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EnergyPlatform.News(letter)
May 27, 2025
In this week’s edition of energy and environmental policy news across the states: Exclusive: Energy secretary touts end of DEI, ‘returning to meritocracy’; U.S. lags as China powers forward with coal, solar; The cost of Colorado’s green policies examined; Wyoming at a glance
Plus: Epstein: Victory for energy freedom: the House (finally) limits IRA subsidies
The Trump administration is working to end social and demographic-based preferential treatment, restore a national focus on merit and reset federal policy priorities to emphasize reliability, affordability and responsible stewardship of tax dollars.
China installed twice as much utility-scale solar in 2024 as the United States had in total, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. China is also the world’s largest user of coal, consuming more than the rest of the world put together.
Policies designed to combat climate change in Colorado have sandbagged the state’s economy by costing billions of dollars and resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, according to a recent study by a nonpartisan economic policy think tank.
A snapshot of energy and environmental facts about the state of Wyoming.
Earlier this month, Republicans were planning to keep the vast majority of the trillion-dollar IRA subsidies, including grid-destroying solar and wind subsidies. Fortunately, the final bill fixed the worst problems by placing strict limits on new solar and wind subsidies.
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