{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Dem analysis: OBBA created billions in fossil subsidies Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act subsidizes fossil fuels by an average of $3.5 billion each year, according...

Lithium battery factory. The lithium-ion facility. A “mini-Chernobyl.” Just some of the names the Middle Village community has heard referring to the proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), located on 69th Place. After two protests — with a third...

The Trump administration’s recently released National Defense Strategy reaffirmed its commitment to building a “Golden Dome” capable of stopping any “advanced aerial attacks” on the US, including conventional and nuclear-armed cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles, as well as...