To help pay for his war of choice with Iran, Trump wants to zero out funding for energy assistance and efficiency programs. But it’s not the first time he’s tried to dismantle them.
Energy & the Environment
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Faltering War Economy
Trump’s war craters the economy in multiple ways, even if it somehow ends soon.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Iran War Threatens the AI Economy
Supply chain disruptions threaten the flow of computer chips, which power AI models.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
NEPA and Its Discontents
What’s missing from the political conversation around America’s embattled environmental law?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Iran War Sends Fertilizer Prices Sky-High
In the middle of the spring planting season, American farmers have to contend with supply chain disruptions.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The National Security Case for Renewable Energy
Turns out oil is vulnerable to price shocks caused by blood-crazed presidents.
Posted inTAP
The War’s Winners: Putin and Netanyahu
Regardless of how Trump extricates himself from the Iran mess, the biggest winner is Russia, with Bibi a close second.
Posted inTechnology
Hollow Promises in Ohio’s Silicon Heartland
As tech companies gain more ground, residents pay the price for the state’s data center boom.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Doug Burgum, the Regime Toady of Our Time
Dashing the hopes of establishment Democrats, Trump’s interior secretary and ‘energy czar’ has adopted his boss’s excesses as his own.
Posted inTransportation
How Trump Doomed the American Auto Industry
Ford and GM made a big bet on electrification. Then Trump plunged a knife into their backs.