2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1476+ words) The data center boom is everywhere you look in U.S. economic and emissions data. It isn’t exactly a new thought, but I’ve been struck recently by how many trends in America’s economic and environmental data are fundamentally about the data center…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1801+ words) Utility watchdog Jamie Van Nostrand argues that National Grid’s recent “rate stabilization proposal” is a way to charge customers more money while bypassing the regulatory process. When National Grid, the natural gas utility that serves New York City and Long…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1912+ words) With both temperatures and electricity prices rising, many who are using less energy are still paying more, according to data from the Electricity Price Hub. In 135 years of record-keeping, Tampa, Florida, has never been hotter than it was last July....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1305+ words) $4 of gasoline will actually get you pretty far these days. Everyone’s mad about high oil prices, but are they doing anything about it? With around 11 million barrels per day (about a tenth of global production) shut in, and thus missing…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1890+ words) “It’s coming right out of your pocket.” The Iran war has sent fuel prices surging nationwide — and those higher prices are beginning to impose significant costs on the American economy, according to a new analysis from researchers at Brown University....