Department of Energy

Air War: Trump Sued by Local Officals for Violating Federal Energy Rules

Donald Trump is under fire from a coalition of state and local governments for blocking energy efficiency standards for such consumer and commercial products as ceiling fans, portable air conditioners, walk-in coolers. freezers and commercial boilers. Attorneys General from California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Maryland, as well as the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the City of New York are leading the effort....

Donald Trump Saddles Up Four Horsemen for Looming Environmental Apocalypse

Donald Trump is carrying out his plans for unlimited fossil fuel production with the selection of four top cabinet picks who will lead the United States into an environmental Apocalypse in an effort to extract every last dollar of energy from the earth. The nefarious gang of four includes Rick Perry as Energy Secretary, Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Secretary, Cathy McMorris Rodgers as Interior Secretary and ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State....