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Virginia’s Governor Weighs in on Pivotal Case About Data Center Transmission Costs and more — today's energy signal.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, through a filing submitted by her newly appointed chief energy officer, is urging regulators at the State Corporation Commission to assign costs of transmission projects driven by data center needs to those facilities.  The governor’s involvement

Workers proud of their efforts to grow renewable energy say the U.S. president is pursuing a "personal vendetta" at their expense.

Global oil demand, disrupted by the Iran war, is poised to shrink in 2026, the first time that’s happened since the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency said on Friday. What’s unclear is how the conflict will influence the long-term trajectory of oil demand, which i

In a revised energy plan, the Tennessee Valley Authority follows Trump administration directives and shies away from solar and wind.

Workers proud of their efforts to grow renewable energy say the U.S. president is pursuing a "personal vendetta" at their expense.

In a revised energy plan, the Tennessee Valley Authority follows Trump administration directives and shies away from solar and wind.

A Republican-led effort to end the Delaware River Basin’s ban on fracking fell short on Tuesday after an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act was not brought before a congressional committee, allowing the longstanding restriction to stand for now. The amendment, autho

A decade after climate activists' emails were breached, a court case is shedding new light on who allegedly orchestrated the hacking.

Virginia’s seven federally recognized tribes said they’re cautiously optimistic about their prospects of becoming full signatories to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement even after program leadership missed the July 1 deadline for presenting a roadmap on how to include the tri

As President Trump pushes seabed mining, the bid by an American startup reveals the limits of island nations' control over their neighboring waters.

The industry can be a black box of information. But as the state deals with persistent drought, residents and regulators want more answers.

Indigenous leaders say true peace requires self-determination and respect for their rights.

A new report strengthens the case that the United States and other major industrialized countries knew, long before they signed the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming, that they could face legal obligations to reduce climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions. The “What

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday making the state the first in the nation to implement a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. The Democratic governor said she would pause environmental permits while the state researches and develops a regulatory

An aggressive downpour over the weekend in the eastern areas around Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains triggered severe flooding and multiple mudslides across the region. The watery assault hit particularly hard in Del Rio—a community still recovering from 2024’s Hurricane Helene.

Monday morning, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments stretched across over three million acres of public lands in southern Utah, protecting some of the country’s most remote landscapes and scores of archaeological sites sacred to local tribes. By that eveni