"The Indiana Community Caught Between Coal And The Data Center Boom"
"In rural Jasper County, two defining energy trends of the Trump era — reviving coal and building gas-powered data centers — are converging."
Source: Canary Media, 05/15/2026
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Watchdog Groups Urge Senate To Investigate Alito Over Oil Stock Conflicts
"The supreme court justice Samuel Alito, who owns stock in oil companies, may be violating court ethics codes by participating in certain cases that could benefit big oil, government watchdog groups say. In a Thursday letter, a coalition of watchdog organizations called on the Senate judiciary committee to investigate Alito, the sole supreme court justice with holdings in energy companies."
Source: Guardian, 05/15/2026
"US EPA Proposes Delaying Enforcement Of Biden Vehicle Pollution Rule"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed a delay in enforcement of a regulation requiring significant cuts in air pollution from vehicles."
Source: Reuters, 05/15/2026
Trump EPA Aims To Roll Back Limits On Toxic Wastewater From Coal Plants
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to roll back limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers through polluted groundwater, saying a three-year-old rule is unduly costly for the energy industry at a time when energy demand is spiking."
Source: AP, 05/15/2026
"China Widens Its Clean Energy Lead"
"While Chinese companies continue to expand their dominance of clean energy industries, the data shows, their American counterparts are withdrawing from those sectors."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/15/2026
Groups Challenge NC Utilities Commission Chair’s Pause of Solar Projects
"Advocates for solar energy are asking the North Carolina Utilities Commission to overturn an unusual order by its chairman directing Duke Energy to stop its 2026 solar procurement process."
Source: NC Newsline, 05/14/2026
"Trump’s Gas Tax Holiday Pitch Faces Early Capitol Hill Headwinds"
"Interest in a gasoline tax holiday is growing on Capitol Hill following President Donald Trump’s endorsement Monday — but the proposal is also facing pushback from some key Republicans balking at cutting a major source of federal funding."
Source: E&E News, 05/14/2026
‘The Only Thing That Terrifies Me Is BYD’: Politicians Quake At Chinese EVs
"The question is when, not if, U.S. and European auto markets will open up to Chinese EV investment."
Source: Politico, 05/14/2026
"Something Startling Is Happening In The Gulf Of Mexico"
"Climate change is causing oceans worldwide to warm. But that year, summertime sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico began heating up at about twice the rate seen in the global oceans."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 05/14/2026
Musk's xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit
"xAI has added 19 natural gas turbines to its second data center campus in Southhaven, Mississippi, over the past two months, according to internal emails seen by WIRED. The additions come as xAI is fighting a lawsuit from the NAACP and several environmental groups, alleging that the company is violating the Clean Air Act by operating more than two dozen natural gas turbines at the site without appropriate air permits."
Source: WIRED, 05/13/2026
