EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a license to ignore public health
Health benefits will no longer be quantified when assessing the monetary impact of new pollution regulations.
Tag: power plants
There is no such thing as a fail-safe nuclear power plant
Corporations are gambling with new reactors to supercharge artificial intelligence (and profits).
Florida’s risky energy dependence requires fast action
Nuclear energy is an alternative to natural gas, which currently provides more than 70% of our state’s electricity.
Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay?
State utility regulators decide who pays what share of the costs associated with data center operations.
Even with Trump’s support, coal power remains expensive – and dangerous
Natural gas is cheaper and, in some places, so are renewable energy and battery storage.
Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions – here’s how its carbon capture tech works
The goal of carbon storage is to ensure that carbon dioxide can be kept out of the atmosphere for a ...
In Florida, manatee deaths edge up slightly in 2025
The beloved sea cows still face many threats, but deaths this year were not as high as in 2021 and ...
Can the world quit coal?
Coal is the dirtiest source of fossil fuel energy and a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions.
Regulating AI use could stop its runaway energy expansion
Without guardrails, we risk creating a convenience technology that accelerates environmental collapse.
Where America’s CO2 emissions come from – what you need to know, in charts
There have been some promising downward trends, but political winds and energy demands threaten progress.