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A New Unifying Issue: Just About Everyone Hates Data Centers

Recent election results and evidence from states show misgivings about the growth of AI and the ramifications for energy costs and the environment.

By Dan Gearino

The construction site of an Amazon data center in Salem Township, Pa., on Oct. 10. Credit: Jason Ardan/Citizens' Voice via Getty Images
An employee works on the floor of the Metal Technologies plant in Ravenna, Mich. The company participates in a demand response program in which its industrial facilities agree to power down at times of high demand on the grid. Credit: Metal Technologies

When the Power Grid Needs Relief from High Demand, Here’s Who You Call

By Dan Gearino

Rachel Kutzley demonstrates a thermal camera, a device that can help to identify the leakage of heat, at the Energy Smart Home Expo in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 25. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

A Home Energy Fair Offers a Counter Narrative to Cynicism About Climate Change

By Dan Gearino

People attend the launch event for the Rivian R2 at the Rivian South Coast Theater in Laguna Beach, Calif., on March 7, 2024. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

What’s Ahead for the US Electric Vehicle Industry After Hitting a Massive Speed Bump?

By Dan Gearino

EV batteries connected to chargers are a potentially vast resource that could be utilized by the grid. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Vehicle-to-Grid Power Is Becoming a Reality, But Why Isn’t Progress Faster?

By Dan Gearino

Southern California Edison technicians attach power lines to a utility pole on July 13 in Culver City, Calif. Credit: Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images

Which States Are Getting Hit Hardest by Electricity Price Increases?

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines tower over a rural landscape on July 5 near Pomeroy, Iowa. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Can the Nation’s Most Wind-Powered State Look to Solar?

By Anika Jane Beamer

This solar panel has been struck by an ice ball during a durability test at the Renewable Energy Test Center in Fremont, Calif. Credit: RETC

Utility-Scale Solar Can Withstand Severe Hailstorms. Here’s How

By Dan Gearino

The coal-fired John E. Amos Power Plant in West Virginia. Credit: Joseph Sohm/Visions of America via Getty Images

Coal Is Rising Along with Solar in the U.S. Power System, While Gas Loses a Step

By Dan Gearino

Cologix’s COL4 data center and its adjacent substation is seen on July 24 in Columbus, Ohio. Credit: Eli Hiller/The Washington Post via Getty Images

To Handle Data Centers, the Electricity System May Need New Rules. Here Is a Proposal

By Dan Gearino

Workers carry solar panels to be installed at a one-million-kilowatt photovoltaic project in Lingwu, China, on April 14. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

The Researcher Who Wrote the Book on How Solar Got Cheap Is Back to Assess the Current Moment

By Dan Gearino

A foreman for the solar company Sunrun installs a 215-pound lithium-ion battery at a home in Granada Hills, Calif., on Jan. 4, 2020. Credit: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Virtual Power Plants Showed Up for Their Biggest Test Yet. Here Are the Results

By Dan Gearino

The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

Hornet Solar in Swisher County, Texas, is the largest U.S. power plant to go online in the first six months of this year, based on its capacity of 600 megawatts. Credit: Vesper Energy

Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda?

By Dan Gearino

A Volkswagen ID.4 EV charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2024. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

As Consumer Tax Credits Vanish, What Do You Need to Know?

By Dan Gearino

A look inside Google’s New Albany data center in Central Ohio. Credit: Google

Consumers (and a Utility) Get a Win in Ohio, While Data Centers Take the Loss

By Dan Gearino

Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials visit Georgia’s Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant construction site in 2021. Credit: NRC

It Just Got Easier to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Wisconsin

By Carrie Klein

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) enters the Senate Chamber on June 30 as the Senate works on passing President Trump’s massive tax bill. Credit: Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via Getty Images

On Senate Floor, Tillis Offered Inside Look Into the Lobbying Against Clean Energy

By Marianne Lavelle

Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) arrive before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on June 12 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The Revised ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Still Contains a Poison Pill. A Tax Expert Explains

By Dan Gearino

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