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A New N.C. Ratepayer Bill Puts the Brakes on Data Centers, but Incentivizes Fossil Fuels

The price of fuel, such as natural gas, and the build-out of fossil fuel infrastructure are largely behind recent rate hikes in the state.

By Lisa Sorg

A gas turbine is delivered to Duke Energy’s natural gas-fired power plant in Lincoln County, North Carolina, in 2019. Credit: Duke Energy
Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a primary election night event on May 19 in Warminster, Pa. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

Pennsylvania’s Governor Has a Plan to Make Data Centers Bring Their Own Energy. Now Comes the Hard Part.

By Kyle Bagenstose

Existing transmission lines run through Goochland and Louisa counties. The support structures are similar to those that would be used for Valley Link. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Residents Wrangle Over Transmission Line Proposal for Rural Virginia

By Charles Paullin

A view of Plant Vogtle’s four units in Waynesboro, Ga. Credit: Georgia Power

Two Years After Completion, Plant Vogtle Still Looms Over the Nuclear Debate

By Ryan Krugman

Gov. Kathy Hochul makes an announcement at the Niagara Power Project on June 23, 2025, directing the New York Power Authority to construct an advanced nuclear power plant upstate. Credit: Darren McGee/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

Upstate New York Communities Eye Nuclear Power

By Lauren Dalban

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

A view of the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa. Credit: NextEra Energy

Google Data Centers Will Bring Nuclear Power Back To Tornado Country

By Anika Jane Beamer

Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors visit the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant expansion site in February in Oswego County, N.Y. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Department of Energy Announces the Selection of 11 Projects for New Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program

By Lauren Dalban

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

Emissions fume at the coal-fired Oak Grove Power Plant on April 29, 2024, in Robertson County, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The Danger of Losing the EPA’s Endangerment Finding

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

An aerial view of the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. Credit: Constellation Energy

Meta Strikes 20-Year Nuclear Power Deal With Constellation Energy

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of Constellation Energy’s nuclear power plant with a wind power turbine in the foreground near Marseilles, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Illinois Punts on Plans for Increasing Energy Storage, Renewables

By Leigh Giangreco

Tata Ash Chemicals, a trona production plant in southwest Wyoming, is betting on a bold energy shift: replacing its coal-fired power with a next-generation microreactor. Credit: Najifa Farhat/Inside Climate News

Wyoming Has Been Slow to Transition From Fossil Fuels, but Is Moving Fast Toward New Nuclear Technologies

By Najifa Farhat

An aerial view of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Fort Worth, Texas. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Will Texas Become ‘the Epicenter of a National Nuclear Renaissance’?

By Arcelia Martin

A view of the Palisades nuclear plant in Van Buren County, Mich. Credit: Holtec International

A Nuclear Power Resurgence Is Coming to Michigan. What Are the Potential Health Impacts?

By Carrie Klein

Workers walk past a turbine inside the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Lusby, Md. Credit: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Environmental Leaders Slam Legislative Push for Gas-Powered Plants, Split Over Nuclear Energy

By Aman Azhar

The currently retired Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is one of the oldest nuclear plants in the country, completed in 1971 along the shores of Lake Michigan. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Michigan Residents Push for an Environmental Impact Statement Before Restarting the Palisades Nuclear Plant

By Carrie Klein

An aerial view of the V.C. Summer nuclear site near Jenkinsville, S.C. Credit: High Flyer

Halted Nuclear Plant Project Could Restart in South Carolina

By Carrie Klein

New York State is considering advanced nuclear technologies, just two years after the closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Caught in a Climate Bind, New York State Is Reconsidering Nuclear Power

By Gaea Cabico

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