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Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change

Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”

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Chris Wright, the energy secretary, also said, “We don’t want to be in the race for the most expensive electricity in the world.”
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Watchdog Warns Trump’s Cuts at FEMA Pose a ‘Major Challenge’

The country lacks the ability to address multiple disasters happening at once, the Government Accountability Office said.

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Workers with the Federal Emergency Management Agency in October looking through the wreckage after Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C.
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Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report

Scores of researchers reviewed the Energy Department’s argument about greenhouse gases and found serious deficiencies.

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A heat relief station at the Salvation Army Phoenix Citadel Corps.
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Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals

The president has made no secret of his distaste for wind and solar in America. Now he’s taking his fossil fuel agenda overseas.

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President Trump met with Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in Scotland last month. He denounced wind power as a “con job.”
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With Little Explanation, Trump Throws Wind Industry Into Chaos

The Trump administration is halting wind projects that had been approved, financed and underway — while providing little to no justification.

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Components for the ongoing construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in New London, Conn., in November.
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With Little Explanation, Trump Throws Wind Industry Into Chaos

The Trump administration is halting wind projects that had been approved, financed and underway — while providing little to no justification.

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Components for the ongoing construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in New London, Conn., in November.
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