★ Sector
Energy & Environment
September 2024 – May 2026
- Orgs
- 18
- People
- 7
- Actions
- 25
- Topics
- 11
Energy utilities, fossil-fuel and renewable producers, and the federal agencies (EPA, DOE, DOI, CEQ, FPISC) governing environmental review, emissions standards, and federal-lands resource development.
Organizations
Adani GroupBusiness- Ashbritt EnvironmentalBusiness
- ASP IsotopesBusiness
- Council on Environmental QualityGovernment Body
- Cove Kaz CapitalBusiness
- Department of EnergyGovernment Body
- Department of the InteriorGovernment Body
Dow ChemicalBusiness- EnerfabBusiness
Environmental Protection AgencyGovernment Body- Federal Permitting Improvement Steering CouncilGovernment Body
GE VernovaBusiness- Hanwha GroupBusiness
NextEra EnergyBusiness
Nikola CorporationBusiness- Poet LLCBusiness
- Saulsbury IndustriesBusiness
- VoltagridBusiness
Actions
Actions involving organizations in this sector, players affiliated with them, or sector-wide benefits.
- Trump's DOJ drops bribery case against billionaire Gautam AdaniGovernment ActionMay 2026
- Trump's Interior Department generates record $164M from Alaska oil lease sale$163.7MGovernment ActionMarch 2026
- Trump's EPA eliminates climate endangerment finding and emission rulesGovernment ActionBeneficiaryFebruary 2026
Eliminating federal vehicle GHG standards removes compliance costs across the auto manufacturing industry and preserves demand for petroleum-based fuels, benefiting domestic oil and gas producers sector-wide.
- Trump and Lutnick cut a mining deal their sons stand to profit from$1.6BGovernment ActionNovember 2025
- Interior reopens 1.56-million-acre ANWR Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasingGovernment ActionOctober 2025
- Corporations pledge funding for Trump's $300M White House ballroomPrivate ActionOctober 2025
- Trump order expedites federal permits for AI data centersGovernment ActionJuly 2025
- Trump pardons Nikola founder Milton, wiping $676M restitutionGovernment ActionMarch 2025
- Trump creates National Energy Dominance Council chaired by BurgumGovernment ActionBeneficiaryFebruary 2025
Nuclear, hydropower, and critical-minerals industries also fall within the council's explicit mandate alongside the fossil-fuel scope. Energy & Environment is tagged as an interim broader sector pending more granular sub-sector creation for nuclear and critical minerals.
- Trump's Energy Department grants Commonwealth LNG first post-pause export licenseGovernment ActionFebruary 2025
- Senate confirms Zeldin as EPA chief despite no climate backgroundGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump restarts stalled natural gas export approvals paused by BidenGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Ashbritt Environmental donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Dow Chemical donates $500K to Trump-Vance inaugural$500KPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- GE Vernova donates $500K to Trump-Vance inaugural$500KPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Hanwha US subsidiaries donate $2M to Trump-Vance inaugural$2MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Nextera Energy donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Poet LLC donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Trump order scraps the rules behind federal environmental reviewsGovernment ActionBeneficiaryJanuary 2025
Rescinding NEPA implementing regulations shortens environmental review timelines for drilling, pipelines, LNG terminals, and other energy infrastructure, accelerating permitting across the sector.
- Trump order directs EPA to reconsider 2009 endangerment findingGovernment ActionJanuary 2025
- Voltagrid donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1MPrivate ActionJanuary 2025
- Convicted Nikola founder Milton donates to Trump while facing prisonPrivate ActionOctober 2024
- Trevor Milton donates $920K to Trump 47 Committee$920KPrivate ActionOctober 2024
- Charles Saulsbury Jr. donates $825K to Trump 47 Committee$824.6KPrivate ActionSeptember 2024
- David Herche donates $928K to Trump 47 Committee$928.2KPrivate ActionSeptember 2024
People
Derived from affiliations to organizations in this sector.
- Charles Saulsbury Jr.Owner, Saulsbury Industries · Private Sector Figure
Chris WrightSecretary, Department of Energy · Government Official- David HercheChair, Enerfab · Private Sector Figure
Doug BurgumSecretary, Department of the Interior · Government Official
Lee ZeldinAdministrator, Environmental Protection Agency · Government Official- Pini AlthausChair, Cove Kaz Capital · Private Sector Figure
- Trevor MiltonFounder, Nikola Corporation · Private Sector Figure