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Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ turns 20, and critics say biggest disaster is its failed predictions
Twenty years ago "An Inconvenient Truth" received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival. Though it was full of predictions that never came to pass, it was a key catalyst of the climate activist movement.
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Power load growth forecast drops slightly
The 2026 Long-Term Forecast is lower than 2025 in the near term through 2032, due to updated forecasting processes, including electric vehicle and economic forecasts, and improved vetting of requested adjustments for data centers and other large power generators.
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With U.S. leading oil and gas production, environmental outcomes better for world energy: study
Of the world's top three producers, the U.S. has an Environmental Performance Index more than 9 points higher than the global average, and way ahead of of the next largest producers -- Saudi Arabia and Russia -- who are below the global average, an analysis by the Institute for Energy Research shows.
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Climate group behind attacks on Stonehenge and paintings announces it will stop ‘hi vis’ protests
In the announcement, the group boasted of having stopped consumers from accessing over 4.4 billion barrels of oil by ensuring oil companies won’t be able to produce them.
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Solar developers battle rural opposition in Ohio where state law protects local permitting agency
According to the Renewable Rejection Database, nearly 25% of the renewable projects rejected in the U.S. since 2013 have been in Ohio. “It's about money. None of these projects have anything to do with climate change. It's all about money,” says one expert.
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Higher electric bills coming for consumers after rate hike approved
Michigan already ranks one of the most-expensive states in the nation for electricity costs, coming in with the 13th-highest retail price for electricity in the country.
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Maine urged to ease mining rules for lithium deposit
Republicans are pushing to ease the state's mining regulations to allow small-scale enthusiasts to take advantage of sites that include valuable minerals.
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Lake Erie's renewable future up for study
The resolution proposes that the Joint State Government Commission conduct a study on the feasibility, benefits and drawbacks of developing hydropower, solar, and wind energy on Pennsylvania’s portion of Lake Erie.
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Report: Fees going to EV and public transit, not fixing the roads
Colorado's roads are deteriorating, as more money moves away from maintaining the roads in favor of funding public transportation and electric vehicle programs.
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Experts warn House Energy Committee that closing fossil fuel plants drives grid reliability crisis
During the hearing, Democrats on the committee blamed the heightened risk of blackouts on the Trump administration’s funding freeze for renewable energy projects, the firing of federal employees, and the moratorium on offshore wind lease sales.
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Arizona lawmakers look at way to prevent gas price hikes
Arizona law currently requires drivers in Maricopa County to use a blend called "Cleaner Burning Gas" during the spring and summer to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's clean air requirements for ozone attainment.
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Biden’s legacy lingers in the failing Proterra electric buses he promoted during his presidency
Transit districts across the country continue to have problems with electric buses they bought from Proterra, a company former President Joe Biden had touted. Districts that purchased buses from other suppliers appear to have had fewer issues, but those with Proterra buses are still trying to keep them running.
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Trump administration issues license for floating LNG facility that Biden administration stonewalled
The facility will connect four floating LNG units to existing onshore pipelines and transport the gas to the global market from U.S. federal waters.