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Energy

An offshore oil rig.
AM Briefing

Lots More Drilling

On a permitting bill shocker, spiking gas bills, and China’s nuclear progress

Energy

House Permitting Bill Would Block Trump From Pulling Permits

It was approved by the House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday by a vote of 25 to 18.

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AM Briefing

Endangered Species Act in Danger

On Turkey’s COP31 win, data center dangers, and Michigan’s anti-nuclear hail mary

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Energy

PJM Is Paralyzed by Its Data Center Dilemma

Members of the nation’s largest grid couldn’t agree on a recommendation for how to deal with the surge of incoming demand.

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Money and utilities, balanced.

What If Utilities Just Made Less Money?

California energy companies are asking for permission to take in more revenue. Consumer advocates are having none of it.

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Three Mile Island.

The Atomic LPO

On ravenous data centers, treasured aluminum trash, and the drilling slump

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Podcast

How Clean Energy Could Prepare for an AI Bubble

Rob and Jesse talk data center finance with the Center for Public Enterprise’s Advait Arun.

A data center.
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The boom in artificial intelligence has become entangled with the clean energy industry over the past 18 months. Tech companies are willing to pay a lot for electricity — especially reliable zero-carbon electricity — and utilities and energy companies have been scrambling to keep up.

But is that boom more like a bubble? And if so, what does that mean for the long-term viability of AI companies and data center developers, and for the long-term health of decarbonization?

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AM Briefing

FEMA Fubar

On EPA’s wetland protections, worsening blackouts, and a solar bright spot

David Richardson.
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Current conditions: Severe thunderstorms will bring winds of up to 85 miles per hour to parts of the Texarkana region • A cold front in Southeast Asia is stirring waves up to three meters high along the shores of Vietnam • Parts of Libya are roasting in temperatures as high as 95 degrees Fahrenheit.


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