Economy & Business

Ex-White House Official, Project 2025 Author, Picked as DOI Watchdog

"President Trump has nominated a former White House official and Project 2025 author to be the Interior Department’s internal watchdog, a move that critics say could hurt the integrity of the office’s investigations."

Source: The Hill, 08/10/2026

Trump Launched Big New Solar Tariffs. Here’s What It Means.

"A far-reaching new tariff on solar imports promises to both raise the cost of installing the clean energy source and strengthen efforts to reshore solar manufacturing."

Source: Canary Media, 08/10/2026

Supreme Court Sets Oct. 5 Date For Blockbuster Climate Case

"The case, Suncor v. Boulder, has spurred calls for two of the justices to recuse themselves as they weigh whether federal law or the Constitution bars local governments from suing fossil fuel companies over the costs of addressing climate change."

Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026

Virginia To Offload More Grid Costs Onto Data Centers

"The data center capital of the world is shifting more transmission costs onto the energy-hungry sector." "The decision is expected to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in transmission costs away from the public."

Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026

El Niño Could Push 50M People Into Acute Hunger By End Of Next Year

"About 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger before the end of next year by the rapidly developing El Niño weather system, according to forecasting. This is in addition to the hundreds of millions of people already facing dangerous levels of hunger, owing to years of drought in parts of Africa and pressure on food prices from the war in Iran."

Source: Guardian, 08/07/2026

Secretive Deal for a $10 Billion Data Center in Rural North Carolina

"Residents say they were left out of the decision-making process for a project that includes hundreds of polluting diesel generators."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/05/2026

Appeals Court Says Trump EPA Was Wrong To Kill $20 Billion Climate Fund

"A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said the Trump administration improperly terminated billions of dollars in funds to boost clean energy projects, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the Biden-era effort."

Source: AP, 08/05/2026

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