The use of data centers' diesel generators have become a flashpoint in communities concerned about the health impacts of the emissions.
Politics
Dominion Energy’s 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which was ordered by the Trump administration to stop work in December, is now on track for completion by early next year -- but at a considerably higher cost.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's climate rollback comes just as Wisconsin communities, farms and businesses invest in clean energy and resilient infrastructure.
Critics say the move to prop up aging coal facilities could lead to dozens of premature deaths annually while shifting financial burdens onto ratepayers.
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate.

US takes aim at UN climate proposal
16 February
The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take action.
Industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling’s toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn’t safe.
Last year, six hog farms in the state were the first to get funding from California’s program to offset its emissions from transportation fuels. The operations’ permits already have civil rights complaints against them for the pollution from the process.
Senators said repeal was ‘particularly troubling’ and was counter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's mandate to protect human health.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that state oil and gas regulators have permanently closed one of the most infamous drill sites in Los Angeles, bringing an end to a decades-long community campaign to prevent dangerous gas leaks and spills from rundown extraction equipment.
Arizona officials consider lawsuit over EPA's greenhouse gas regulation rollback as advocates warn of impact on heat-plagued state.
While Michigan lawmakers are taking fossil fuel companies to court for delaying the green transition, the Alberta government is hampering clean energy.
Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship data centers.
Nearly 17 years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases threaten the public’s health and welfare, the agency on Thursday rescinded the landmark legal opinion underpinning a wave of federal policies aimed at climate change.
The Interior secretary cast doubt on widely accepted climate science and touted plans to build out the nation’s reserves of critical minerals.
Falling emissions from the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter could mean a global turning point.
America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.

The energy boom is coming for Great Lakes water
13 February
Delve into the relationship between Great Lakes water and energy, and its implications for the region's future.
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