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Nearly $11 billion in USDA funds headed to rural electric co-ops for clean energy loans, grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin to administer two loan and grant programs worth nearly $11 billion to boost clean energy systems in rural areas, administration officials said Tuesday.…
Biden administration to fund $68.3 million in Colorado water projects, including Leadville tunnel
A view of a section of the Upper Colorado River. (Bob Wick/BLM/Public Domain Mark 1.0 The Biden administration will send $585 million to water projects in 11 Western states, Interior…
Reports: New York grand jury indicts Trump for hush-money payments to porn star Daniels
WASHINGTON — A New York criminal grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump, according to multiple news reports Thursday night citing persons familiar with the case. A former president…
House GOP, including Boebert, votes to overturn Waters of the United States wetlands protections
The U.S. House voted Thursday to undo a Biden administration definition of wetlands that allows for regulations on private lands. The chamber approved, 227-198, a resolution to roll back the…
Climate provisions in budget deal still face major hurdles in looming U.S. Senate vote this week
Environmental advocates largely praised the climate provisions in Senate Democrats’ massive taxes, health care and energy bill released Wednesday night, saying even with provisions to help the fossil fuel industry,…
Manchin, Democrats reach deal on climate, health care, tax loophole bill to help fight inflation
WASHINGTON — West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer struck an agreement Wednesday for a Democrats-only reconciliation package that would allow negotiations on some…
As SCOTUS handcuffs EPA on climate, Biden, states vow to limit carbon emissions, warming
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority to broadly regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants, siding with a group of Republican attorneys general and coal companies…
Senate panel agrees much more domestic mining is needed to reach Biden electric vehicle goals
A White House climate goal to transition the United States to electric vehicles is in trouble if the nation cannot produce more minerals that go into those vehicles’ batteries, U.S.…
House votes to decriminalize marijuana in federal law as Colorado lawmakers split on party lines
The U.S. House passed legislation Friday to legalize marijuana nationally, but its future is much less clear in the Senate. The House voted 220-204 to approve the measure, which would…
Forest Service shifting toward controlled burns, thinning trees to combat wildfires
The Biden administration will use $3 billion from last year’s infrastructure law to revamp the federal approach to wildfire management, introducing a 10-year plan to deal with the large swaths…