Trump Energy Chief Invokes Emergency Powers To Boost Fossil Fuel Power in Blackout-Plagued Puerto Rico

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is invoking emergency powers to empower Puerto Rico to boost fossil fuel power generation in the wake of a recent island-wide blackout and ahead of the summer, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

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Biden's Energy Loan Czar Gave Green Companies Billions. Now He's Working To Move Them Overseas.

President Joe Biden’s energy loan czar gave out billions to green energy companies. Now, he’s trying to help them to leave the United States and seek subsidies from European governments. Jigar Shah, the former director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, has been "talking to officials in Brussels about re-domiciling companies in Europe," Bloomberg reported this week.

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Former Columbia Prez Armstrong Set To Return to Campus. Plus, GOP Senators Draw a Nuclear Red Line.

Back so soon? Columbia University announced last month that former president Katrina Armstrong would be taking a sabbatical following a disastrous deposition before the White House’s anti-Semitism task force. She was to "spend more time with her family." But she’s apparently had enough: Armstrong is set to resume her role as CEO of Columbia’s medical center in June, sources familiar with the matter told our Aaron Sibarium and Eliana Johnson.

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Free the Gas Stoves: Trump's Energy Department Axes Dozens of Biden Appliance, Energy Regulations

Gone are rules banning a wide swath of gas stoves. Gone are the strict water standards governing dishwashers and shower heads. And gone is the government-wide effort to force electrification of the economy through appliance regulations. It is all part of a historic action the Trump administration announced Monday, reversing dozens of energy regulations, saving consumers more than $11 billion, and cutting more than 125,000 words from the United States Code of Regulations.

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EEOC Targets Harvard’s Hiring Practices. Plus, Biden Reportedly Looks for a Payday.

Harvard under fire (again): The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched a new civil rights investigation into Harvard University—this time over its hiring practices, our Aaron Sibarium scoops. The commission is probing whether the school “engaged in a pattern or practice of disparate treatment” in faculty hiring that discriminated against white, Asian, male, or straight applicants. 

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Trump Energy Sec Hints at Canceling Billions of Dollars of Biden’s Green Energy Loans

Energy Secretary Chris Wright hinted that he would soon take action canceling billions of dollars' worth of Biden-era green energy loans that he said do not promote American energy security and are too risky for taxpayers.

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Trump DOE Cancels $4.5 Million Biden-Era Contract To Develop Green Energy Logo, Website

The Department of Energy canceled a $4.5 million contract the Biden administration awarded to develop a new agency website and logo symbolically highlighting the green energy transition, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

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Harvard Law Review Throws Caution to the Wind. Plus, Sloppy '60 Minutes' Edit Earns Emmy Nod.

Under the microscope: The Harvard Law Review, under federal investigation for racial discrimination, is encouraging applicants to disclose their race as part of the application process. That's according to an email sent to all first-year law students and obtained by the Free Beacon's Aaron Sibarium. It asks applicants to "convey aspects of their identity, including but not limited to their racial or ethnic identity" through a 200-word "holistic review" statement used to select candidates from "a diverse set of backgrounds."

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Embattled Biden Energy Loan Czar Launches Green Advisory Firm With Obama Official at Center of Solyndra Scandal

They doled out billions in federal loans to green energy companies, some of which failed spectacularly or led to congressional investigations. Now President Biden’s and President Obama’s energy loan czars—Jigar Shah and Jonathan Silver—are launching an advisory firm to teach green energy companies how to succeed.

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Trump Energy Secretary Marks 100 Days at Georgia Factory Saved From Biden's Green Agenda

GRIFFIN, GA—At first glance, a water heater manufacturing plant may seem like an odd place for Energy Secretary Chris Wright to celebrate the first 100 days of the Trump administration's energy agenda. Under his leadership, the Energy Department has already bolstered investment in nuclear energy, slashed spending, and entered into high-profile international energy agreements.

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