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Google buys power from record-busting solar-battery site in Arkansas

Developer Cypress Creek has broken ground on the project, which will eventually deliver 2.5 gigawatts of solar production and 2.9 gigawatt-hours of battery storage.

www.canarymedia.com
Home electricity scheme with battery energy storage system power modern house at night. photovoltaic solar panels and rechargeable li-ion backup. Electric car charging on renewable off-grid system.

Microgrids use renewable energy to bolster Western NC resilience

Mobile Beehive Microgrids being set up across NC mountains as rebuilding after Helene continues, could play key role in future outages.
carolinapublicpress.org
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Leonard Leo's anti-climate network makes a European debut

Powerful American groups linked to the Trump administration are expanding across the Atlantic, opening up offices in the U.K. and Europe, fighting climate action, waging religious right culture wars and aligning with far-right political movements.

www.desmog.com
New York City skyline showing inundation from wildfire smoke

Canada's wildfire air pollution and heat wave combo pose heightened health risks

Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health hazards.
www.nytimes.com
white cattle on green grass at daytime with fracking well in background.

Fracking ban in the Delaware River Basin survives a Republican challenge (for now)

The congressional amendment sought to overturn a fracking prohibition that protects water used by millions of people. Critics predict that natural gas allies will try again.
insideclimatenews.org
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‘I wouldn't call it panic’: Industry quails at Hochul's data center pause

Artificial intelligence advocates fear New York’s one-year moratorium on new data centers could embolden Democrats across the country to put more restrictions in place.

www.eenews.net
Black & white photo from 1950's of a gas station attendant pumping gas at a Sinclair station

Governments knew the risks of global warming as they chose fossil-fueled growth in the 1950s and ’60s

A new report suggests that some governments have ignored legal obligations to prevent climate harm for decades.
insideclimatenews.org
Offshore wind farm

Here’s how offshore wind helped New England beat record heat

The region has added dozens of turbines off the East Coast since last summer. They and other clean energy sources cut the need for oil power amid recent hot weather.

www.canarymedia.com
A hand adjusting the temperature on a wall thermostat

The surprising upside of asking people to use less energy

New research complicates the long-held belief that climate policy is a trade-off between cost and carbon, adding a third factor: it might make daily life better, too.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Steel quad-pipeline in the foreground with yellow/red valves, leading to a reinery in the background

Safety not a factor in determining North Dakota pipeline routes, attorney says

An attorney for North Dakota’s Public Service Commission said Tuesday that the agency can’t consider public safety when issuing a pipeline permit. 
northdakotamonitor.com
Environmental law symbol as an industrial smoke stack shaped as a justice scale as a metaphor for pollution regulations and clean air legislation.

He sued the oil industry for $51B. Now he faces Republicans in a private grilling

Roger Worthington, one of the lawyers at the center of a huge climate lawsuit against the oil and gas industry, faces congressional scrutiny.

www.politico.com
An aerial view of the Hoover Dam

A major Colorado River decision looms. Here’s how it will affect millions

With the river in freefall, federal officials plan to intervene, possibly imposing large cuts to water usage in seven states. Effects would be felt beyond the West.
www.washingtonpost.com
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‘Zero consultation’: Tribal reps say they were left out of monument reduction decisions

Two coalitions of Native American tribes say they weren’t consulted about the dramatic downsizing of two national monuments in Utah.
utahnewsdispatch.com
Drones-eye view of a data center sited in rural farm country

New York becomes first state in the nation to pause new hyperscale data centers

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday implementing a one-year moratorium on data center permits while the state develops regulatory protections for communities and the environment.
insideclimatenews.org
The Great Barrier Reef from above. Underwater, but visible, reef formation, with azure blue water and sky and land extendinginto ocean.

Water pollution has long been a threat to the Great Barrier Reef – plans to fix it aren’t up to the task

There’s one big threat facing the Great Barrier Reef which Australian authorities can solve. But will they?
theconversation.com
A group of dirty small pigs at a pig farm

Iowa livestock boom outpaces oversight as manure pollution grows, analysis finds

The number of large, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in Iowa increased 13% over the past six years, according to a new report. It's a mounting problem in a state that generates more than 100 million tons of manure annually, contributing to persistent water pollution and health problems.
www.thenewlede.org
Closeup portrait of US Senator Lindsay Graham from 11/13/2017

Part of Lindsey Graham’s legacy: Climate negotiator

The South Carolina Republican was once a member of a group looking for a deal on bipartisan climate legislation.

www.politico.com
Rock formations at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, U.S. 89, Kanab, Utah

Trump carves deeper into Utah monument protections

The president signed orders shrinking the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, reducing them more than he did in a similar move in 2017.

www.eenews.net
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