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• The Indiana community caught between coal and the data center boom May 14, 2026
  Photography by Neeta R. Satam JASPER COUNTY, Indiana—Barb Deardorff loves her living room’s wide picture windows. She can gaze out at the cornfields, where sandhill cranes warble and graze, and in the evening, she can unwind from her hectic job as a teachers’ union organizer by watching the sun go down. Her sunset…
• North Carolina groups fight regulator’s order to cancel solar for 2026 May 14, 2026
  Last month, North Carolina’s top utility regulator abruptly halted Duke Energy’s solar farm investments for the year — an unforeseen blow to an industry already reeling from tariffs and a hostile federal government. Now, clean energy businesses and advocates have filed a motion to cancel the order, which they argue…
• Fervo Energy’s IPO is a milestone for next-gen geothermal May 13, 2026
  Fervo Energy , a startup that has pioneered new ways to produce electricity from the earth’s heat, is officially a publicly traded company. It’s the first next-generation geothermal firm to go public. Today’s initial public offering netted the Houston-based Fervo about $1.9 billion and valued it at roughly $7.7…
• Amazon bets on what could be a game-changing heat pump May 13, 2026
  Amazon has signed a deal for a novel kind of rooftop heat pump that will provide all-electric heating, superefficient cooling, and cheaper energy bills at an undisclosed number of the company’s commercial buildings. After a successful 6-month field trial at an Amazon logistics facility in hot and humid Houston, the…
• Mid-sized solar could help bring down electricity bills in Pennsylvania May 13, 2026
  Pennsylvania needs more energy. Data centers are pushing demand skyward, utilities can't build new capacity fast enough, and electric bills are on the rise. Medium-sized solar installations — smaller than utility-scale farms but larger than home rooftop arrays — could help ease the pressure. But state lawmakers,…
• Where does balcony solar stand in your state? May 13, 2026
  This article was originally published on April 6, 2026, and last updated on May 13, 2026. Balcony solar is one of the hottest ideas in renewable energy right now. Boosters say the systems — DIY kits that can be plugged right into a standard outlet — save users money without any need for subsidies, government…
• Can the US harness old oil and gas wells to produce geothermal energy? May 12, 2026
  As states seek out much-needed supplies of clean, reliable energy, some are looking to an unconventional source: abandoned oil and gas wells harnessed for geothermal heat. Millions of inactive wells are littered across the United States , the relics of earlier eras of fossil fuel production. A large number of the…
• Software is helping this real estate giant burn less gas in NYC May 12, 2026
  New York City’s biggest buildings face a huge change: By 2050, they must reduce their planet-warming pollution to net-zero, thanks to the metropolis’s Local Law 97 . In other words, tens of thousands of structures will need to yank out fossil-fueled systems that heat water and spaces, and replace them with…
• Confusing ballot wording may have tipped Ohio vote on renewables ban May 11, 2026
  Confusing ballot language could be the reason an Ohio county upheld a ban on renewable energy last week. An early analysis of exit poll responses suggests a majority of voters likely meant to vote against Richland County’s ban on most large solar and wind projects for 11 of its 18 townships. But the ballot’s wording…
• Balcony solar bill dies in Illinois after union voices opposition May 8, 2026
  Lawmakers backing an Illinois bill that would clear the way for balcony solar have ended their push to pass the measure this year. With three weeks still to go in the legislative session, they hit a stalemate as opponents, including the state’s powerful electrical workers union, raised concerns about safety. …