Environment
Trump administration cancels nearly $8 billion in climate funding to blue states: Vought
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, from left; Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget; Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota; and U.S. Vice President JD Vance speak to members of the media following a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. […]
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EVs, big SUVs drive Ford Q3 U.S. sales up 8.2%
Ford Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning on display at the New York International Auto Show on March 28, 2024. Danielle DeVries | CNBC DETROIT – Sales of electric vehicles and large SUVs drove Ford Motor‘s third-quarter sales up by 8.2%, the Detroit automaker reported Wednesday. Ford said sales of all-electric vehicles increased by 30.2% during the […]
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The world’s first carbon border tax will soon go live — shaking up global trade
A worker walks past molten steel at a steel factory in Huai’an, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 22, 2025. – | Afp | Getty Images The European Union is less than three months away from launching its carbon levy — the world’s first large-scale border tax on carbon-intensive goods. The forthcoming step, which […]
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How this $130 billion energy management company is fueling Nvidia’s infrastructure growth
A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Despite its name, […]
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Trump officials to announce plan to boost coal output
A drone view shows coal being prepared for transport, along the Kanawha river outside of Charleston, West Virginia, March 19, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The U.S. is set to announce on Monday policies to try to boost the output of coal, the Interior Department said, as the Trump administration seeks to reverse the decline […]
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Trump is wielding the power of the state to back critical mineral companies. These are the possible next targets
The Trump administration needs to strike multiple deals with U.S. miners to secure the nation’s supply chain against China, said Mark Chalmers, CEO of Energy Fuels, a miner focused on uranium and rare earth minerals. The Pentagon decision to take an equity stake in MP Materials, the largest U.S. rare earth miner, in July and […]
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Making OpenAI and Nvidia’s giant AI project a reality will take a lot of foreign-made parts
Close-up of the modern data center and cabinets. Comezora | Moment | Getty Images Supply chain data into the OpenAI and Nvidia $100 billion investment commitment this week shines a glaring light on the United States’ heavy reliance on foreign suppliers for components to complete the projects. Brandon Daniels, CEO of AI-powered risk and supply […]
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The U.S.’ deep-sea mining plans could hurt global rules-based order and benefit China, policy experts warn
The U.S. is preparing to mine the sea floor for critical minerals to reduce its dependence on China. But doing so in international waters could undermine a global rules-based order and indirectly benefit Beijing, policy experts warn. Efforts to create international guidelines on seabed mining through the International Seabed Authority (ISA), a U.N. regulator, have […]
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Solar executives warn that Trump attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices
Witthaya Prasongsin | Moment | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s attack on solar and wind projects threatens to raise energy prices for consumers and undermine a stretched electric grid that’s already straining to meet rapidly growing demand, renewable energy executives warn. Trump has long said wind power turbines are unattractive and endanger birds, and that […]
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Microplastics are everywhere. Here’s why that matters to big oil
Microplastics are increasingly being found in our bodies and food supply. They are defined as pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters — about the size of a pencil eraser. But they can also be much smaller, like the size of a virus particle or a strand of DNA. Petrochemicals, the building blocks of plastic, […]
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