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Jake Bittle

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    Recent Articles

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    With the midterms looming, Trump has no real way out of his gas price problem

    The president is facing a shortage of refining capacity, and more Venezuelan oil isn't going to help.
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    Manhattan’s flood walls are almost done. What will Mamdani do next?

    The new mayor wants to invest in coastal resilience, but he will have to decide which areas of the city to protect.
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    US companies are on the cusp of big climate solutions. Thank the go...

    The Department of Energy’s moonshot funding program is working. President Trump seems inclined to keep it.
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    Reimagining a power plant

    This week, we’re exploring a New England project that’s breathing new life into the site of a former coal plant.
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    It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal

    New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
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    Why the Iran war hasn’t caused a global oil crisis — yet

    The world has found ways to adapt without crude from the Strait of Hormuz. Experts say that won’t last.
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    Biden’s climate law is dead. The energy transition might not be.

    A year after Trump repealed the Inflation Reduction Act, the outlook for climate action is dark. But there are silver linings.
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    Congress set to overhaul disaster recovery, speeding up new home bu...

    A little-noticed section in a bipartisan housing bill could accelerate new construction after major disasters.
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    The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird

    Desalination. Pipelines. Cloud seeding. Those are just a few ideas for how the Trump administration should save the desiccated waterway.
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    A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields.

    A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields.
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    New York backtracked on its climate goals. Here’s why.

    Lawmakers wanted to lead the energy transition, but Governor Kathy Hochul is worried about the cost of ditching natural gas.
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    Why is this Trump official dead set on saving a failing California ...

    Brooke Rollins’s latest culture war crusade threatens a delicate compromise between Potter Valley farmers and nearby tribes.
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    ‘I need Chevron’: The oil company at the center of the California g...

    California wants to phase out fossil fuels, but still needs gas. That makes for messy politics and a frontrunner saying "I need Chevron."
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    Once a climate leader, Canada is now doubling down on oil

    Mark Carney is counting on Alberta’s oil sands to help him survive Trump’s trade agenda.
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    ‘Keystone Light’: These Wyoming oil tycoons are reviving the contro...

    The Trump administration is rushing to approve a 650-mile pipeline to bring oil from Canada’s tar sands into the U.S.
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    Two months in, the Iran war has changed the global energy system fo...

    The conflict may be the beginning of the end of fossil fuel dominance.
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    Can a carbon price lower power bills? Virginia is betting yes.

    The state is straining to cope with electricity demand from data centers. Governor Abigail Spanberger thinks rejoining RGGI will help.
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    Trump wants to shutter FEMA. Will Markwayne Mullin get it done?

    The new Homeland Security chief has pledged to move on from the Kristi Noem era. But as hurricane season looms, FEMA is still in disarray.
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    There’s hope for the offshore wind industry — yes, really

    Trump’s court losses give the industry a chance to get back on stable footing.
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    One acre, one vote: The bizarre election that could decide Arizona’...

    A group of climate-focused candidates is hoping to steer the Salt River Project toward clean energy. Turning Point USA stands in their way.
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    Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered species protections in the Gu...

    Citing the Iran war, the administration let oil companies take actions that are likely to threaten an endangered whale.