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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

Firefighters work to combat a hotspot in the hills while the Sandy Fire continues to burn near a residential area on Wednesday in Simi Valley, Calif. Credit: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

As Wildfire Grows Near Ex-Nuclear Site, California County Sets Up Radiation Air Monitors

By Steven Rodas, Nina Dietz

Firefighters monitor the Sandy Fire as it burns close to a residential area on Monday in Simi Valley, Calif. Credit: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

Wildfire Crews Race to Keep Fierce California Blaze From Former Nuclear Reactor Site

By Steven Rodas, Nina Dietz

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

Power lines run through rural Prince George’s County in Maryland. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

Maryland Passes Energy Bill That Delivers Short-Term Relief, Locks Ratepayers into Long-Term Nuclear Subsidy

By Aman Azhar

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

Crusoe plans to build a massive data center campus, like this one in Abilene, Texas, in southeast Wyoming. Credit: Courtesy of Crusoe

Wyoming County Approves Construction of What Could Become the Largest Data Center in US

By Leigh Reagan Smith

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

Workers assemble a drill rod on a geothermal drilling rig in Krefeld, Germany. Credit: Roland Weihrauch/picture alliance via Getty Images

Despite Headwinds, One Climate Group Sees Opportunity Ahead for Clean Power

By Aidan Hughes

Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry

By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow

A scientist works on a scanning electron microscope at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Department of Energy Allocates $134 million for Fusion Funding

By Arcelia Martin

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

Inside Uranium Energy Corp.’s Irigaray Central Processing Plant located in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Credit: Uranium Energy Corp.

Uranium Company Receives Wyoming’s First Fast-Tracked Mining Permits

By Jake Bolster

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

Elim, Alaska is perched above Norton Bay, an inlet of the Bering Sea. Credit: Max Graham/Northern Journal

A National Quest for Uranium Comes to Remote Western Alaska, Raising Fears in a Nearby Village

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

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

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