E+E Leader reporter Kaleigh Harrison writes on a recent Aspen Institute water strategy. Read more in E+E Leader here.
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After a Record 2025, LNG Enters a Year of Political Risk
OilPrice reporter Irina Slav explains how geopolitics is beginning to upend global LNG markets, as trade tensions between the U.S. and Europe spill directly into energy flows. Read more in OilPrice here.
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The Climate-Disaster Scores That Could Make or Break Your Home Sale
Read more in the Wall Street Journal here.
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‘Trade chaos hurts farmers,’ Tariff turmoil upends planning for 2026 growing season
Read more in AgTechNavigator here.
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Microsoft aims to minimize data centers’ impact on electricity bills
Read the full article in The Hill here.
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Discounting and the Ethics of Climate Policy
Last year, in one of his first actions on inauguration day, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to stop using the social cost of carbon (SCC) when weighing the costs and benefits of regulations. The decision prompted predictable outrage from many environmental activists, climate scientists, and economists, who argued that abandoning the SCC would strip climate regulations of their scientific grounding.
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AI can lower energy bills with data centers that power themselves
Artificial intelligence may be the future, but the public isn’t convinced it’s the future they want.
Even as companies, investors, and the federal government invest heavily in this transformative technology, the American people remain skeptical. A third of Americans are concerned about AI, nearly half think AI will cause “significant job losses,” and less than half think the government will regulate AI well.
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Report: Illinois is 5 years away from an energy shortage, higher bills
A new report says Illinois is facing an energy shortage within the next five years, as artificial intelligence datacenters demand more electricity, which could lead to higher utility bills for state residents. The 2025 Resource Adequacy Study from the Illinois Power Agency, the Illinois Commerce Commission, and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency evaluated whether the state’s power...
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Energy secretary predicts that electricity prices will stop rising ‘very soon’
Energy Secretary Chris Wright expressed optimism that electricity prices will eventually come down. “Very soon, you’ll see a stop of the rise of electricity prices. And with the continuation of [the Trump administration’s] policies of energy addition, you will see declines in electricity prices later this term,” Wright told host Jacqui Heinrich on “Fox News...
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Democrats Tout Affordability, But Their Policies Are Raising Prices
Democrats are desperate to make the 2026 midterm elections about affordability, buoyed by their November victories, enthusiasm for their so-called Abundance Agenda, and polling showing President Donald Trump losing support on the economy.