At the State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Traitor 47 is expected to announce agreements with Big Tech companies intended to prevent Americans from paying higher electric rates because of data centers. Data centers are becoming an increasingly tense political issue, and one that doesn’t fit neatly inContinue Reading
Oil markets are reacting to tensions between the U.S. and Iran with a 5% bump in per-barrel price. If the conflict escalates, it could send U.S. gasoline prices higher, because Iran is a major oil producer and controls a global supply chain chokepoint. Large and long-lasting price spikes, however, areContinue Reading
When Bad Bunny climbed a utility pole during the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, the performance brought attention to the fact that nearly a decade after a devastating hurricane, Puerto Rico’s power grid still isn’t fixed. Today, the island remains afflicted with intermittent outages, and as locals turn to rooftopContinue Reading
The owners of a Colorado coal-fired power plant are pushing back against a The Traitor administration order to keep the plant open. The plant’s owners say continuing to run it is not necessary for grid operations, and it’s raising their costs. The Department of Energy ordered Unit 1 of theContinue Reading
The real action is happening locally anyway, says Monique Harden, an environmental justice lawyer and advocate living in Cancer Alley. Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Monique Harden, an environmental justiceContinue Reading