Big US utilities’ climate goals are in peril as artificial intelligence turbocharges electricity demand and Donald Trump’s reelection signals policy shifts that would favor fossil fuels. These companies all have ambitious targets to cut their carbon emissions,

Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Donald Trump is pushing fossil fuels, opposing electric vehicle mandates and planning to loosen regulations on corporations.

Donald Trump's presidency was controversial when it came to climate policy. During his first term, he removed the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement and reversed nearly 100 environmental rules, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

The brown blockade is the phrase I’ve used to describe the hardening tendency of the states most deeply integrated into the existing oil and gas economy, as either major producers or consumers of fossil fuels, to support Republican presidential and congressional candidates who are resolutely opposed to federal action to combat climate change.

Some of Donald Trump’s first steps on climate change when he enters the White House will send a message that the federal government no longer cares about the issue. He will pull out of the Paris Agreement. Allies say he’ll strip the phrases “climate change,” “clean energy” and “environmental justice” from every agency website.

Attorney General Aaron Frey, who is seeking re-election, said he intends to hold the energy companies accountable for failing to warn Mainers and concealing knowledge about the consequences of fossil fuels.

Federal funding for climate change research at Texas A&M and other universities around the country is just one of the challenges she would face as the incoming administration looks to steer the 100,000-employee Department of Agriculture away from Biden administration policies.

Clean energy tax breaks, pollution rules and America’s participation in the Paris climate agreement could all be on the chopping block once Donald Trump returns to office.

New York’s efforts to slash emissions face major risks from a second Trump administration. Environmental advocates press Gov. Kathy Hochul to step up.

Michigan and other battleground states might have swung for Trump — but they elected environmentalists to U.S. Senate seats, too.

It’s true that President-Elect Donald Trump prefers golf courses and MAGA merch to national parks and wildlife; he’s a noted climate change denier and shameless booster of dirty fossil fuels. It’s also true that those character flaws weren’t the same ones that got him reelected.

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