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The Trump administration now is signalling it could follow China's push to revive coal-fired power based on a recent social media post by Donald Trump, who raises concern about lagging U.S. global energy dominance.

Projects in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Virginia face challenges from new federal energy politics, but construction is making key progress on ongoing off-shore wind facilities.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to reconsider existing regulations for pollution cleanup, water discharge and air emissions limits while gutting internal diversity efforts and environmental justice programs for already hard-hit communities.

Judge agrees to suspend Dec. 1 removal deadline that developer Enel claims could cost up to $259 million as a new court weighs in on its financial dispute with the Osage tribe.

Nation's high court hears arguments in a case weighing the fate of storage facilities for nuclear spent-fuel built and operated by private firms. 

Developer TerraPower and contractor Bechtel will work under union pact to build a proposed 345-MW sodium-cooled fast nuclear reactor in Wyoming.

The power source is gaining ground from emerging technology, cost reduction, private investment and possible buy in from the new administration.

President Trump and TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei announced the company's $100-billion investment in U.S. chip manufacturing facilities in Arizona, a total of five new plants. 

The company says it plans a slower pace for construction to better align with demand.

The international electrical component manufacturer's investment in U.S. facilities totals more than $500 million in three years.