Energy & Fuel

"Fishermen Want To Go Green But Say DOGE Cuts Prevent That"

"Commercial fishermen and seafood processors and distributors looking to switch to new, lower-carbon emission systems say the federal funding they relied on for this work is either frozen or unavailable due to significant budget cuts promoted by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency."

Source: AP, 03/20/2025

"Greenpeace Must Pay At Least $660M Over Dakota Pipeline Protests, Says Jury"

"A jury in North Dakota has decided that the environmental group Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the pipeline company Energy Transfer and is liable for defamation and other claims over protests in the state nearly a decade ago."

Source: Guardian, 03/20/2025

"America’s Ports Have Labored To Clean Up Pollution. Will That Continue?"

"On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S., powerful electric top-handlers whir, beep and grind as they motor back and forth, grabbing trailers from truck beds and stacking them as they move on or off the mighty container ships that ferry goods across the Pacific. Some of the ships, rather than burning diesel to sustain operations as they sit in harbor, plug into electricity instead."

Source: AP, 03/19/2025

Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution

"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."

Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025

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