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Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 01:10 PM EDT
Albany Times Union. June 4, 2021. Editorial: An institutional problem THE ISSUE: COVID-19...

A parking area with charging stations for electric vehicles at a public park is seen Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. As part of an infrastructure proposal by the Biden administration, $174 billion will be set aside to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations, electrify 20% of school buses and electrify the federal fleet, including U.S. Postal Service vehicles.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
EXPLAINER: Can Biden add energy jobs? Hope mixes with doubt

By Cathy Bussewitz Apr. 06, 2021 01:27 PM EDT

Electrician Zach Newton works on wiring solar panels at the 38-acre BNRG/Dirigo solar farm, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Oxford, Maine. President Joe Biden wants to change the way the U.S. uses energy by expanding renewables, but faces several challenges. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Biden faces steep challenges to reach renewable energy goals

By Patrick Whittle And Cathy Bussewitz Mar. 03, 2021 01:08 AM EST

Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump clings to his core election falsehoods

By Hope Yen And Calvin Woodward Mar. 01, 2021 12:13 AM EST

Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump clings to his core election falsehoods

By Hope Yen And Calvin Woodward Feb. 28, 2021 07:25 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 07:51 AM EST
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ Feb. 22 The Intelligencer on keeping pets warm...

Editorial Roundup: Minnesota

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Minneapolis Star Tribune. February 16, 2021. Editorial: When weather attacks and the system fails The power grid...

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Feb. 16, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Chicago Sun-Times. February 13, 2021. Editorial: Illinois suffers as energy bill is delayed The Clean Energy Jobs Act...

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, traffic moves along the M6 motorway near Birmingham, England. Britain will ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars by 2030, a decade earlier than its previous commitment, the prime minister said Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Boris Johnson made the pledge as part of plans for a "green industrial revolution" that he claims could create up to 250,000 jobs in energy, transport and technology. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)
UK to ban gasoline car sales by 2030 as part of green plan

Nov. 17, 2020 05:30 PM EST

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his daily, morning news conference at the presidential palace, Palacio Nacional, in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. López Obrador said Friday that his ambassador to the United States told him two weeks ago that there was an investigation underway there involving Mexico's former defense secretary, retired Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, who was arrested Thursday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
US legislators complain to Trump on Mexico energy policy

By Mark Stevenson Oct. 24, 2020 02:17 PM EDT

A field of sunflowers is within sight of the Mehrum coal-fired power station, wind turbines and high-voltage lines in Mehrum, Germany, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. In the energy turnaround, energy sources such as coal are to be replaced by more environmentally friendly energy sources from the sun and wind. The phase-out of coal is planned by 2038 at the latest. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and Biden in their last clash on stage

By Calvin Woodward And Hope Yen Oct. 24, 2020 07:51 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Sep. 16, 2020 12:40 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: Please don’t use unreliable sources of information —...

FILE - In this June 22, 2018, file photo, construction crews bore beneath U.S. 221 in Roanoke County, Va., to make a tunnel through which the Mountain Valley Pipeline will pass under the highway. The Trump administration is seeking to fast track environmental reviews of the pipeline and dozens of other energy, highway and other infrastructure projects across the U.S. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)
Drilling, mines, other projects hastened by Trump order

By Matthew Brown Sep. 01, 2020 07:59 PM EDT

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves a starting flag during a ceremony in Lazaro Cardenas, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Monday, June 1, 2020. Amid a pandemic and the remnants of a tropical storm, President Lopez Obrador kicked off Mexico's return to a "new normal" Monday with his first road trip in two months as the nation began to gradually ease some virus-inspired restrictions. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz)
Mexican president defies leftist label in virus response

By Mark Stevenson Jun. 02, 2020 12:04 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2020 04:27 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Fixing our broken country will require all of us ...

Mauricio Montalvo, an employee of Mexico's electric company, wears a respirator mask for protection as he walks in a street in the Coyoacan district of Mexico City, Friday, April 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Mexico cites virus in slapping down renewable energy

By Mark Stevenson May. 17, 2020 04:45 PM EDT

Cattle graze on a pasture while a wind turbine stands in the distance at the Reading Wind Facility in Reading, Kan., on Monday, April 27, 2020. Although the wind power project has experienced some delays in delivery of some foreign-sourced parts and had to implement social distancing measures, the project is on schedule to be completed in the next few weeks. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Solar, wind energy struggle as coronavirus takes toll

By Cathy Bussewitz, John Flesher And Patrick Whittle May. 02, 2020 10:38 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wear protective glasses as they view the solar eclipse at the White House in Washington. Trump's comment about injecting disinfectant to fight coronavirus is just the latest in a long list of comments and actions that run contrary to mainstream science. He's gone against scientific and medical advice by staring at an eclipse without protection, calling climate change a hoax and saying wind turbines cause cancer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Disinfectant riff is latest of many Trump science clashes

By Seth Borenstein Apr. 25, 2020 12:33 AM EDT