Senate Confirms Lee Zeldin to Head E.P.A.

The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Lee Zeldin to run the Environmental Protection Agency, where he will be charged with executing President Trump’s orders to dismantle major environmental regulations,…

Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data Centers

The artificial intelligence boom has turbocharged demand for electricity, and everyone who is anyone in the U.S. energy industry wants a piece of the action. The latest entrant is Chevron,…

Oil Companies Embrace Trump, but Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’

President Trump is swinging American energy policy sharply in favor of fossil fuels, but oil and gas companies say those changes won’t push them to engage in the frenzy of…

$35 Billion Loan Project, Led by the World Bank, Aims to Expand Electricity in Africa

The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on electric-power…

Trump Says States Should Manage Disasters. Former FEMA Leaders Agree.

President Trump plans to tour damage on Friday from last year’s hurricanes in North Carolina and this month’s fires in California after saying that disaster response should be shifted from…

Trump Says States Should Manage Disasters. Former FEMA Leaders Agree.

President Trump plans to tour damage on Friday from last year’s hurricanes in North Carolina and this month’s fires in California after saying that disaster response should be shifted from…

South Carolina Utility Wants to Sell Unfinished Nuclear Power Site

A major power provider in South Carolina started accepting bids from buyers on Wednesday to finish two nuclear reactors, hoping to take advantage of the recent interest in the energy…

Cameron Hamilton to Be Temporary Head of FEMA

The Trump administration has made a former member of the Navy SEALs who has spoken about the importance of securing the southern border temporary administrator of the Federal Emergency Management…

Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar

President Trump is moving to restructure the nation’s energy future to block any transition away from fossil fuels. And he is testing the boundaries of presidential power to do it.…

Wind Power in U.S. Faces Hit From Trump’s Executive Order

President Trump launched a broad attack on the wind power industry in the United States, with a sweeping executive order that could block not just new offshore wind farms in…