Energy & Fuel

Senate Dems Blame Trump Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices

"With U.S. households paying 10 percent more per kilowatt hour for electricity than they did at the start of this year, Senate Democrats sought Monday to tie the increasing pain for consumers to the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of clean energy policy."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/23/2025

"Judge Says Work on Wind Farm Off Rhode Island Can Proceed, for Now"

"A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Danish energy company Orsted could restart work on Revolution Wind, a large wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is nearly complete but had been abruptly halted last month by the Trump administration."

Source: NYTimes, 09/23/2025

Colorado To Join Suit Alleging Oil Trains' Endangered Species Violations

"Colorado, along with 15 other states, is poised to sue the federal government for ignoring endangered species regulations in a wide range of infrastructure projects on public lands. One of those projects, a controversial proposal to expand an oil shipping facility in Utah, would significantly increase hazardous rail shipments through Colorado."

Source: States Newsroom, 09/22/2025

Enviros Worry Trump Re-Do Will Imperil Wyoming’s Climate-Stressed Red Desert

"A pending ‘amendment’ to the BLM’s Rock Springs management plan is likely to open previously undeveloped areas to oil and gas drilling, observers say."

Source: WyoFile, 09/22/2025

Proposed Dominion Peaker Plant Flouts Environmental Justice, Community Says

"The utility’s environmental justice analysis lacks community health data, according to attorneys representing affected residents."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/19/2025

"A Coal-Burning Steel Plant May Thwart Cleveland’s Climate Goals"

"The facility is the city’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Advocates say its dirty blast furnaces need to be replaced with cleaner technology."

Source: Canary Media, 09/19/2025
October 23, 2025

Metcalf Institute: Equity on the Table — A Conversation about Public Health, Food Access and Climate Change

Join the Metcalf Institute for a panel discussion with three fellows from the SciComm Identities Project around climate change and its intersection with public health and food equity. This free event will take place in person at URI and will also be livestreamed. 5-7 p.m. ET.

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