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

The clean energy sector is showing resilience despite challenges thrown at it by a hostile White House, a recent report found. A string of legal victories has further dampened the Trump administration’s efforts to halt wind and solar power.

By Aman Azhar

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 24 Starlink satellites soars over Santee, Calif., after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 18, 2025. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

A Commercial Space Race Prompts a Thorny Question: Who Owns the Sky?

By Bob Berwyn

Power lines run along a neighborhood in Philadelphia. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Activists Urge Lawmakers to Help Curb Soaring Electric Bills

By Jon Hurdle

Hayneville residents gather in a middle school now closed due to a declining local population for an open house with developers of a proposed hyperscale data center campus. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

On the Historic Route From Selma to Montgomery, an AI Cloud Looms

By Lee Hedgepeth

Environmental advocates and lawmakers hold a rally in support of the data center moratorium legislation on May 13 at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

New York State Gets One Step Closer to a Data Center Moratorium

By Lauren Dalban

A worker with Base Power installs a home battery system that can send energy back to the grid during peak times in Houston on Feb. 18, 2025. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

As Energy Demand Rises, More States Turn to Virtual Power Plants

By Dan Gearino

Incumbent Public Service Commissioner Jeremy Oden (left) lost his seat in May’s primary. Chris Beeker (right) will face his opponent in a runoff. Credit: Alabama Governor’s Office

In Alabama Primary Elections, Incumbent Utility Regulators Feel the Squeeze of High Energy Prices

By Lee Hedgepeth

A gas turbine is delivered to Duke Energy’s natural gas-fired power plant in Lincoln County, North Carolina, in 2019. Credit: Duke Energy

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

By Lisa Sorg

A view of wetlands in the Snohomish River Estuary near Everett, Wash. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

As Federal Wetlands’ Protections Falter, Washington State Scientists Turn to AI as a Conservation Tool

By Chad Small

A solar farm in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

How Utility Companies and States Shaped America’s Clean Energy Transition

By Dan Gearino

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

Many Indiantown residents opposed to data centers express frustration over what they describe as a lack of transparency regarding the proposals. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is likely to be completed next year. Credit: Dominion Energy

NextEra Energy to Join the Offshore Wind Club, But Does It Matter?

By Dan Gearino

Hanson Professional Services vice president John Michael at his office in Corpus Christi on Monday. “Let’s hold all of our regional system hostage while they wait for their data center,” Michael said. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Corpus Christi Leaders Believe Data Center Plans May Be Behind Delays to Emergency Water Supply

By Emily Salazar, Dylan Baddour

The campus of NextEra’s headquarters is seen on Monday in Juno Beach, Fla. Credit: Marco Bello/Getty Images

A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers

By Dan Gearino, Amy Green, Charles Paullin

Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks during a campaign event on May 1 in Portland, Maine. Credit: Graeme Sloan/Getty Images

Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’

By Nathaniel Eisen

An aerial view of Project Boson, the future site of a nearly 620,000-square-foot data center surrounded by homes and a school in Archbald, Pa. Credit: Heather Ainsworth/The Washington Post via Getty Images

An Outpouring of Frustration Over Pennsylvania’s Rapid Data Center Growth

By Jon Hurdle

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