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How climate change is redrawing the world’s political map

Climate change is altering geopolitical relationships, as nations compete for resources, redraw strategic priorities, and face new risks tied to energy, food, and water.

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China has been preparing for a global energy crisis for years. It is paying off now

As other Asian economies race to conserve energy, China has huge reserves of oil and gas as well as alternative energy sources like wind and solar.

www.theguardian.com
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Senator launches investigation into methane pollution in the Permian Basin

Recent satellite monitoring revealed that actual emissions from the West Texas and southeast New Mexico basin are four times higher than official estimates.
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Manure-to-energy project touted as climate fix emits thousands of tons of methane

A Wisconsin project dubbed the “world’s largest manure biogas project” emits nearly 5,000 metric tons of climate-warming methane annually, roughly equivalent to emissions from 30,000 gasoline-powered vehicles, according to state data that adds to concerns about the impacts of large-scale manure digesters. 
www.thenewlede.org
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Trump is forcing coal plants to stay open. It could cost customers billions

In an unprecedented use of federal authority, President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked emergency powers to force a series of retiring coal plants to stay open.
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States challenge EPA repeal of endangerment finding in climate fight

Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

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Coastal street flooding on Carolina Beach, NC during king tide.

Study highlights resistance to ‘retreat’ in face of rising water

After Hurricane Sandy caused widespread flooding on Smith Island in 2012, Maryland housing officials earmarked $2 million in buyouts for homeowners. The deal was simple: Take the money and start a new life somewhere else.

www.bayjournal.com
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Duke Energy agrees to explore a cleaner way to power data centers

A settlement deal would commit the North Carolina utility to working with Google on a scheme that lets data centers pay to secure 24/7 clean energy.
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Nuclear's cleanup cost threatens the expansion dream

Countries are racing to build new reactors. But we've barely figured out how to clean up the old ones — and the bill is potentially staggering.
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The AI boom has plunged a small Pennsylvania town into chaos

Data centers will swallow 14 percent of Archbald, P.A., evict a trailer park, and border many residential properties. Who's to blame is a matter of fierce debate.

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AI power demand creates ‘high likelihood, high impact’ grid risks

The North American transmission watchdog warns of cascading outages if the largest data centers aren’t regulated.
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House Democrats want clean energy tax credits back

A new bill would reinstate incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act and provide assistance for consumer electricity costs.
insideclimatenews.org
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Alabama House committee considers bills targeting solar farms

One bill the committee approved allows county commissions to regulate solar farms while another stops new solar farm construction for a year.
alabamareflector.com
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Opinion: Virginia is making strides on clean energy — even as it falls behind

Despite the Virginia Clean Economy Act's path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2025, utilities are importing more fossil fuel electricity from other states.

virginiamercury.com
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Why tech giants are ditching the power grid

Seeking power for data centers, Meta and other companies plan to use equipment that is expensive and polluting.
www.nytimes.com
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Opinion: We need to be honest about Iran — and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem

Oil has empowered capitalism and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot.

www.theguardian.com
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U.S. Interior Department bends on solar, but wind energy on public lands remains stalled

Most of the wind farms under consideration by the Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management are no longer in the permitting pipeline.

www.eenews.net
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The German village running on its own juice

While war in the Middle East sends oil prices soaring and households brace for higher bills, one tiny German village has spent 30 years making itself immune to exactly this kind of shock.
www.dw.com
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