Federal regulators are demanding that PJM Interconnection, the country’s biggest power market, find a faster way to connect data centers to the grid without spiking energy costs or threatening reliability.…
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'Win by time’: How Poland is preparing for the death of coal
BYTOM, Poland — Adam Drobniak pulled into the parking lot of a convenience store and stepped out of his sedan into the overcast afternoon. A coal mine just across the…
7 numbers that explain why the future of buildings is all-electric
It might seem like a dicey time for building decarbonization in the U.S., where edifices and the energy they consume account for about a third of the nation’s annual carbon…
Brick by Brick by (Smart) Brick
By KIM BELLARD I’m an innovation junkie, the further out there the better, but every so often it’s good to be reminded that just because a company has been around…
Emergency Mice Removal
Hearing scratching in the walls, finding droppings in the kitchen, or spotting a mouse dart across the floor can instantly turn a normal day into a stressful emergency. For Twin…
CDC Slashes Universal Vaccine Recommendations
As flu cases in the U.S. are rising dramatically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overseen by the Trump Administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…
Is the US headed toward an electricity crisis of its own making?
Almost a year ago, President Donald Trump declared that the United States was experiencing an “ energy emergency .” At the time, the U.S. was beating national and world-historical records…
Ohio’s largest utility pushes to slash rooftop solar compensation
Ohio’s largest utility wants to slash compensation for rooftop solar owners — which would affect not only future investments but also thousands of regulated utility customers who have already installed…
A Pill Version of Wegovy Hits Pharmacies
In the last week of December, while most of the U.S. was still in holiday mode, Novo Nordisk’s plant in North Carolina was operating at full capacity. On Dec. 22,…
How community solar turned a Superfund site into savings in Illinois
As someone who spent several years as a workers’ rights organizer, Fredy Amador is intimately familiar with the financial struggles people face in the current economy. Northern Illinois’ skyrocketing energy…