Decision time looms for 20 monuments

A week out from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's national monument recommendations, it's almost impossible to predict which sites the administration could target for reductions or even elimination.

By Jennifer Yachnin in Greenwire 1:06 PM EDT

America's frail defense against a nuclear-tipped threat

Mother Nature's first attempt to explore the Earth's fledgling electrical system was a solar storm that knocked out many telegraph lines. But a few lines sent messages without any power.

By John Fialka in Energywire 7:00 AM EDT

Trump officials celebrate funding while they quietly cut

The distribution of new grants from the Historic Preservation Fund showcases how the Trump administration will take credit for both the program's cost-cutting and generosity.

By Michael Doyle in Greenwire 1:06 PM EDT

It's the deadline for a big climate report. Agencies are mum

Today is the deadline for 13 federal agencies to respond to a climate report that draws on extensive research to show that humans are warming the world at an unprecedented pace.

By Scott Waldman in Climatewire 7:54 AM EDT

Pruitt assigns political appointee to vet grant requests

By Sean Reilly in Greenwire Thursday, August 17, 2017

In a sharp break with tradition, U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has inserted a senior political appointee into the role of vetting competitive grant solicitations.

New gas plants cheaper than distributed power — Calif. study

By Debra Kahn in Energywire 7:00 AM EDT

A hotly awaited study on alternatives to building a new gas-fired power plant in Southern California found that distributed resources could fill the need but would be more expensive than conventional resources.

WHITE HOUSE

With Trump as dealmaker, could coal be subsidized?

By Zack Colman in Climatewire 7:54 AM EDT

The president likes to make a deal. So when a pair of utilities asked for billions to save nuclear projects and a governor proposed a subsidy for coal, fiscal conservatives were alarmed.

TECHNOLOGY

Leaks you'll never see in food stores are warming the Earth

By John Fialka in Climatewire 7:54 AM EDT

When Keilly Witman joined U.S. EPA, she had to convince supermarkets that their leaky air conditioning and refrigeration systems needed to be fixed or they would substantially warm the Earth's atmosphere.