Energy & Environment
Dems Take Harrisburg — Your Utility Bill Is Next
After 30 years out of power, Pennsylvania Democrats run the statehouse — and Marcellus Shale workers and ratepayers are about to get the bill.
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Fuel, power, and the cost of climate policy.
Energy & Environment covers what it costs to heat a house, fill a tank, and keep the lights on: drilling and pipelines, refineries and LNG, grid reliability, EPA rulemaking, EV and appliance mandates, and the climate policy behind utility bills. Every story lists the outlets and filings it was built from.
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Prince George's Kills Data Center by Changing Rules Mid-Game
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Data Centers Devour Virginia Grid, Green Mandates Drive Co-op Rate Hikes
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Data Centers Top Target in Midterm Ads as Big Tech Drains Your Grid
Opposition ads outnumber supporters 19-to-1 — because voters are footing Big Tech's utility bills.
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Exxon and Chevron smash profit records while Americans pay $4.20 a gallon for Washington's latest foreign entanglement
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LA Bans Oil Drilling, Working Families Pay the Price
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King Tides Flood Coasts, Media Blames Climate to Justify Energy Costs
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Trump EPA Axes Biden Oil and Gas Rules, Projects $45B Savings
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200 Americans Lose Homes at Sea as Iran War Quadruples Fuel Costs
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China Hits 2 Terawatts Wind and Solar as West Chokes Its Own Grid
Beijing dominates the global energy chain—renewables and hydrocarbons alike—while Germany mandates economic surrender by 2045 and U.S. regulators throttle the grid.
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Trump's 'Free' Venezuelan Oil Arrives in Texas — But at What Hidden Cost?
A million barrels of crude at zero direct taxpayer cost — but the sanctions war that forced Venezuela's hand goes unmentioned
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Trump Axes $45B Biden Methane Rules That Never Even Took Effect
EPA kills the $1,500/ton methane tax and activist Super Emitter Program, saving energy producers $45 billion.
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Trump Brags Oil Giants Profit From Iran War While You Pay at Pump
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Google Slashes Nest Thermostat Prices After Killing Older Models
Discounted hardware locks homeowners into an ecosystem where Google decides when support ends—and maybe when your AC does too.
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Four Corners Drowns While Feds Fund Climate Mandates
Communities drown as billions flow to climate mandates instead of the infrastructure that could save them.
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NYT Reframes Democrats' Energy Crisis as GOP Problem
The paper of record buries the green mandates driving record power bills — and hands Democrats their talking points.
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Google Wants Your Home's Power to Feed Its AI Habit
Big Tech is crashing the grid with AI. Now Google wants your thermostat to bail them out.
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Media Weaponizes 50,000 European Heat Deaths for Green Energy Push
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