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President Donald Trump holds an image showing the size of a proposed Meta data center during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Few Details on Trump’s Plan for Self-Powered Data Centers

By Charles Paullin

Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountains Mine is the only longwall coal mine in Montana. Aerial support provided by LightHawk.

New Lawsuit Aims to Halt Expansion of a Montana Coal Mine Blamed for Drying up the Land Above It

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

Construction of an Amazon Web Services data center in Salem Township, Pa., on Oct. 10, 2025. Credit: Jason Ardan/Citizens’ Voice via Getty Images

Grassroots Resistance to Data Centers Rises in Pennsylvania

By Jon Hurdle

Morgan Harper, a community organizer and former U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at a protest in January outside the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in Columbus, urging officials to reject a rate increase from the local utility. Credit: George Shillcock/WOSU

Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle

Activists advocate for New York City buildings to be less reliant on gas during a February protest in front of the National Grid office in Brooklyn. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

What Happens If New York Buildings Use Less Gas?

By Lauren Dalban

Contractors install solar panels on the roof of a department store in Hamilton Township, N.J. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

New Jersey Unions Create a Coalition Focused on Decreasing Energy Costs and Creating Solar Jobs

By Raeanne Raccagno

Jen Walling, chief executive officer of the Illinois Environmental Council, spoke in support of the POWER Act at a press conference in Chicago on Feb. 11. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Could a New Illinois Bill Be a Blueprint for Curbing Data Centers’ Climate Impacts?

By Keerti Gopal

An aerial view of data centers in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia House Passes Data Center Tax Exemption, With Conditions

By Charles Paullin

An aerial view of a 33-megawatt data center in Vernon, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

‘The Sky Isn’t Falling’: Providing Perspective on the Data Center Boom

By Dan Gearino

Georgia Power is planning to add four combined-cycle gas turbines at its coal-fired Bowen power plant in Bartow County, Georgia. Credit: Alan Cressler/USGS

Georgia Power Gas Expansion Would Drive Significant Climate-Damaging Pollution

By Ryan Krugman

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks to supporters at a rally announcing his reelection bid on Jan. 8 in Philadelphia. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

Pennsylvania Governor Courts Data Centers While Seeking Consumer Protections

By Jon Hurdle

Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico) speaks in support of solar siting legislation during a Virginia General Assembly meeting. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Solar Siting Reforms Advance in Virginia After Years of Failed Attempts

By Charles Paullin

A wind farm is seen in a rural area near Pomeroy, Iowa, on July 5, 2025. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

What’s Killing Onshore Wind Power?

By Dan Gearino, Anika Jane Beamer

Transmission lines connect to a power plant near Richmond, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

As Data Centers Jostle to Get on Texas’ Grid, ERCOT Promises New Rules for ‘Batch Zero’

By Arcelia Martin

Duke Energy’s Asheville Combined Cycle Station, a natural gas power plant, in Buncombe County, N.C. Credit: Duke Energy

Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly?

By Lisa Sorg

Solar panels line the hills of Weining, China. Credit: Tao Liang/Xinhua via Getty Images

Talking About Energy Dominance? Solar Would Like to Have a Word.

By Dan Gearino

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State address on Tuesday. Credit: Darren McGee/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

Hochul Wants More Nuclear Power in New York

By Lauren Dalban

An underwater acoustic camera captures a harbor seal interacting with a tidal turbine in Washington state’s Sequim Bay. Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Underwater Cameras Could Help Unlock America’s Tidal Energy Industry

By Johnny Sturgeon

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