Saturday, September 19, 2026

Tag: U.S. Department of Energy

3 Trump has torched atomic power’s last illusion of credible regulation

But the low-cost zero-carbon tsunami of green Solartopian technology may yet prove unstoppable in the marketplace.  

Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is...

Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.

Clean energy jobs surge by 142,000, growing twice as fast as...

Clean energy jobs are not just growing; they’re booming at twice the rate of the overall U.S. job market. This surge is reshaping America’s energy landscape, driving economic development, and offering a blueprint for a sustainable future.

Progressive Briefing for Monday, October 8

Humans, fish and other animals are consuming microfibers in our food and water, Trump's pick for energy innovation is invested in Big Oil, and Susan Collins' challenger raises millions after vote for Kavanaugh.

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An Allina Health hospital in Minneapolis. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0

Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals

About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
The US Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain)

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices

The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
A hospital emergency room entrance in Oregon. Photo: M.O. Stevens / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid starting October 1

The federal reconciliation law also narrows Medicare and marketplace coverage, and a separate immigration rule is pushing US citizen children off Medicaid alongside their noncitizen family members.
Evanston, Illinois, home to the nation's first municipal reparations program. Photo: Nutmegger, public domain

Justice Department joins lawsuit to end the nation’s first reparations program

A legal fight in a Chicago suburb could decide whether any American city can ever pay reparations for housing segregation.

Minnesota hospital doctors stage what union calls first private-sector physician strike in US history

Doctors at two Minneapolis-area hospitals say they're striking over artificial intelligence in patient care, not just pay.