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FILE - In a June 3, 2014, photo, the Paradise Fossil Plant stands in Drakesboro Ky. A group of landowners and a Kentucky coal industry group are asking a federal judge to halt plans to shut down two coal-fired units at the Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in western Kentucky. The Kentucky Coal Association argues in the suit filed Thursday, July 10, 2014, that the TVA did not follow proper federal procedure and its own rules in deciding to close the units at the Paradise Fossil Plant. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump fires Tennessee Valley Authority board members over outsourcing controversy

Abby Smith · August 3, 2020 6:17 pm

Businesses and economists contend a carbon tax is the simplest and most efficient way to address greenhouse gas emissions by applying a per-ton fee for large emitters like power plants and refineries.

Energy and Environment

Seeking to shore up support, GOP carbon tax group claims $1 trillion in economic benefits

Josh Siegel · July 31, 2020 9:45 am

The Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia is the only large nuclear power plant under construction in the U.S., after years of cost overruns and project delays.

Energy and Environment

GOP embraces liberal environmentalism skeptic with radical plan for nuclear energy

Josh Siegel · July 28, 2020 7:24 pm

The issue of disclosing climate-related risks is receiving more attention as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman investigates whether Exxon Mobil defrauded its investors based on what it knew about climate change. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Affordable energy is a winning strategy for Trump, as Biden champions ‘big green’ causes

Kevin Mooney · July 26, 2020 10:00 am

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine speaks during a public inauguration ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.

Energy and Environment

Ohio’s Republican governor calls for repeal of nuclear subsidies law plagued by bribery scandal

Josh Siegel · July 23, 2020 7:28 pm

Joe Biden is cheered by supporters before he speaks during a campaign stop at a Teamsters union hall in Pittsburgh on Monday, April 29, 2019.

Energy and Environment

Biden’s liberal climate policies feared by unions in Pennsylvania

Josh Siegel · July 17, 2020 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Clean coal technologies should be harnessed for post-virus recovery and beyond

Mark J. Perry · July 14, 2020 7:55 pm

Renewables, including solar, wind, and hydropower, provided more power than coal for the first time last year.

Energy and Environment

Carbon emissions in electricity fell in 2019, even as economy grew

Josh Siegel · July 8, 2020 1:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

The future still lies in coal, oil, and nuclear

Salena Zito · July 1, 2020 8:11 pm

Lighthouse Resources argues Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, and the state's Department of Ecology violated the Constitution's commerce clause in denying the permit for what would be America's largest coal export terminal. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown,File)

Energy and Environment

EPA limits state power to veto energy projects, setting up clash with Democratic governors

Abby Smith · June 1, 2020 4:17 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, June 3, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Liberal media gives Trump EPA head Andrew Wheeler a bad rap

Brad Polumbo · April 22, 2020 3:23 pm

Trump's fiscal 2019 budget request to Congress and infrastructure plan propose selling off the transmission line assets of the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the largest federally owned public utilities, with the Bonneville Power Administration, a large federal electric utility in the Northwest. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump lays into Tennessee Valley Authority, saying he’d support big cuts to CEO’s salary

Abby Smith · April 8, 2020 11:26 pm