What’s next for power plant climate rules
The Trump administration rescinded marquee Biden-era standards targeting carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation — and proposed b...
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20 of 1,582 episodesGeneral Motors wants its cars to help power your home
General Motors is offering a slate of electric vehicles with what the carmaker hopes will be an appealing feature: bidirectional power. That...
Energy prices are closing in on the GOP’s midterm chances
Energy prices are rising throughout the country partially because of the war in the Middle East, and that’s putting Republicans and Presiden...
How solar power is winning over Georgia Republicans
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have attacked solar power and rolled back key industry tax credits. But now, in conserv...
Trump picked a fight with Washington. Its AG is pushing back.
Today, POLITICO deputy editor-in-chief Joe Schatz sits down for an extended conversation with Nick Brown, the Democratic attorney general of...
How Big Ag is losing its grip on Iowa’s governor race
Big Ag has long dominated Iowa politics, but in this year’s governor’s race, both parties are challenging the industry’s political power in...
EQT CEO Toby Rice on the future of natural gas in the age of AI
Today, POLITICO Energy guest host James Bikales sits down for an extended interview with Toby Rice, the president and CEO of EQT, one of the...
Inside the energy fight shaking up the Texas governor race
Rural voters in Texas are growing increasingly angry over data centers and new power lines in their communities, threatening Republican Gov....
Biden’s energy legacy is proving hard to kill
President Donald Trump came into office promising to dismantle Joe Biden’s nearly two trillion-dollar climate and clean energy agenda. But a...
Inside America’s coming electricity crunch with the NERC CEO
Today, POLITICO Energy host Arianna Skibell sits down for an extended interview with Jim Robb, the president and CEO of the North American E...
The growing turmoil inside Burgum’s Interior Department
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s tenure has been marked by staff departures, secrecy and internal turmoil, according to multiple former offi...
Can billions of federal dollars fix America’s mining industry?
President Donald Trump is betting billions of federal dollars on rebuilding America’s mining industry and boosting U.S. supplies of critical...
One of America's biggest utility CEOs on the electricity bill crisis
Today, POLITICO Energy host Zack Colman sits down for an extended interview with Calvin Butler, president and CEO of Exelon Corporation, the...
The surprising race for America’s nuclear waste
For decades, nuclear waste was considered one of the biggest political liabilities in American energy policy. Now, Republican-led states are...
California has led on climate for years. Is that about to change?
California has long been viewed as America's climate leader, but its likely next governor, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Xavier Becerra,...
Sen. Martin Heinrich’s permitting state of play
Sen. Martin Heinrich, the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joins POLITICO Energy's Josh Siegel to discuss...
Freedom fueled refineries? Trump’s latest bid to lower gas prices
The Trump administration wants to revive idled refineries across the country to make more fuel, its latest push to address higher gasoline p...
Nuclear fusion tries to win over Washington
Nuclear fusion holds the promise of almost limitless, carbon-free energy -- but the technology has long been dismissed as always decades awa...
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp isn’t giving up on EVs, even as data centers boom
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp only has a few months left in the statehouse before the Republican’s second term comes to an end, and he’s hoping to...
Dems are prepping a Big Oil onslaught. K Street is ready.
Democrats are champing at the bit to conduct more oversight of the Trump administration’s close ties to the oil and gas sector if the regain...