Court says Trump illegally blocked clean energy grants to Democratic states
A US district judge ruled that Trump’s decision singled out states that voted for Democrats in the 2024 elections.

A US district judge ruled that Trump’s decision singled out states that voted for Democrats in the 2024 elections.

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Lowered support means capacity now expected to grow to no more than 4,600GW by 2030, 900GW lower than 2024 estimate.
Iraq is advancing several solar power projects as part of a plan to meet its electricity needs.
The multibillion-pound deal will build up to 12 modern nuclear reactors in northeast England and power data centres.
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The ruling overturns a lower-court decision that found Trump was impeding Congress’s power to allocate funding.
The cancellation is Trump’s latest move against renewable energy, which the US president has dismissed a ‘scam’.
UN chief Antonio Guterres says ‘the fossil fuel age is flailing and failing’ as renewable energy becomes cheaper.
The project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the Three Gorges Dam when completed.

Syrian farmers in the occupied Golan Heights oppose an Israeli energy company’s plans for wind turbines on their land.

Two hundred sixty miners trapped in a South African gold mine have been rescued after 24 hours.