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California Drivers Are Paying a More Than $6-a-Gallon Price for the War in Iran

The high cost of gasoline in the Golden State has a variety of causes, but the war is a key reason for the recent surge. It’s forcing residents to cut back other spending.

By Steven Rodas

A Los Angeles gas station on April 30, 2026. Californians are reckoning with surging gas prices—the highest nationwide according to data from the motor club, AAA. Gasoline prices have surged as the war in Iran continues. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers remarks on Feb. 24 in Williamsburg. Credit: Mike Kropf/Getty Images

Virginia Legislature Bucks Governor’s Amendments to Dominion-Backed Bill

By Charles Paullin

Duke Energy receives tax breaks for its data centers, even though it reported $4.9 billion in gross profits last year. Credit: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images

Duke Energy Received Tax Breaks on Its Three N.C. Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg

Misty Cheng looks at flood damage to her home in Wrightwood, Calif., on Dec. 25, 2025. Credit: Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

As Climate Disasters Create an Insurance Crisis, a California Bill Seeks to Make Fossil Fuel Companies Pay

By Steven Rodas

The headquarters of American Efficient in Durham, N.C. Credit: Matt Ramey/The Assembly

Feds Fine Durham-Based Energy Efficiency Company $722 Million

By Lisa Sorg

Attendees ask questions during a press briefing following a meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on Friday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images

A Protracted US–Iran War Could Strain Climate Finance From Wealthy Countries to Developing Nations

By Aman Azhar

People fill their vehicles at a gas station in Miami on Monday. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Rising Gas Prices Make the Market Ripe for Electric Vehicles, but US Automakers Can’t Seize the Moment

By Dan Gearino

A ship heads toward the Strait of Hormuz following a temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran on April 8. Credit: Shady Alassar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Global Finance and Energy Leaders Warn of Potentially Dire Impacts From Iran War

By Phil McKenna

In Austin, Texas, the Elemental Critical Data Center facility. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage 

By Arcelia Martin

Mist rises from the cooling towers of Google’s data center in Lenoir, N.C. Credit: Google

What Is the Economic Impact of Data Centers? It’s a Secret.

By Lisa Sorg

Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Los Angeles refinery is seen on April 2 in Carson, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance

By Marianne Lavelle

A tanker transporting liquefied petroleum gas is seen at a port in Mumbai, India, after passing through the Strait of Hormuz on April 1. Credit: Anadolu via Getty Images

The Global Energy Supply in a Decade ‘Is Not a World We’re Going to Recognize’

By Lisa Sorg

A worker in a hard hat leans over a pipe snaking over the ground.

The Hidden Culprit Behind Rising Gas Utility Bills 

By Carrie Klein

An ethanol plant is seen in Casselton, N.D. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Summit Sold Its Midwest Pipeline as a Carbon Solution. Now, It’ll Be Used for Fossil Fuels.

By Anika Jane Beamer

Jupiter Power’s battery storage complex in Houston. The company was recently awarded incentives for a 200-megawatt project in Sayreville, N.J. Credit: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

New Jersey Turns to Big Batteries as Power Prices Rise

By Rambo Talabong

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

Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand

By Dan Gearino

A grain bin stands in a corn field in Marne, Iowa. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

As Prices Soar, EPA Greenlights Higher Ethanol Blends in Gasoline

By Georgina Gustin

Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks to the attendees at S&P Global’s CERAWeek in Houston on Monday. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

White House’s ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Wartime Mandate Meets Volatile Market Reality

By Katie Surma

A person pumps gas at a BP station on Tuesday in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

How the Iran War Reveals the Extent of Fossil Fuel Propaganda

By Lee Hedgepeth

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