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![Aerial view of the world's largest data center market]()
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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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![A series of blue and red cables are attached to a machine]()
![A series of blue and red cables are attached to a machine]()
A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative
Local officials see millions of dollars in tax revenue, but more than 950 residents who signed ballot petitions fear endless noise, pollution, and higher electric rates.
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![Collage of smokestack, youth plaintiffs and attorney, Trump, and Constitution]()
![Collage of smokestack, youth plaintiffs and attorney, Trump, and Constitution]()
Youth plaintiffs test out a new legal strategy to counter Trump’s support for fossil fuels
They lost their case for a constitutional right to climate protection. Now they’re suing the government again.
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Small farmers are more squeezed than ever. A California grant program offers a lifeline.
A recent report shows that the state’s farm-to-school grant program has been effective at supporting economically disadvantaged farmers in the face of mounting federal cuts.
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![a national park sign on an a-frame stand reads 'acadia is changing, so are we']()
![a national park sign on an a-frame stand reads 'acadia is changing, so are we']()
Why Trump’s purge of ‘negative’ national park signs includes climate change
National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.
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![Headshots of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton beside the book cover for The Long Heat]()
![Headshots of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton beside the book cover for The Long Heat]()
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
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After Trump cut the National Science Foundation by 56 percent, a venerable Arctic research center closes its doors
The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives.
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![Collage of aerial view of Hurricane Helene damage in North Carolina, Trump and Franklin Graham, people praying with their arms raised, Trump's GoFundMe page, and a dollar bill]()
![Collage of aerial view of Hurricane Helene damage in North Carolina, Trump and Franklin Graham, people praying with their arms raised, Trump's GoFundMe page, and a dollar bill]()
Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?
The presidential campaign bad-mouthed FEMA while using crowdfunding to donate to evangelical nonprofits.
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![Two boys stand on a roof overlooking a completely flooded street in a pretty red brick town ringed by forests]()
![Two boys stand on a roof overlooking a completely flooded street in a pretty red brick town ringed by forests]()
Trump DOJ seeks to kill Vermont law that makes Big Oil pay for climate harm
The Justice Department asked a judge to shut down the "Superfund" law that requires major polluters to pay for carbon emissions.
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![Collage of worker carrying solar panel, archival material from Sun Day 1978, and view of Capitol building]()
![Collage of worker carrying solar panel, archival material from Sun Day 1978, and view of Capitol building]()
The politics of renewables are getting stranger. ‘Sun Day’ celebrates them anyway.
The national day of action arrives at a time when clean energy is becoming more polarized.
