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Scott Patterson

ARTICLES BY SCOTT PATTERSON

A CenterPoint Energy substation with a light dusting of snow during a winter storm in Houston Tuesday.

Trump administration taps data centres for backup power ahead of snowstorm

3 min read . 23 Jan 2026

A merger agreement Thursday with TAE Technologies valued at $6 billion marks the first family’s biggest foray yet into mainstream finance and the U.S. economy since President Trump returned to the White House. (File Photo: Reuters)

How Trump spun a social network into a nuclear-fusion company

4 min read . 19 Dec 2025

Trump politically disowned Greene, once one of his closest allies, in a series of social-media posts, in part for pursuing the Epstein vote. (AFP)

Trump plays hardball with GOP lawmakers as Epstein vote approaches

5 min read . 17 Nov 2025

Crucial contracts and grants haven’t been approved, caught up in layers of new bureaucracy. (AP)

FEMA is paralyzed. Disaster-torn communities are paying the price.

13 min read . 29 Sept 2025

DOGE has a long way to go to meet Musk’s ambitious budget-cutting goals. Photo: AP

How DOGE plans to plow ahead without Musk at the helm

4 min read . 24 Apr 2025

US President Donald Trump’s tariffs could mean immediate effects—in a bad way—for U.S. business. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)

Trump ushers in ‘new high water mark’ for deregulation

5 min read . 28 Mar 2025

A memorial was placed beneath the covered seal of the U.S. Agency for International Development at its Washington headquarters last month. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (AFP)

Trump officials circulate plan that would overhaul USAID

3 min read . 20 Mar 2025

DOGE’s purported top savings come from the U.S. Agency for International Development, which the Trump administration has gutted. (Image: AFP)

DOGE is searching for wasteful spending. It isn’t hard to find.

3 min read . 20 Feb 2025

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)

Trump is unraveling the world order with unprecedented speed

6 min read . 08 Feb 2025

The Trump administration estimates that 5% to 10% of federal workers will accept an offer to resig. Photographer: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Federal workers ponder an existential question: Do I pack up and quit?

4 min read . 30 Jan 2025

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. (File Photo: Reuters)

How Trump’s AI, crypto push would spur clean energy

4 min read . 25 Dec 2024

US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Trump pledges to speed permitting for companies investing over $1 billion

2 min read . 11 Dec 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden. (REUTERS)

Biden rushes to Trump-proof his signature energy, chip policies

3 min read . 29 Nov 2024

US president-elect Donald Trump wants to repeal clean-energy subsidies that have driven investment to Republican congressional districts. (Getty Images)

Trump’s win threatens US clean-energy boom

5 min read . 10 Nov 2024

Wabash Valley Resources plans to produce ammonia in Indiana that would be used to make fertilizer and grow corn nearby. Photo: Wabash Valley Resources

Why Washington and Big Oil are investing billions in ammonia

4 min read . 16 Sept 2024

Lithium Americas, a startup working to build a big lithium mine and processing facility in Nevada, is one of many companies hoping to start receiving cash from the office soon. (WSJ)

White House races to lend billions in climate funds before election

4 min read . 31 Aug 2024

The cooling systems on top of data centers are a huge draw of electricity.
(Photo: Melissa Lyttle for The Wall Street Journal)

How big data centers are slowing the shift to clean energy

5 min read . 29 Apr 2024

A California startup plans to start construction on a project to suck up water from the Great Salt Lake to extract one of its many valuable minerals: lithium.

The Great Salt Lake Is Full of Lithium. A Startup Wants to Harvest It.

3 min read . 12 Feb 2024

GM CEO Mary Barra and President Biden with a Silverado EV at the Detroit auto show in September 2022. (Photo: Reuters)

Why Biden’s EV tax credit could become hard to claim

5 min read . 13 Dec 2023

Separation ponds at an Albemarle lithium mine in Chile. After discovery of a metal, it often takes years before mining companies begin production.

Biden’s Electric-Vehicle Push Hits a Speed Bump

3 min read . 21 Nov 2023