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‘Keystone Light’: These Wyoming oil tycoons are reviving the controversial pipeline
The Trump administration is rushing to approve a 650-mile pipeline to bring oil from Canada’s tar sands into the U.S.
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Democrats used to back energy-saving plans. Now they’re wavering.
Why are politicians from both parties targeting measures that have saved Americans trillions of dollars?
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American homes need heat pumps, not space heaters
The ultraefficient appliances don't just have to supplant gas furnaces, but space heaters as well.
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California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water?
A proposed data center in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst of 24 more facilities expected to open in the state will be challenging, experts and officials say.
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Two months in, the Iran war has changed the global energy system forever
The conflict may be the beginning of the end of fossil fuel dominance. Here’s which energy sources stand to win and lose.
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![Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on February 24, 2026 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Spanberger has promised to lower utility bills.]()
![Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on February 24, 2026 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Spanberger has promised to lower utility bills.]()
Can a carbon price lower power bills? Virginia is betting yes.
With power demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state is rejoining a regional climate initiative.
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How deep-red Utah helped launch a portable plug-in solar movement
Since Utah passed a law last year, 30 more states and the District of Columbia have drafted similar bills.
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The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming
Solar power is cheap, fast, and in demand as data centers consume more and more electricity.
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Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead?
The moratorium is the first of its type to pass a legislative chamber, but about a dozen other states have pending proposals.
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![A group of sheep stand in a field in front of an array of solar panels.]()
![A group of sheep stand in a field in front of an array of solar panels.]()
American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.
We tracked how the collapse of federal rural energy support is ending solar projects across farm country — and costing some developers millions they'll never get back.
