"To some political pundits and Democratic strategists, one takeaway from the 2024 presidential election was clear: Don’t talk about climate change." "An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability."
"A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating."
"It would be the largest data center in the state; the parent company, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC describes it as a hyperscale facility, “designed exclusively for advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning operations.”"
"More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Each glass of treated lake water is laden with tiny bits of plastic — microplastics — made of toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases. Also contaminated are fish, staples of Midwestern fish fries and fish boils, and an important part of the diet of Indigenous tribes, certain immigrant populations and communities of color."
"The database of federal global warming research recreates a website that was closed amid the administration’s broad retreat from climate science."
"The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers."
"Attorneys general in seventeen states are suing California over its landmark single-use plastic law, which went into effect on May 1."
"A new report finds that mentioning all-electric heat pumps in real estate listings delivers a sales premium. But most agents don’t note the appliance."
"Internal documents show the Department of Energy knew the decision "may generate negative commentary" and be perceived as "undue favoritism.""
"The Trump administration on Monday proposed looser rules for oil and gas drilling operations on federal lands, including a dramatic cut to clean-up costs for abandoned wells."
