Click for the latest from The Hill{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  Trump eyes the end of wind energy constructionPresident-elect Trump indicated Tuesday that he'd like to see no new wind projects built during his tenure. © AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File “We’re going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built,” Trump said during a wide-ranging press conference at Mar-a-Lago.  This is not the incoming president's first attack on wind power, with his campaign website decrying "insane wind subsidies." But, saying he doesn't want to see it built at all represents an escalation.  During his Tuesday remarks, Trump said that wind energy doesn't "work without subsidy. … You don’t want energy that needs subsidy." The U.S. government subsidizes energy production coming from a wide range of sources, including renewables, nuclear and fossil fuels.   The Democrats' 2022 Inflation Reduction Act put significant amounts of money into low-carbon energy tax credits as part of an effort to combat climate change.  Now that Republicans have control of Congress and the White House, they may try to repeal or otherwise limit the climate spending passed under their predecessors.  Jason Grumet, CEO of  American Clean Power, which lobbies for renewable energy interests, criticized Trump's remarks.   “Whether it’s withdrawing offshore oil and gas resources from development or threatening policies that harm wind energy, American presidents shouldn’t be taking American resources away from the American people," Grumet said in a written statement.   "At a time of skyrocketing energy demand, our leaders must mean it when they express support for an all of the above energy strategy,” he added. Read more at TheHill.com.   Welcome to The Hill’s Energy & Environment newsletter, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains.   Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe here.   Essential Reads  How policy will affect the energy and environment sectors now and in the future:  What to know about Biden’s new offshore drilling restrictions President Biden’s move to bar drilling across the U.S.’s East and West coasts, while splashy, may not have significant climate or energy impacts in the years ahead.   Full Story   Pentagon blacklists Tencent, largest Chinese EV battery maker The Defense Department has added dozens of Chinese firms to a list of companies that are prohibited from working with the Pentagon and defense industry due to their alleged ties with China’s military, including the massive tech firm Tencent.  Full Story   Exxon sues California attorney general, environmental groups for disparaging its recycling initiatives ExxonMobil on Monday sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and a group of environmental activist groups, alleging they colluded on a campaign of defamation against the oil giant’s plastic recycling initiative.  Full Story   Biden expands wind and solar tax credit to nuclear, hydropower, geothermal energy The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized a guidance that expands a tax credit that has historically applied only to wind and solar power to a range of other energy technologies.   Full Story   Notable and quotable  A few additional key quotes from President-elect Trump's press conference “We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” Trump said. Shortly thereafter, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she would quickly introduce a bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico. Responding to Biden's new offshore drilling restrictions that would protect 625 million acres, including the U.S.'s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Trump said “Take an acre, you have a house on a half-acre or a quarter-acre, or an acre, you have a big deal. Now you multiply that by 625 million acres. It feels like the whole ocean.” The Atlantic Ocean is 26.31 billion acres and the Pacific Ocean is 40.83 billion acres.   In Other News  Branch out with a different read from The Hill:As many as 23M Americans exposed to toxic ‘forever chemicals’ via treated wastewater: Study Nearly 7 percent of Americans may be exposed to hazardous levels of “forever chemicals” through treated municipal wastewater, a new study has found. These approximately 23 million people … Full Story   What We're Reading  News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: Climate Models Can’t Explain What’s Happening to Earth (The Atlantic)  This alien plant is lethal for the environment. Now it’s being turned into a plastic to regrow forests (CNN) Musk’s Massive Tesla Lithium Plant Hunts for Water in Drought-Hit Texas (Bloomberg)   On Tap  Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: Trump's energy nominees could see confirmation hearings next week, Politico reported Tuesday President Biden's anticipated designation of two new national monuments was postponed and will now take place next week.   What Others are Reading  Two key stories on The Hill right now: Live coverage: Carter honored at Capitol; Trump fields smattering of questions ahead of inauguration Former President Carter is being honored at the Capitol, where he will lie in state until his funeral on Thursday morning at the National Cathedral. Read more Trump threatens economic, not military force, to annex Canada President-elect Trump said Tuesday he was not considering using military force to make Canada part of the United States after repeatedly musing about the idea of the country becoming the 51st state. Read more  Opinions in The Hill  Op-ed related to energy & environment submitted to The Hill: The solicitor general climate change briefs that didn’t bark  You're all caught up. See you tomorrow!  Check out The Hill's Energy & Environment page for the latest coverage.Like this newsletter? Take a moment to view our other topical products here 📩 Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Energy and Environment newsletter Subscribe