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Trump administration nixed funding for California offshore wind terminal after request from a climate denial group

The Committee for Constructive Tomorrow signed onto a letter in June that urged President Trump’s Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to rescind nearly $427 million in federal funding for a Humboldt Bay marine terminal that would serve as a hub for offshore wind development in California.  A Department of Transportation press release touted Duffy’s cancellation...

DTE dark money ties revealed in criminal court filings

DTE Energy employees directed the transfer of money from one dark money nonprofit to another tied to a Michigan official, recent criminal court filings show, contradicting years of the utility denying or downplaying its involvement in secretive political giving. The filings represent the most definitive evidence yet suggesting DTE employees have controlled the activities of...

Memo highlighting challenges facing Trump’s Michigan coal plant bailout disappears from Department of Energy website 

A Department of Energy memorandum identified significant logistical challenges facing the Trump administration’s last-minute order to prevent the closure of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued the order on May 23, just eight days before the plant was scheduled to shut down on May 31st. Wright’s order...

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