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![Roof of a Data Center in Atlanta, Georgia]()
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In Savannah, Georgia’s utility regulators faced public wrath over data centers
Concerned residents accused the commission of serving Georgia Power and data centers, not the public. Will their discontent sway November’s election?
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![A collage of the island of American Samoa, protesters from CNMI, a panel with leaders from US territories, and Guam governor Lou Leon Guerrero]()
![A collage of the island of American Samoa, protesters from CNMI, a panel with leaders from US territories, and Guam governor Lou Leon Guerrero]()
She governs a US territory. But she has no say in who mines its waters.
Modern-day colonialism is enabling Trump's deep-sea mining ambitions in the Pacific.
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![Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2026.]()
![Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2026.]()
Trump topples the last pillar of Biden’s climate agenda
With the repeal of a rule that limited carbon emissions from power plants, the president is further delaying the phaseout of coal.
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![photo of coal plant and smokestacks at night with trees and a river]()
A federal judge just told Trump there’s no ‘emergency’ to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open
It's one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s “energy emergency” agenda.
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More than 70% of new solar is being built in states that voted for Trump
Trump-supporting states are driving the solar boom even as Republican policies complicate its future.
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Georgia bet big on EV manufacturing. Trump pulled the plug.
It's a grim moment for what was a booming industry in the state. But EV makers are still forging ahead.
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![Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez gives a speech next to Energy Secretary Chris Wright during the signing of an oil agreement at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas.]()
![Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez gives a speech next to Energy Secretary Chris Wright during the signing of an oil agreement at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas.]()
With the midterms looming, Trump has no real way out of his gas price problem
The president is facing a shortage of refining capacity, and more Venezuelan oil isn't going to help.
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![Close-up of Governor Gretchen Whitmer addressing a crowd from a lectern]()
![Close-up of Governor Gretchen Whitmer addressing a crowd from a lectern]()
Michigan invests $7.5M to find out if it’s sitting on a clean energy gold mine
The funding will go toward researching geologic hydrogen, a carbon-free energy source buried beneath the state that could clean up heavy-emitting industries like transportation.
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![Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks on during an announcement with US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House]()
![Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin looks on during an announcement with US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House]()
The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
New guidance from the EPA takes away one of the most reliable tools for tracking pollution from power plants — and encourages data centers to build their own.
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![A picture of a sprawling liquefied natural gas export terminal, Plaquemines LNG, along the Mississippi River.]()
![A picture of a sprawling liquefied natural gas export terminal, Plaquemines LNG, along the Mississippi River.]()
On Louisiana’s disappearing coast, a natural gas terminal is poised to become the largest in the US
Fast-tracked by the Trump administration, the $18 billion expansion would more than double the size of Plaquemines LNG.
