A mad rush is underway in some states across the nation as the Trump administration does away with tax credits for clean energy projects. Those states are attempting to finish the projects before the expiration of the credits. They are also fast tracking the projects to ensure they are connected to the grid. Meanwhile, …
** An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others. The CEO has vowed to find out what caused Monday’s blast while the workers’ union says it will make sure there’s a thorough investigation. ** Five countries account for more than two-thirds of the world’s total nuclear electricity generation …
** The Trump administration has a new beef with renewable energy: It takes up too much space. One of the Interior Department’s latest rules for evaluating whether to approve energy projects on federal land will focus on “energy density,” a metric that supposedly captures how much power a project can produce per acre of land …
New Mexico, Colorado and Arkansas are some of the states affected by the Trump administration’s recent announcement of the cancellation of about $7 billion in grants funding solar energy projects for low-income households. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sent notices to states where grants were made through the Solar for All program, a …
New Mexico U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich has told Interior Secretary Doug Burgum his decision to personally review every solar and wind energy project in the nation is “troubling” because of what he described “increasingly partisan rhetoric from this Administration.” He and three other Democratic Senators recently wrote Burgum a a letter decrying what they …
** Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the administration is reviewing previously published National Climate Assessments and will publish updated reports, calling prior versions unfair in their “broad-based assessments of climate change.” ** According to TechCrunch, Tesla’s sales numbers for the Cybertruck plummeted in the second quarter of 2025 and were not only beaten by the Ford …
Wagoner County Commissioners have responded to a lawsuit and appeal by Persica Solar, LLC following the denial of a conditional permit for a proposed 5,000-acre solar farm near Porter. In their response filed this week in Wagoner County District Court, the commissioners denied many of the claims and allegations made by Persica, a …
** The Department of the Interior is launching a full review of offshore wind energy regulations to ensure alignment with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and America’s energy priorities under President Donald J. Trump. ** Private equity firm Blackstone has agreed to acquire Enverus, an energy data and analytics provider. Blackstone is acquiring Enverus from owners …
** President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Indian imports to 50% as part of an ongoing row with New Delhi over its purchase of Russian oil, Forbes reported. The move came the same day that special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ** Fallout from the One Big Beautiful Bill will curb rooftop solar …
A new report from the Energy Workforce & Technology Council for July showed another slight drop in energy employoment in Oklahoma as well as other states in the region. A cooling in the U.S. labor market? It’s what the council suggests as it explained total jobs in the sector declined slightly to 633,938, a month-over-month …
