29 May 2025 • Supported by

POLITICS

• Elon Musk announces he’ll leave the Trump administration as Tesla investors demand he return to the company, and as data shows the EV-maker’s sales plunging in Europe. (Associated Press, Financial Times, CBS News)
• A federal court says President Trump doesn’t have the authority to institute his sweeping global tariffs, but can implement a temporary 15% import tax. (Associated Press)
• Sen. John Curtis, a Utah Republican, urges the Senate to restore some clean energy tax credits to the House-passed budget package before voting on it to avoid “significant disruptions” to the industry. (Deseret News)

SOLAR

• The U.S. Energy Department cancels a $3 billion loan guarantee for Sunnova’s Project Hestia, which aimed to link solar power and batteries into a virtual power plant. (E&E News)
• Meyer Burger lays off as many as 350 employees at its solar panel assembly facility that opened last year in Goodyear, Arizona. (Solar Power World, Phoenix Business Journal)
• Minnesota solar company owners say repealing federal clean energy tax credits would derail the state’s growing industry that’s made solar more accessible to middle- and low-income residents. (Star Tribune)

STATE POLICY

• A Texas legislative package that looked to limit renewables construction and ramp up new gas plants misses a key deadline for passage, effectively killing the bills. (The Hill)

COAL

• Consumers Energy says a Trump administration order to delay the closure of a western Michigan coal plant will not affect the timeline of the site’s ongoing coal ash remediation plan, but will raise costs for ratepayers. (MLive, MLive)
• Michigan conservatives hope the plant’s operational timeline is extended beyond three months, and that the Trump administration saves another large coal plant along Lake Erie. (E&E News)

RENEWABLES

• Texas lawmakers approve legislation to accelerate the installation of home solar and battery energy systems by allowing authorized third parties to review documents and conduct inspections. (PV Magazine)
• Advocates demand grid operator PJM let more new renewable energy projects hook up to grid faster to help alleviate rising energy costs, while PJM blames high prices on activists who pushed for the closure of fossil fuel-fired plants. (WHYY) 

PIPELINES

• Williams, the developer behind two stalled natural gas pipeline projects in New York, including the controversial Constitution Pipeline, prepares to file paperwork to restart the projects. (Wall Street Journal)

EMISSIONS

• A new report finds federal officials are undercounting greenhouse gas emissions from paper mills as much as 350% because the U.S. EPA doesn’t track biogenic CO2 emissions that come from “natural sources” such as wood. (Grist)
• An analysis finds active oil and gas wells expose about 29,500 New Mexico students to noxious drilling-related emissions, potentially elevating health risks and diminishing academic performance. (Associated Press/Searchlight New Mexico)  

CLIMATE

• Charleston, South Carolina’s lawsuit against oil companies over climate change is set for hearings in court this week, with major questions about how President Trump’s executive order calling such lawsuits a threat to national security will affect the case. (New York Times, Post and Courier)