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The Trump administration’s decision to keep Michigan’s JH Campbell coal-fired power plant running has come with a hefty price tag—$113 million so far—that’s being shouldered by electricity ratepayers across the Midwest, according to new estimates from the plant’s operator and…
A media watchdog organization has accused major news outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch of unfairly blaming clean energy initiatives for New Jersey’s rising electricity costs. Media Matters, a progressive media monitoring group, released two reports examining coverage from Fox News,…
Three major climate disasters unfold simultaneously: Hurricane Melissa triggers humanitarian crisis in Jamaica prompting UK emergency aid calls, Cyclone Ditwah claims 123 lives in Sri Lanka with 130 missing, while catastrophic monsoon floods across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia kill over 350 people.
Chicago-area contamination accidentally blocks dangerous crustaceans from Lake Michigan, while archaeologists uncover prehistoric landscape modification near Stonehenge. Meanwhile, climate summit progress in Brazil still falls short of global warming targets.
The COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, concluded with a mixed bag of results that highlighted both progress and persistent challenges in global climate action. While negotiators failed to reach agreement on a worldwide fossil fuel phase-out—a critical goal many…
Alabama Power, the state’s largest electric utility, has agreed to delay a controversial rate increase by one year following widespread public backlash over rising electricity bills. The proposed rate hike was originally scheduled to help recover costs from the company’s…
A decommissioned military installation along Maine’s northern border is being eyed for an unprecedented transformation: converting the former Loring Air Force Base into the state’s first large-scale data center powered entirely by renewable energy. The ambitious project would establish a…
America’s largest electrical grid operator is grappling with a mounting crisis as artificial intelligence-powered data centers consume unprecedented amounts of electricity, forcing higher energy costs onto millions of consumers. PJM Interconnection, which manages the power grid across 13 states and…
Rising temperatures create perfect conditions for ecosystem-damaging invasive species as EPA authority cuts threaten Charlotte with nearly 1,000 additional tons of annual air pollution. Meanwhile, Alabama Power delays rate hikes and Virginia postpones major gas plant decisions.
Australia is heading toward a significant climate policy failure, with new government projections revealing the country will dramatically miss its 2035 emissions reduction goals under current measures. Official data released Thursday shows Australia is on track to reduce greenhouse gas…
