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Trump temporarily halts leasing and permitting for wind energy projects

Jan. 20, 2025 22:22 PM EST

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pausing the issuance of approvals, permits and loans for both onshore and offshore wind projects. The interior secretary will review wind leasing and permitting...

Trump tasks congressman with writing executive order he could issue to halt offshore wind

Jan. 16, 2025 16:35 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects. Offshore wind is a major part of transitioning to an electric grid powered entirely by sources that don’t emit...

Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick for public lands boss, questions reliability of renewable power

Jan. 16, 2025 15:20 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and voiced concerns about the reliability of renewable power sources promoted under the Biden...

The Latest: Burgum, Zeldin and more appear for confirmation hearings, Bondi returns for day 2

Jan. 16, 2025 13:54 PM EST

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. While many are rapidly gaining support for their confirmation, the remaining still have to go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run. Here's the latest: ...

The Latest: Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing adjourns following Senate questioning

Jan. 14, 2025 14:36 PM EST

Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. The hearing was held Tuesday with senators questioning whether the former combat veteran and TV news show host is fit to lead the U.S. military. ...

Canadian Cabinet ministers meet with Trump's nominee for commerce secretary in bid to avoid tariffs

Dec. 27, 2024 20:31 PM EST

TORONTO (AP) — Two Canadian Cabinet ministers left a meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Friday without assurances President-elect Donald Trump will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. The Canadians called the talks “productive” and...

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

Dec. 17, 2024 18:55 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world...

North Dakota regulators OK underground storage for proposed Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline

Dec. 12, 2024 18:16 PM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators approved permits Thursday for underground storage of carbon dioxide delivered through a massive pipeline proposed for the Midwest, marking another victory for a project that has drawn fierce opposition from landowners. The governor-led...

North Dakota governor charts his path to Interior with a rosy state oil and gas outlook

Dec. 04, 2024 14:34 PM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has given his choice for Interior secretary a mandate to “Drill baby drill,” and on Wednesday his pick, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, offered a rosy budget picture to lawmakers based largely on his state’s success in extracting near-record...

Trudeau told Trump Americans would also suffer if tariffs are imposed, a Canadian minister says

Dec. 02, 2024 17:03 PM EST

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday. Trump threatened to...