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A worker explains the features of a commercial rooftop solar project that was installed by GAI Energy of Flora, Ind. Credit: GAI Energy

Rooftop Solar Is Having a Rough One

By Dan Gearino
A rendering of Pacifico Energy’s GW Ranch Energy Center in Pecos County, Texas. The power plant received the largest air pollution permit in the country this year. Credit: Courtesy of Pacifico Energy

Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects

By Dylan Baddour
The construction site of a Meta data center in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 13. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

ERCOT Says Abbott’s Data Center Audit Will Be Done in December

By Arcelia Martin
Solar panels fill a hillside near Jiexiu, China. Credit: Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

China’s Solar Buildout Hampers Bird Diversity

By Phil McKenna
Rooftop solar and batteries are shown in a promotional image for Solrite, a company now entering the Illinois market for virtual power plants. Credit: Solrite

Notes from Illinois’ Virtual Power Plant Frontier

By Dan Gearino

Proposed Data Centers Could Use More Electricity Than All Alabama Homes Combined, Analysis Shows. Who Will Pay?

By Lee Hedgepeth
A 1964 Piper Comanche 400 is seen at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisc. The average single engine piston aircraft age is 50 years old. Credit: Andrew Liu/Inside Climate News

The Clock Is Ticking on Leaded Aviation Fuel

By Andrew Liu
Offshore wind materials sit next to idle construction equipment at the State Pier in New London, Conn., on Aug. 25, 2025. Credit: Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public via Getty Images

Offshore Wind Will Struggle Long After Trump’s Attacks

By Ajani Stella
Electric vehicles from Chinese automaker BYD are unloaded at a port in Zarate, Argentina, on Jan. 20. Credit: Luciano Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images

In South America, Chinese EVs Are Racing Ahead

By Dan Gearino, Katie Surma
An Amazon data center is under construction in rural Hamlet, N.C. Credit: Courtesy of Larry Baldwin/NC Environmental Advocacy Corps

The Data Center Industry’s PR Blitz Is Backfiring

By Lisa Sorg
Green River Energy Center in Emery County, Utah, includes 400 megawatts of solar. Credit: rPlus Energies

So Much Solar: Digging Into the List of Every US Power Plant That Went Online This Year

By Dan Gearino
Pumpjacks lift oil from wells in Kern County, California. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

AI Applications for Oil and Gas Companies Worsen Climate Pollution

By Arcelia Martin
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson participates in a May Day march on May 1. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago Mayor Seeks to Curb Health and Environmental Impacts of Data Centers

By Keerti Gopal
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani prepares to announce a thermal energy networks study in partnership with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority at the Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street station on Monday. Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

NYC Wants to Use Thermal Energy to Cool Subway Stations

By Lauren Dalban
The natural gas-fired Linden Cogeneration Plant in Linden, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Natural Gas Dominates PJM’s First Reformed Grid Queue, Driven by Data-Center Demand

By Aman Azhar
An aerial view of the natural gas-fired Decker Creek power station in Austin, Texas, on July 28. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

As Solar and Batteries Dominate in Texas, Republican Lawmakers Consider Natural Gas Minimums

By Arcelia Martin
People fish on the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania’s Poconos Mountains. Credit: Natalie Kolb/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Coming to Some of Pennsylvania’s Most Picturesque Places: Data Centers

By Emilie Lounsberry
When finished, the Amazon data center in Hamlet, N.C., will have 21 buildings and roughly 600 backup diesel generators that will emit tons of air pollutants each year. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Inside the Secretive Deal for a $10 Billion Data Center in Rural North Carolina

By Lisa Sorg

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