President Donald Trump on May 2, 2025, released his fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary budget request outlining his administration's high-level spending priorities for the coming year. Known informally as the "skinny...more
5/6/2025
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO), "Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 1424," on April 8, 2025, that places coal at the center of the administration's...more
4/14/2025
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The Trump Administration is leveraging the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) as a strategic tool to catalyze private sector investment in energy infrastructure. This approach aims to enhance U.S....more
4/11/2025
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President Donald Trump on March 20, 2025, signed an executive order (EO) that sets the foundation for boosting U.S. mineral production through regulatory streamlining, leveraging the Defense Production Act (DPA) and...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Feb. 12, 2025, announced a $782 million first advance under a $1.67 billion loan guarantee for the development of sustainable aviation fuel from the Loan Programs Office (LPO). This...more
Following the first two years of the Biden Administration, and fresh off of the successful passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the U.S. Department of Energy Loan...more
2/2/2023
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