THE LIGHTBULBPresident Trump, flanked by Energy Secretary Rick Perry to his right, announced the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline in 2017. Trump’s budget shop, for example, proposed slashing funding for the department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy down to $696 million, a 66 percent cut from the 2017 budget. Congress instead increased funding for that office, known for research into solar and wind energy, to $2.38 billion. Going forward, the worry among alternative energy advocates is not the whims of Congress but the vagaries of the economy. DAYBOOKTodayThe Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment holds an event on defining the Waters of the United States.

Source: Washington Post September 28, 2018 12:50 UTC