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Cranes fly over a protected wetland on March 3 in Anklam, Germany. Credit: Wolfram Steinberg/picture alliance via Getty Images

Revealing Europe’s Most Critical Wetlands

By Avril Silva

Karl Brutsaert, SB Energy’s development head, speaks to residents about the company’s proposed gas power plant in Pike County, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet

By Dan Gearino

New research finds that data centers in Washington state are disproportionately located in census tracts with high proportions of people of color. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

More Than Half of Washington State’s Data Centers Are Located in Environmental Justice Areas

By Claire Barber

An aerial view of the VoltaGrid construction site next to the Severfarm data center in Covington, Ga. Credit: Michael A. Schwarz/SELC

Georgia’s First ‘Pop-Up’ Power Plant for Data Centers Faces Scrutiny

By Ryan Krugman

Workers at an EV battery recycling plant on May 16, 2023, in Weinan, China. Credit: VCG via Getty Images

China’s EV Problem: What Happens When Millions of Batteries Die?

By Andrew Liu

Coal miners take part in a turbine operation training at a wind farm near Gorzyca, Poland, on July 8. Credit: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images

More Countries Are Factoring Fairness Into the Clean Energy Transition

By Bob Berwyn

Can Tech Keep Whales Safe From Deadly Vessel Strikes?

By Kiley Price

Virginia Delegate Irine Shin (left) stands with Gov. Abigail Spanberger during a RGGI bill signing event in Richmond on June 30. Credit: Phuong Tran/SELC

Virginia’s Long-Awaited Return to RGGI Comes With New Challenges

By Charles Paullin

The construction site of a data center is seen on May 27 in Cedar Creek, Texas. Credit: Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Data Center Forecasts Keep Climbing and So Does Public Opposition. Something Has to Give.

By Dan Gearino

Cows graze in a field near a wind farm on June 7 in Groom, Texas. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

To Block Renewable Energy Projects, Texas Republicans Have Weaponized Conservation Concerns

By Arcelia Martin

A data center on Omicron Road in San Antonio is owned by Vantage Data Centers and operates down the street from a residential area. Credit: Brendan Gibbons/Environmental Integrity Project

Environmental Groups Contest Texas Data Centers’ Air Pollution

By Ajani Stella

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

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

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