Articles by

Molly Taft

Big Tech Signs White House Data Center Pledge With Good Optics and Little Substance

Several key tech companies signed a nonbinding pledge at the White House on Wednesday that the Trump...

Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers

Global oil and gas prices have skyrocketed following the US attack on Iran last weekend. But another...

War in Iran Spiked Oil Prices. Trump Will Decide How High They Go

Oil prices surged on Monday following the United States and Israel’s attacks on Iran this weekend, as...

The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year

The US added a record-breaking amount of energy storage in 2025, according to a new solar industry...

Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn’t Offer Much Proof

A few years ago, Ketan Joshi read a statistic about artificial intelligence and climate change that caught...

Record Low Snow in the West Will Mean Less Water, More Fire, and Political Chaos

States across the western US are facing record low snowpack levels in the middle of the winter...

The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning

On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to roll back the endangerment finding, which underpins the...

New York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause

Two New York lawmakers on Friday announced that they are introducing a bill that would impose a...