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Energy & environment

52 recently collected links. Updated independently of the front-page selection.

  1. POLICYThe Deadliest Part of a Wildfire Might Not Be the Blaze
  2. POLICYClean energy, affordability are top of mind as Pa. Democrats prepare for coming trifecta
  3. POLICYGlobal Warming Remains Unchecked, Experts Warn at UN’s COP31 Climate Summit
  4. HILLNew York's New Lawmakers Could Shake Up State Climate Policy
  5. POLICYClimate Change Has Pushed the World's Ice Out of Its Safe Zone
  6. POLICYFeds Greenlight Construction of Advanced Nuclear Reactors in Texas
  7. POLICYPoland strikes out in challenges to EU climate laws
  8. POLICYElectricity Isn’t the Only Thing Getting More Expensive Because of AI
  9. POLICYBurnham pledges climate leadership in wake of UK drilling approval
  10. POLICYIn a Virginia county, environmental groups rally for statewide data center moratorium
  11. POLICYConEd joins utilities seeking to loosen New York restrictions on owning generation
  12. COURTSAround 400 onshore wind projects await DOD action, official tells court
  13. POLICYThe U.S. Reactor Startup Going Head to Head With China for Singapore’s Business
  14. POLICYHow Data Center Opponents Won the Election
  15. POLICYData centers could lower your electricity bill. Will utilities let them?
  16. POLICYThe Download: COP31’s climate challenge and the quest for immortality
  17. HILLIn Pennsylvania, Democratic Lawmakers Want to ‘Act Quickly’ on Clean Energy and Affordability
  18. POLICYThe GOP lost its iron grip on Ohio. What’s the outlook for clean energy?
  19. POLICYIt’s the Artificial Intelligence Muddle Now
  20. POLICYEven Cacti Are Threatened by Heat and Drought From Global Warming
  21. POLICYRunning a Smart Home Energy System Takes a Lot of Software
  22. POLICYNorth Carolina Vows to Hold Chemours Accountable for Contamination ‘No Matter How Long It Takes’
  23. POLICYLeading small modular nuclear reactor will be late and over budget
  24. POLICYWhat to know about this year’s UN climate talks
  25. POLICYExclusive: Coreshell Raises $30 Million to Replace Chinese Graphite With American Silicon
  26. POLICYAn Urgent and Existential Threat: The Climate Crisis Is Also a Rule of Law Emergency
  27. POLICYCalifornia orders utilities to develop joint DER orchestration framework
  28. POLICYNorth America’s First SMR Project Is Running Late and Over Budget
  29. POLICYFERC’s LaCerte weighs in on midterms, PJM and utility monopolies
  30. POLICYThe Trump Administration Praised a Georgia Manufacturer. Now the Company Is Suing the EPA.
  31. POLICYCustomers who shop for energy suppliers pay more. Regulators disagree on what the numbers mean.
  32. POLICYNew Dem regulators plan to take on Georgia Power’s data center gas boom
  33. POLICYTeachers Discuss How the Political Climate Has Affected Their Classrooms (Opinion)
  34. POLICYExclusive: Martin Heinrich on What’s Next for Permitting Reform
  35. POLICYCan the Blue Wave Turn the Tide Against Border Wall Construction in Texas?
  36. POLICYSouth Carolina Wants to Become a National Energy Industry Hub
  37. POLICYEnergy Prices Are Still Heating Up the Economy
  38. POLICYHouse Moderates Say Now Is the Time for Permitting Reform
  39. POLICYThe AI boom could shift diesel generators from backup to everyday use
  40. HILLSenate Advances Permitting Overhaul But Roadblocks Loom
  41. POLICYHigh oil prices have led to a dip in global carbon emissions
  42. POLICYAre data centers really paying their share? AES Indiana’s Google deal highlights a thorny question
  43. HILLPermitting bill advances in Senate, but election results cast doubt on its future
  44. POLICYCOP31 Meets the Overshoot Era
  45. POLICYCOP31 and the U.S. Retreat from Global Climate Leadership
  46. POLICYUtilities should consider ‘taking a breather’ from rate cases: Minnesota PUC vice chair
  47. POLICYThe Garbage Man: Bill Gates Has Earned Billions Investing in Climate-Polluting Landfills
  48. POLICYWhy the World Is Still Running on Fossil Fuels After 30 Years of Climate Talks
  49. POLICYChicago program helps people transition from prison to solar jobs
  50. POLICYHow the Blue Tsunami Strengthened the Permitting Bill
  51. HILLSenate Permitting Deal Wins First Vote
  52. POLICYAlabama Power Lawyer Calls Landowner’s Statements, Stance ‘Ridiculous Stuff’