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Trump vs. Exxon, $600 Billion That Survived, and the Data Center Governor Nobody Called Read More »

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Trump vs. Exxon, $600 Billion That Survived, and the Data Center Governor Nobody Called

Four stories from this week in energy and climate politics that, taken together, tell you exactly where the transition stands and who is fighting over its direction. This Week in Energy Politics: Big Oil Profits, Surviving Clean Energy Cuts, and the Data Center Backlash ⚡ SAN Energy & Climate Report Trump vs. Exxon, $600 Billion […]

The White House Has a New Plan for America’s Nuclear Waste. Five States Are Already Raising Their Hands. Read More »

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The White House Has a New Plan for America’s Nuclear Waste. Five States Are Already Raising Their Hands.

Somewhere inside the federal government, a document that was not supposed to become public has become public, and what it describes is one of the most significant shifts in American nuclear energy policy in decades. A leaked White House strategy paper, reported by Politico and subsequently confirmed through Energy Department communications, reveals that the Trump

Cheap Gas, Fragile Peace, and the Cost of Standing Still: This Week in Energy and Climate Politics Read More »

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Cheap Gas, Fragile Peace, and the Cost of Standing Still: This Week in Energy and Climate Politics

The energy headlines of any given week in 2026 can feel contradictory, almost deliberately so, as though the news itself is designed to make it difficult to locate a coherent direction in the relationship between American politics, global oil markets, and the climate transition that the science has been demanding for decades. One story describes

The Climate Crisis Is Accelerating: Everything You Need to Know Right Now Read More »

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The Climate Crisis Is Accelerating: Everything You Need to Know Right Now

The summer of 2026 is not a theoretical warning about what climate change might eventually look like. It is the warning made real, playing out in real time across three continents, in meteorological data, in hospital emergency rooms overwhelmed by heat casualties, in wildfire smoke columns visible from space, and in the quiet arithmetic of

California, Energy Security, and the New Strategic Petroleum Debate: Why a Federal Oil Reserve Proposal Is Becoming a Major Climate and Economic Battleground Read More »

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California, Energy Security, and the New Strategic Petroleum Debate: Why a Federal Oil Reserve Proposal Is Becoming a Major Climate and Economic Battleground

For decades, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has served as one of the United States’ most important energy security tools, a massive emergency stockpile designed to protect the nation from supply disruptions, geopolitical instability, and sudden energy market shocks. Traditionally associated with Gulf Coast storage facilities and national emergency planning, the reserve has rarely become a

Climate Politics, Energy Power, and Disaster Readiness: The High-Stakes Crossroads Facing America This Hurricane Season Read More »

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Climate Politics, Energy Power, and Disaster Readiness: The High-Stakes Crossroads Facing America This Hurricane Season

As another Atlantic hurricane season begins, the United States finds itself confronting a convergence of challenges that extend far beyond weather forecasts and emergency preparedness. Questions surrounding energy policy, climate resilience, political leadership, regulatory oversight, and disaster response are increasingly intersecting in ways that will shape the nation’s future for years to come. From the

Court Blocks Effort to Dismantle Weather Research Center, But Scientists Warn the Damage May Already Be Done Read More »

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Court Blocks Effort to Dismantle Weather Research Center, But Scientists Warn the Damage May Already Be Done

For generations, Americans have relied on weather forecasts without giving much thought to the scientific infrastructure that makes them possible. From hurricane tracking along the Gulf Coast to wildfire forecasts in the West, from drought monitoring across agricultural regions to severe thunderstorm warnings in the Midwest, the nation’s weather intelligence system operates largely in the

America’s Energy Reckoning Has Arrived: Rising Utility Costs, Climate Policy Retreats, and the Growing Political War Over Who Pays for the Future Read More »

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America’s Energy Reckoning Has Arrived: Rising Utility Costs, Climate Policy Retreats, and the Growing Political War Over Who Pays for the Future

For years, America’s climate debate largely revolved around abstract timelines, emissions targets, global summits, and long-term projections about the future of the planet. But the political conversation has now entered a far more volatile phase — one where climate policy, inflation, electricity prices, food costs, corporate utility power, and everyday economic anxiety are colliding directly

Texas Draws a Line Against the Data Center Boom: Why One Rural County’s Construction Ban Signals a Growing National Collision Between AI Infrastructure, Water, Energy, and Community Survival Read More »

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Texas Draws a Line Against the Data Center Boom: Why One Rural County’s Construction Ban Signals a Growing National Collision Between AI Infrastructure, Water, Energy, and Community Survival

For years, data centers existed largely out of public view — anonymous industrial facilities powering cloud storage, social media platforms, streaming services, financial systems, and the invisible architecture of the modern internet. Most people rarely thought about where digital infrastructure physically lived, how much energy it consumed, or what happened environmentally when massive computational systems

The Billion-Dollar Plan to Dim the Sun: How Geoengineering Is Moving From Climate Theory to Corporate Power Read More »

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The Billion-Dollar Plan to Dim the Sun: How Geoengineering Is Moving From Climate Theory to Corporate Power

For decades, the idea of deliberately altering Earth’s atmosphere to cool the planet sounded like the premise of speculative science fiction — a desperate last-resort concept discussed quietly by climate scientists, environmental ethicists, and futurists debating what humanity might attempt if global warming spiraled beyond political control. The very notion of intentionally manipulating sunlight at