Energy

A proposed 67-mile transmission line has stoked tensions between Maryland's farming communities and the nation's largest grid operator.

Under the Trump administration, the EPA canceled a $7 billion program aimed at making solar power accessible to low-income households.

President Donald Trump set a goal of quadrupling domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years.

The bill cleared a key hurdle early this morning after the president and House Speaker Mike Johnson persuaded a group of Republican holdouts to change their votes.

The president’s embrace of fossil fuels and hostility to renewable energy are reflected in his signature domestic policy law.

"I don't know where it came from," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Budget Committee, told NBC News after releasing the 940-page bill.

Among other things, the Senate legislation would also slap a tax on solar and wind projects that enter service after 2027 if they use components made in China.

The legal challenge arose from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision to approve a project to store spent nuclear fuel in southwest Texas.

The lawmakers said they're "deeply concerned" by some of the Trump agenda bill's provisions and called for changes to mitigate "significant disruption" to certain projects.

A case involving an 88-mile railroad project raised questions about the scope of the federal environmental review process.

The orders aim to help address growing electricity demand due to AI technology.