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Thanks to a farcical House Committee hearing, we now know that Trump’s administration is against renewable energy because they don’t know how it works

Is this mistrust in technology, or just about Trump's interests and lobbying connections?

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Interior Sec Burgum Mocked In Congress After Warning Solar Panels 'Produce Zero Electricity' When The Sun Goes Down

US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum faced criticism for ignoring battery storage during a congressional hearing, fuelling debate over US energy policy and solar reliability.

International Business Times UK

Trump’s ‘pool guy’ has nothing to do with Lincoln Memorial paint job, Interior Secretary admits, as he defends no-bid $13M contract

Doug Burgum says he isn’t ‘familiar’ with company that his agency awarded a lucrative contract for renovation work at the landmark

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Virginia Democrats file motion asking for stay in map ruling as Trump touts ‘huge win’ for Republicans – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

Trump’s new ‘Coalie’ mascot and myth of ‘clean, beautiful coal’ have a long history in advertising

If you follow the Trump administration’s social media posts, you might spot its new mascot: a cartoon lump of coal with big eyes and babylike features. “Coalie” sparked a backlash almost as soon as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum debuted it for the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement in…

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Trump Posts Bizarre AI Image of Shirtless Cabinet Members Swimming in Lincoln Memorial Pool, Sparking Wild Internet Theories

Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself with political allies in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, amid plans for its renovation, sparking viral speculation online.

International Business Times UK

Trump shares another bizarre AI image with Cabinet members in bathing suits

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Trump shares bizarre AI-generated image of himself lounging in Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool with Cabinet members

Trump’s odd AI image came on the same day the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation site was vandalized with graffiti

The Independent UK

Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool vandalized with ‘86 47’ graffiti amid Trump’s makeover and Comey indictment

The vandalism follows the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey over a social media post featuring the same numerical code

The Independent UK

Trump Pays Energy Firms £1.4B in Taxpayer Cash on Condition They Pivot from Clean Energy to Oil and Gas

The Trump administration paid energy companies nearly £1.4B to abandon offshore wind projects and invest in fossil fuels, following court blocks on executive orders against wind development.

International Business Times UK

Trump administration blocks US wind energy projects in switch to oil and gas

US representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin earlier this month called agreements outrageous and unlawful

The Guardian - US

Trump administration to pay 2 more companies to walk away from US offshore wind leases

The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development

The Independent UK

Trump touts progress on his multi-million dollar revamp of reflecting pool at Lincoln Memorial

‘I do many such things for Government and, as President, it is my Honor to do so,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social

The Independent UK

Alcatraz Island suddenly shuts for tourists weeks after Trump demands $150M to reopen it as infamous prison

California Governor Gavin Newsom previously said that President Trump’s plans resembled the ‘substance’ surrounding Alcatraz: ‘fog’

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The Guardian - US

Secretive Bilderberg group just met – but who knows what global elite said?

This year’s conference had plenty of newsworthy aspects, but it’s a mystery why the press fails to talk about it

The Independent UK

Trump boasts over his new renovation project at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool: ‘It will be much more beautiful’

Trump announced his plans to ‘fix’ the reflecting pool with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum last November

The Mary Sue

Donald Trump dispatches ‘God Squad’ to wipe out the last 51 ocean giants that have survived 3,000,000 years

President Donald Trump’s administration recently asked a rare committee known informally as the “God Squad” to scrap all protections for the critically endangered Rice’s whale, along with other marine life in the Gulf of Mexico. This move, made in service of the oil and gas industry, could lead to the…

The Independent UK

Trump administration to rejoin offshore drilling agencies separated after 2010 Gulf oil spill

The Trump administration said Friday it is rejoining two agencies that were split up in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill

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‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Critics say exemption for fossil fuels exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale

The Independent UK

Federal 'God squad' poised to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules

Trump administration officials will soon consider exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act

Axios

Exclusive: Wind projects delayed as Trump's Pentagon reviews stall

The delays are dragging down a race led by tech companies to build AI data centers.

International Business Times UK

Trump Cuts Off Gas Price Discussion to Ask When Venezuela Will Build a Statue of Him During Cabinet Meeting

President Donald Trump interrupted a Cabinet briefing on rising fuel costs to ask when Venezuela would build a statue of him, drawing laughter at the meeting and criticism online for shifting attention away from the economic discussion.

International Business Times UK

'Forget That' — Trump Dismisses His Own Cabinet's Gas Price Briefing to Press for a Venezuelan Statue

During a Cabinet meeting focused on rising fuel costs, Trump diverted attention with a remark about a potential statue in Venezuela, sparking mixed reactions.

The Independent UK

Judge won't block meeting that could exempt Gulf drilling from Endangered Species Act

A judge has ruled that the government can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on the basis of national security for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

Euronews

‘Reckless’: Trump seeks Endangered Species Act exemption for oil, gas projects in Gulf of Mexico

The move could 'greenlight the extinction of sea turtles, whales and corals to pad the oil industry’s pockets', says an Earthjustice attorney.

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