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After Months of Debate, Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements

The state will tax data center electricity but plans to reduce emissions at the facilities and secure environmental protections went nowhere.

By Charles Paullin

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks after signing an executive order to create the nation’s first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. Credit: Susan Watts/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

New York Becomes First State in the Nation to Pause New Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green, Ajani Stella, Dan Gearino

A worker extracts a drill core at a copper mining project in the Andes mountain range of Calingasta, Argentina, on April 21. Credit: Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images

AI, Defense Spending Fuel the Rush to Mine Minerals, Report Says

By Katie Surma

Ben Brown participates in a rally opposing a hyperscale AI data center proposed in western Palm Beach County on June 27. Credit: Kate Waxman/Inside Climate News

An AI Data Center at the Edge of the Everglades Heads to a Decisive Vote

By Kate Waxman

Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s administration wants to require data center companies to pay the costs of transmission lines and substations that their projects require. Credit: Office of the Governor of Virginia

Virginia’s Governor Weighs in on Pivotal Case About Data Center Transmission Costs

By Charles Paullin

Protesters against a proposed data center development gather in Lusby, Md., on April 6. Credit: Nathan Howard/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland County Adopts a Two-year Moratorium on Data Center Development

By Aman Azhar

An aerial view of the Bonner Mill Industrial Park in Bonner, Mont. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Montana County Seeks Pause on AI Data Centers After Property Owner Withdraws Support

By Mosabber Hossain

A solar farm near Lancaster, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Even With Tariffs and Tax Changes, Solar Power Is Soaring

By Dan Gearino

A delivery drone takes off from Amazon’s SXT8 warehouse in Richardson, Texas. Credit: Andrew Liu/Inside Climate News

Drone Delivery Could Cut Pollution. Can Communities Live With the Noise?

By Andrew Liu

The shuttered Homer City Generating Station sits in the background of a coal cleanup site in Center Township, Pa., on June 12, 2024. Credit: Scott Lewis/The Washington Post via Getty Images

New Power Plants for Data Centers Would Significantly Increase Pennsylvania’s Climate Pollution

By Jon Hurdle

An ecobee smart thermostat is set up in a home in Toronto, Ontario. Credit: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images

Smart Thermostats Will Soon Come to the Rescue During Heatwaves

By Dan Gearino

Ginny Marcille-Kerslake, an organizer for Food & Water Watch, speaks at the Pennsylvania State Capitol rotunda during a data center moratorium rally. Credit: Courtesy of Food & Water Watch

Echoes of the Past in Pennsylvania Coal Towns’ Fight Against Data Centers

By Nina Sablan

Data center cooling fans and generators operate next to a power substation in Ashburn, Va., on Nov. 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

FERC Order Bolsters Maryland Case Against Billions in Data Center Grid Costs

By Aman Azhar

Plug-in solar panels sit on the balconies of a building in Erfurt, Germany. Credit: Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images

The ‘Guerrilla Solar’ Era Has Arrived, and Here’s What to Know

By Dan Gearino

Lowell, MA - May 12: The view down a street in Lowell, Mass., where a data center looms behind residential housing on May 12. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Federal Regulators Tell Electric Grid Operators to Fix Their Rules on Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg, Charles Paullin

Peak Energy completed this sodium-ion battery system in Watkins, Colo., in 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Peak Energy

Why General Motors Is Betting on Sodium-Ion Batteries

By Dan Gearino

Photos of current Alabama Public Service Commissioners hang in the PSC offices. Chris Beeker (right) lost his reelection bid against Republican opponent Jim Zeigler. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s Self-Proclaimed ‘AI Watchman’ Unseats Incumbent Public Service Commissioner

By Lee Hedgepeth

An aerial view of the Altamont Pass wind farm on Jan. 13 in Livermore, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Trump Administration Abandons Fight Against Wind Energy as Clean Energy Output Surges

By Aman Azhar

A Microsoft data center is seen under construction behind a recently constructed Amazon data center in Aldie, Va., on Jan. 20, 2023. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Microsoft’s Clean Energy Reversal Collides With Virginia’s Climate Goals

By Charles Paullin

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