{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Weather Service faces reorganization The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization could involve potential staff cuts. © AP Federal employees at the NWS’s Weather Forecast Offices, which provide...

The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization could involve potential staff cuts. Federal employees at the NWS’s Weather Forecast Offices, which provide people with local forecasts and severe weather warnings, have learned about impending changes to their baseline staffing...

{beacon} View Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Court curtails Trump anti-renewable moves A federal judge on Tuesday curtailed enforcement of several Trump administration policies that would have otherwise been expected to hamper renewable energy. © AP Judge Denise Casper, an Obama appointee in Massachusetts, granted a preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from...

President Trump on Monday invoked wartime authority under the Defense Production Act (DPA) to try to push for more oil, gas and coal. The DPA gives the president the authority to increase the production of certain items to advance national security. Trump this week issued five memos applying it to oil, coal, natural gas infrastructure and exports, electric grid equipment and “large-scale...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump officials give mixed gas price messages President Trump and his Cabinet officials are offering mixed messages on gas prices as Americans grow increasingly uneasy over the Iran war’s economic impact. © Greg Nash/The Hill Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNN on Sunday that gas prices may not drop...