DOE Reorganization Scuttles Standalone Renewables Office, Boosts Nuclear

The Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing a reorganization that eliminates standalone renewable energy offices and others central to Biden administration climate initiatives -- underscoring the Trump administration’s hostility to wind and solar renewables -- while creating or rebranding offices to focus on priorities like fossil fuels and nuclear. The department Nov. 21 released an organizational chart with several new office names, including offices of hydrocarbons and geothermal energy; “energy dominance financing”; Arctic energy; fusion; technology commercialization; and critical minerals...