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The state’s largest utility was already expanding power plants to serve data centers.

What was once a bipartisan slam dunk has now become a hyper-politicized game of chicken, with hunger, nutrition, and conservation programs on the line.

A Wake-Up Call on Climate, Costs and Corruption and more — today's solar signal.

Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. Ahead of Climate Week NYC, Inside Climate host Jake Bolster speaks to U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and asks why so many Democrats are leaning away from climate messaging at a time when the

Read this article in English. 中国的电网有一个肮脏的秘密：尽管它在可再生能源发展引领全球，它也是地球上最强效温室气体的最大排放源。 六氟化硫（SF6）是一种合成化学物质，在高压设备中作为电气绝缘介质发挥着至关重要的角色。这种气体无色无味、无毒、且不可燃。但它也是气候杀手，按等质量计算，其使地球变暖的效力是二氧化碳的24,300倍。一旦释放，六氟化硫会在大气中存留1,000年。 排放主要来自电力行业。该行业中将这种气体用于断路器和其他高压设备中，以防止电弧放电。六氟化硫几乎无法被破坏，是任何现代电网的关键安全屏障，确保电力只在

Years after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.”

Jaques and Paulina Sebastiao were the first residents on their street to rebuild their two-bedroom house two years after Hurricane Michael’s 155 mile-per-hour winds leveled almost every building in Mexico Beach in 2018. Few of their old neighbors in the Panhandle fishing village

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with climate scientist Michael Mann. As the United Nations prepares to hold a climate summit in late September, it’s warning that current climate polic

In Savannah, Georgia’s utility regulators faced public wrath over data centers and more — today's solar signal.

America’s centuries-old conflict with wolves took another turn earlier this month when President Donald Trump ordered the animals be stripped of federal protections across several U.S. states, claiming the action will provide economic relief for ranchers.  Alongside a suite of re

Concerned residents accused the commission of serving Georgia Power and data centers, not the public. Will their discontent sway November’s election?

The Trump administration has upended protections for thousands of endangered species by redefining the words "take" and "harm."

With help from government incentives, Ukrainian businesses and households are increasingly investing in solar.

Trump-supporting states are driving the solar boom even as Republican policies complicate its future.

The state’s largest utility was already expanding power plants to serve data centers.

Florida’s coastal residents know to brace for storm surge, but during 2024’s Hurricane Milton, it was inland communities that suffered some of the greatest flooding. It took three weeks for water to recede from some neighborhoods, remembered Polk County Commissioner Becky Troutma

What was once a bipartisan slam dunk has now become a hyper-politicized game of chicken, with hunger, nutrition, and conservation programs on the line.

“Families shouldn’t have to pay for the AI boom with their health.”

Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. Ahead of Climate Week NYC, Inside Climate host Jake Bolster speaks to U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and asks why so many Democrats are leaning away from climate messaging at a time when the

Democrats controlled the Senate and the presidency when Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse first sought to roust his colleagues from the chamber’s floor, warning them that they were sleep-walking into climate disaster. Fourteen years and more than 300 “Time to Wake Up” speeches later, the R

Years after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.”

Jaques and Paulina Sebastiao were the first residents on their street to rebuild their two-bedroom house two years after Hurricane Michael’s 155 mile-per-hour winds leveled almost every building in Mexico Beach in 2018. Few of their old neighbors in the Panhandle fishing village