Energy

How Pennsylvania Governor’s Office Helped Push For Huge Data Centers

August 9, 2026 Edward Donnelly, DeSmog. Educate! Data Centers, Energy, Governor, Pennsylvania, Politics and Policy

Freedom Hall, packed with more than 200 people, was jammed to capacity. Hundreds more people gathered in the lobby in stifling heat, many wearing “No Data Centers” stickers on their T-shirts. Inside the meeting room, Pennsylvania real estate executive Brian O’Neill was presenting plans for an enormous data center complex to the Upper Merion Township Planning Commission. An improvised sound system piped his voice to those stuck outside. “We make cell and gene therapies which cure genetic diseases and cancer,” O’Neill said, referring to his company’s Discovery Labs medical research center in Upper Merion which he now wants to augment with AI data centers.

Kenya: Proposed Nuclear Power Plant Met With Fierce Opposition

August 7, 2026 Nicholas Mwangi, BreakThrough News. Resist! Energy, Environment, Kenya, Nuclear Power

Opposition to Kenya’s proposed nuclear power plant in Siaya County has intensified after community activists and residents protesting the project were arrested and investigated under terrorism-related allegations, prompting accusations of state repression from civil society organizations and progressive groups. The controversy centers on the government’s plan to construct what officials describe as Kenya’s first commercial nuclear power plant in Central Sakwa, Siaya County, on the shores of Lake Victoria. The project is estimated to cost approximately KSh500 billion.

Nuclear ‘Abundance’ Is Bunk

July 30, 2026 Michael Shuman, The Main Street Journal. Educate! Carbon emissions, climate crisis, Energy, Nuclear Power

The United States has been on the precipice of a “nuclear renaissance” for four decades. And I can tell you right now, with confidence, that it will never happen. Why? Because nuclear power is getting more costly while solar alternatives are getting cheaper. By a lot. And the persistence—by politicians like Governor Kathy Hochul, by policymakers on both sides of the aisle, and even by smart analysts like Ezra Klein—to wish nuclear back into competitiveness suggests why we localists should always be skeptical of top-down theories of change.

Exxon’s Lawyer Joining DOJ Division That Dubs Itself ‘Nation’s Largest Environmental Law Firm’

July 14, 2026 Rachel Santarsiero, DeSmog. Educate! Big Oil, Department of Justice, Energy, Exxon, Fossil Fuels

“In one of the executive orders, President Trump described the coal industry as beautiful,” said Robert L. Levy, ExxonMobil’s executive counsel, at a 2025 event organized by the Federalist Society. “No such reference to the beauty of the oil and gas side of the industry,” he went on, “but we are very appreciative of the support that the administration has given.” Now Levy is poised to help lead the Trump administration’s efforts to protect companies like Exxon from climate lawsuits. In a mid-June social media post, Levy announced that he was leaving his job at Exxon to take an environmental litigation role at the Justice Department, in a division that calls itself the nation’s environmental lawyer and the largest environmental law firm in the country

Massachusetts: Parked EVs Will Start Feeding The Grid This Summer

June 22, 2026 Sarah Shemkus, Next City. Create! Electric Vehicles, Energy, Energy storage, Massachusetts

After the school year ends in the Massachusetts towns of Acton and Boxborough, the district’s electric buses will mostly stay put in a parking lot. But they won’t sit idle all summer. The three vehicles will charge up their nearly 200-kilowatt-hour batteries overnight, when the power supply is at its cleanest and cheapest, then send energy back to the grid from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on days when the grid is strained. The district will earn revenue for the power it shares, perhaps even enough to cover the costs of charging up during the school year, says Kate Crosby, energy manager for the Acton-Boxborough school district.

Cuba In The Eye Of The Storm

June 13, 2026 Luis de Jesus Reyes, Breakthrough News. Educate! Cuba, Economic Blockade, Energy, Military threats, Power outage

It is just past 9:00 pm, and the Havana neighborhood where I live is completely dark. This part of the capital has been without electricity for 20 hours. On my street and those nearby, the silence has been broken by the noise of cacerolazos (pot-banging protests), a form of dissent that used to be rare in Cuba but is becoming increasingly frequent these days. To a certain extent, this is understandable. The lack of electricity affects virtually every aspect of daily life for Cubans. Long hours of blackouts, which can stretch to nearly 48 hours in some provinces, leave little room for daily routines and force citizens to manage their affairs based entirely on when the power comes back on.

‘Economic Reconciliation’ Means Faster Approval For Extractive Projects

May 26, 2026 Taylor Noakes, DeSmog. Educate! Canada, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Indigenous Peoples, Mining

Corporate Canada insists that partnering with First Nations on new natural resources projects will bring prosperity to Indigenous communities and address the country’s long history of colonialism. But there is also a simpler and more transactional reason that companies have for years embraced the idea of so-called “economic reconciliation”. When a natural resources project is able to bring on an Indigenous partner, it speeds up approval times and reduces political and regulatory risk. That’s according to representatives of mining and fossil fuel companies who spoke candidly about the economic benefits of Indigenous partnerships during a recent economic reconciliation conference in Ottawa.

Climate Denier Group Pushes States To Embrace Coal Power For Data Centers

May 20, 2026 Sharon Kelly, DeSmog. Educate! ALEC, climate crisis, Coal, Data Centers, Energy, Science Denial

After several years of attacking big tech over the industry’s perceived politics, Heartland is now urging those same companies to burn coal and other fossil fuels to power the enormous data centers used to train and run so-called “artificial intelligence” systems and for cryptocurrency mining. During its July 2025 presentation, Heartland sought to convince listeners that coal can — and should — make a major comeback, documents reviewed by DeSmog show. To a significant degree, big tech companies have so far kept the notoriously-polluting fossil fuel at arm’s length as they’ve moved to build new power plants to generate electricity for data centers.

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Are A Dead End

May 18, 2026 Richard Heinberg, Resilience. Create! climate crisis, Data Centers, Energy, Nuclear Energy

The nuclear power industry is currently promoting designs for small modular reactors (SMRs) that will supposedly be cheaper, safer, and faster to build than older nuclear power plants. Bill Gates and Amazon are investing in the technology. Moreover, some environmentalists, including Mark Lynas and Bill McKibben, support SMRs in the hope that they can lower carbon emissions. And, according to polls, far more Americans now approve of the development of nuclear energy than was the case just a decade or two ago.

Postponing The World’s Financial Winter, But For How Long?

April 20, 2026 Michael Hudson, Counter Punch. Educate! Energy, History, Iran, OPEC, Strait of Hormuz, US Imperialism

Announcing that “A whole civilization will die tonight,” Donald Trump threatened on April 7, 2026, to destroy “every bridge in Iran” and “every power plant … burning, exploding, and never to be used again.” His intention to continue committing war crimes is driving the world toward a Financial Winter as devastating as the Great Depression. Iran’s April 8 response called his bluff, laying down the terms for ending the conflict and opening the Strait of Hormuz. Oil-importing countries will need to compel U.S. and Israeli compliance with these terms in order to avoid an economic crisis.

A Ship Owned By Karpowership Will Supply Power To Cuba

April 8, 2026 Atilio Boron, Resumen English. Resist! Cuba, Economic Blockade, Energy, Floating Power Plant, Türkiye

Turkey is providing support to Cuba, where millions of people remain in the dark due to the tightening of U.S. embargoes and the collapse of its energy infrastructure. The ship, sent by Karpowership (part of Karadeniz Holding), has already begun generating electricity in Havana. Following the second total collapse of the national grid in a short period, which left nearly 10 million people without electricity, the Cuban government has turned to the Turkish model of floating power plants for their ability to offer quick and effective solutions, according to Yeni Akit Gazetesi.

A Weak Left Stands By As Russia Stands Up For Cuban Sovereignty

April 3, 2026 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Cuba, Economic Blockade, Energy, Russia, The Left, US Imperialism

Donald Trump recently bragged that he was “on a roll” after kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela and beginning the process of turning that country into a U.S. vassal state. Venezuela was the first domino to fall and the U.S. planned for Cuba to be next. An important part of this strategy was to end Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba, along with threats of lawfare indictments against Cuban leadership as was done against Maduro, and demands that President Miguel Diaz-Canel step down. Already weakened by 67 years of unilateral coercive measures and the imposition of a State Sponsor of Terrorism Status, which increased the economic damage of the U.S. maximum pressure campaign, Cuba was in great danger.

Top Brussels Official Urges Europeans To Work From Home, Drive Less

April 1, 2026 James Fernyhough, Elena Giordano, Ben Munster and Ben Makuch, Politico. Educate! Energy, European Union (EU), Fossil Fuels, Fuel Shortages

Brussels — The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. In a speech with echoes of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, EU energy chief Dan Jørgensen said Europe was facing a "very serious situation" with no clear end in sight. “Even if ... peace is here tomorrow, still we will not go back to normal in the foreseeable future," he said, following an extraordinary meeting of the EU's 27 energy ministers on Tuesday to discuss the crisis.

South Asia In Severe Economic Crisis Due To US-Israeli War On Iran

March 31, 2026 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. Educate! Energy, Global Economy, Iran, Israel, South Asia, Wars and Militarism

The US-Israeli war on Iran began over a month ago. The attacks by the US and Israel have killed over 2,000 Iranians, displaced tens of thousands, and targeted Iran’s civilian infrastructure like schools, hospitals, and recreation centers. Casualties from Iran’s retaliatory attacks have also been reported in the neighboring Gulf states and in Israel. But beyond the direct death and destruction, the war has had global impacts, causing a dramatic increase in the price of crude oil, effectively shaking up the entire economy. The neighboring South Asia region has been the primary recipient of the knock-on impacts of the war.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Is Creating Its Own Clean Energy Utility

March 23, 2026 Carey L. Biron, Next City. Create! Energy, Michigan, Public ownership, Utilities

When Krystal Steward started knocking on her neighbors’ doors in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2021, to discuss energy efficiency and sustainability upgrades, she was met with a lot of blank stares. She was new to the issues herself, she said. But the longtime social worker kept at her new job doing outreach for Community Action Network, a local nonprofit dedicated to serving under-resourced communities. She slowly started getting people in her neighborhood to take part first in home energy assessments, then a city program to swap out appliances, make structural fixes, and more.

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