Articles by Climate News Reporting Fellow Rebecca Egan McCarthy
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![Aerial view of the world's largest data center market]()
![Aerial view of the world's largest data center market]()
As data centers upend electric grids, the largest operator in the US is facing down a revolt from state officials
A coalition of 11 governors has threatened to withdraw from grid operator PJM.
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![The Eddystone Generating Station in Eddystone, Pennsylvania was to close in May but will remain open under a Trump administration order.]()
![The Eddystone Generating Station in Eddystone, Pennsylvania was to close in May but will remain open under a Trump administration order.]()
Nobody wants this gas plant. Trump is forcing it to stay open.
The Department of Energy is citing Trump's declaration of an "energy emergency" and voracious data centers in its decision to keep the plant outside of Philadelphia running.
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![Windmills offshore in front of a blue sky]()
![Windmills offshore in front of a blue sky]()
Can offshore wind survive the Trump administration?
Regardless of what happens with Revolution Wind, the government’s pause may set the industry back decades.
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![President Trump sits at a table holding up a signed executive order while cabinet members look on. Behind them is a gold curtain.]()
![President Trump sits at a table holding up a signed executive order while cabinet members look on. Behind them is a gold curtain.]()
Trump’s Interior Department is turning environmentalists’ legal playbook against them
Federal laws meant to protect land and wildlife are being misused to curb wind and solar development across the U.S.
