Energy In Depth

New York is repeating the same mistake it made with : blocking growth instead of building for the future.

The state is pausing new data center projects that could bring billions in investment and thousands of jobs. Instead of expanding energy supply to meet growing demand, NY is once again choosing policies that push opportunity elsewhere.

New York's Data Center Moratorium Repeats a Decade-Old Mistake More than a decade after New York slammed the door on high volume hydraulic fracturing, the state is once again throwing the breaks on a transformative industry, rather than finding solutions to responsibly develop it. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on...

The rapid growth of is driving unprecedented demand for reliable electricity.

A new study finds that paired with carbon capture can power expanding while capturing more than 90% of associated CO₂ emissions.

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Study Finds Carbon Capture and Natural Gas Can Power Data Center Growth While Cutting Emissions Powering the data center boom with natural gas does not have to limit progress on lowering emissions, according to a new study published in Energy & Fuels. The study by Rice University finds the United States already has one of the key ingredients to expand reliable power while being environmentally...

Maryland's climate lawsuits are officially over. With the deadline to appeal now passed, the dismissals of the Baltimore, Annapolis, and Anne Arundel County cases are final.

The decision gives the U.S. Supreme Court a clear roadmap as it prepares to hear Boulder's similar lawsuit this fall.

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Maryland’s Climate Lawsuits Quietly Hit a Dead End - EID Climate – A Project of IPAA In 2018, climate activists hailed Baltimore’s lawsuit against energy companies as “the next in a growing wave” of climate liability lawsuits. Eight years later, that wave has crashed in Maryland.