Economy & Business

"A Town Of 7,000 Planned So Many Data Centers, It’s Like Adding 51 Walmarts"

"Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land. Residents are fighting back."

Source: Washington Post, 04/28/2026

Global Oil Crisis Has Changed Fossil Fuel Industry For Ever: IEA Chief

"The oil crisis triggered by the Iran war has changed the fossil fuel industry for ever, turning countries away from fossil fuels to secure energy supplies, the world’s leading energy economist said."

Source: Guardian, 04/28/2026

Trump DOI To Pay 2 More Companies To Walk Away From Offshore Wind Leases

"The Trump administration announced two more payouts Monday for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development."

Source: AP, 04/28/2026

Fossil-Funded GOPers Claim National Academies Have Conflicts of Interest

"Republican allies of the oil and gas industry question the objectivity of an independent report from the nation’s top science advisers on the harms of human-caused climate change."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/27/2026

Cuts to Renewable Energy Research in Energy Dept. Budget Irk Senate Dems

"Although the department’s overall budget will increase in 2027, the amounts dedicated to environmental management, research and renewable energy infrastructure face significant hits."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/24/2026

Gas-Fired Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations

"A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year."

Source: WIRED, 04/24/2026

"Feds Fine Durham-Based Energy Efficiency Company $722 Million"

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has fined Durham, N.C.-based American Efficient $722 million and ordered the company to repay more than $410 million in “unjust profits” for alleged fraud in its energy efficiency program."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/24/2026

"Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?"

"No modern American city has ever run out of water. But chances are rising that Corpus Christi, Texas, could be the first. Absent a biblical rainfall event, its reservoirs are on track to completely dry up by next year."

Source: Inside Climate News/KUT/KEDT, 04/24/2026

"As Cuba’s Grid Fails, Solar Power Becomes A Lifeline"

"The Trump administration’s fuel blockade against Cuba has resulted in widespread power outages, gas shortages, garbage in the streets, and a humanitarian crisis – but also a surge in solar installations."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 04/22/2026

Md. Bill Gives Relief on Power Bills, Locks Ratepayers into Nuclear Subsidy

"Maryland lawmakers’ new solution for rising utility bills reduces a surcharge funding an effective energy-efficiency program, offers rebates by raiding the state’s clean energy fund and includes subsidies for nuclear power that advocates say may prove costly over time."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/22/2026

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