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That could create challenges to economic growth.

Energy analysts and executives say renewables are crucial to help meet rising U.S.

power demand from new data centers and factories.

While activity in the U.S.

renewables market is expected to slow, the IEA says growth is still strong globally.

The agency expects power capacity from renewables to double by 2030, and for renewables to overtake coal as the world's largest source of electricity generation by the middle of next year at the latest.

Michael Copley, NPR News.

The Energy Department says it terminated funding for projects that don't address the country's energy needs and aren't economically viable.

The announcement came hours after the White House Office of Management and Budget Director, Russ Vogt, posted on X that the administration was canceling funding for projects in 16 states, all of which voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the last election.

DOE hasn't released a list of the projects.

Democratic lawmakers called the move an illegal act of political retribution.

The White House referred NPR to the Energy Department for comment.

DOE didn't respond to messages seeking comment.

Michael Copley, NPR News.

We've now identified four additional victims, so there's now a total of 12 victims. We're going to continue to encourage victims and witnesses to come forward and contact law enforcement.

We've now identified four additional victims, so there's now a total of 12 victims. We're going to continue to encourage victims and witnesses to come forward and contact law enforcement.

We've been in a very active period, more or less, for about the last 30 years in the Atlantic. But it's really important to remind everybody in hurricane-prone areas that it doesn't really matter what the seasonal forecast says. There are risks of impacts every year.

We've been in a very active period, more or less, for about the last 30 years in the Atlantic. But it's really important to remind everybody in hurricane-prone areas that it doesn't really matter what the seasonal forecast says. There are risks of impacts every year.

Cardinal Robert Prevost grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago, which have suffered economic decline over the decades. His home parish, St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Dalton, has been closed and abandoned for more than a decade. But within an hour of Prevost being named the first ever American Pope, people began to stop to take pictures, pray, and even weep.

Cardinal Robert Prevost grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago, which have suffered economic decline over the decades. His home parish, St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Dalton, has been closed and abandoned for more than a decade. But within an hour of Prevost being named the first ever American Pope, people began to stop to take pictures, pray, and even weep.