom Companies that committed to investments in U.S. offshore wind infrastructure and supply chains are scrapping their plans as the projects...
GE Vernova Blames Manufacturing Flaw for Vineyard Wind Offshore Blade Failure July 26, 2024 By Nichola Groom and Sourasis Bose A manufacturing flaw led to a turbine blade failure at the Vineyard Wind offshore project off the coast of Massachusetts...
Vineyard Wind Incident Is Not First Time a GE Vernova Wind Turbine Has Come Apart July 18, 2024 By Nichola Groom An incident at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project this week that scattered shards of fiberglass across Massachusetts beaches...
White House to Support New US Nuclear Power Plants May 30, 2024 By Nichola Groom and Trevor Hunnicutt The White House on Wednesday planned to announce new measures to support the development of new U.S. nuclear power plants,...
US Natural Gas Pipeline Accidents Pose Big, Unreported Climate Threat March 13, 2024 By Nichola Groom Last October, an Idaho farmer using a backhoe punched a hole into a 22-inch pipeline buried under a field, sending...
Biden’s Clean Energy Agenda Faces Mounting Headwinds November 27, 2023 By Nichola Groom and Jarrett Renshaw Canceled offshore wind projects, imperiled solar factories, fading demand for electric vehicles. A year after passage of the largest climate...
Biden’s Carbon Proposal is Unworkable, Power Sector Warns August 9, 2023 By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici U.S. power plant owners warned the Biden administration on Tuesday that its sweeping plan to slash carbon emissions from the...
U.S. Seeks to Restore Safety Rules Sparked by Gulf Oil Spill September 13, 2022 By Nichola Groom The Biden administration on Monday proposed offshore drilling safety measures that it said would help prevent oil spills and protect...