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Energy & Environment

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The Big Story

Energy Star, GHG reporting face the chopping block

The Trump administration is targeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program, which highlights energy efficient home appliances.

According to a source, staffers were told at a meeting Monday that Energy Star was being eliminated, as is the Climate Protection Partnerships division that houses it.

Staffers were also told that the EPA was cutting its Climate Change division, which includes the agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. This program requires major polluters to report their planet-warming emissions.

The Hill also viewed images of slides from a meeting with staffers that listed both the Climate Protection Partnership division and the Climate Change division as “organization and programs eliminated.”
The slides noted that staff “may be reassigned to other positions.”

The plans were first reported by CNN.

In a statement to The Hill, the EPA noted that it had announced a broad reorganization Friday.

“With this action, EPA is delivering organizational improvements to the personnel structure that will directly benefit the American people and better advance the agency’s core mission, while Powering the Great American Comeback,” said an agency spokesperson in an email.

Read more at TheHill.com.

Welcome to The Hill’s Energy & Environment newsletter, I’m Rachel Frazin — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains.

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Essential Reads

How policy will affect the energy and environment sectors now and in the future:

More than 100 fired from National Renewable Energy Lab

More than 100 staff members have been fired from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, spokespeople for the lab confirmed Tuesday.

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Noem defends plans to slice FEMA, DHS programs

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended President Trump’s immigration policies and plans for deep cuts at her agency in her first appearance before lawmakers since being confirmed.

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Coalition of GOP attorneys general celebrate win against California’s clean-truck rule

A coalition of Republican attorneys general is claiming victory against California following the state’s pledge to repeal its electric-truck mandate amid an ongoing lawsuit.

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In Other News

Branch out with a different read from The Hill:

Policymakers chart middle path on climate, energy under Trump 2.0

The polarized atmosphere around U.S. energy and climate policy hides a broadly popular path forward, key policymakers said Tuesday at The Hill’s Energy and Environment Summit in Washington.

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What We’re Reading

News we’ve flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics:

Republicans say EVs don’t pay their fair share. Here’s the math. (The Washington Post)
County resistance plagues Indiana renewable push (Indiana Capital Chronicle)

On Tap

Upcoming news themes and events we’re watching:

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is slated to appear before the House Appropriations Committee
Acting FEMA Administrator Cam Hamilton is slated to appear before the House Appropriations Committee

What Others are Reading

Two key stories on The Hill right now:

Trump changes his tune on the economy

President Trump is changing his tune on the economy, suggesting Americans should buy less and will probably pay more and bear the brunt of an uncertain economic landscape as his wide-ranging tariff policy takes effect. Read more

5 takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Canada’s Mark Carney

President Trump hosted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House on Tuesday for their first in-person meeting since Carney’s election victory. Read more