"The list of trade barriers grows every day, in countries around the world, ensnaring an electrification supply chain that is crucial to slashing global fossil fuel use, meeting rising power demand and staunching the rise of electricity bills."☀️‼️

‘Slowing things down’: Trade wars hit global electrification shift

Tariffs on everything from EVs to grid components could slow the energy transition.

politico.com

"The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes, per a real-time estimate from Brown University as of Monday morning." 💸 📈

Iran war drives $100 billion in extra energy costs for U.S. consumers

The average cost burden is more than $760 per household.

axios.com

"Aspects of the Trump administration’s energy policy — such as the rollback of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits...— could cause the U.S to lose between 390 GW and 540 GW of new wind, solar and energy storage capacity over the next decade..."☀️🚨

Trump’s energy policy could cost US 540 GW of renewables, says NRDC

“We lose more than half of everything that we expected to be able to build with the combination of market forces and proactive policy,” said Amanda Levin, NRDC’s director of policy analysis.

utilitydive.com

"Data centers are notorious energy hogs. With each hyperscale data center using as much energy as an entire city, they’re polluting surrounding areas, straining grids and raising electric rates nationwide. ...70% of Americans [say] they oppose building a data center near them.

AI’s natural gas addiction could be deadly for communities

Tech companies should be bringing their own renewable energy to power data centers, not burning fossil fuels or driving up costs for consumers.

columbiamissourian.com

"The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years." ⚡ 🔌 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/m...

What if America Went Completely Dark? (Gift Article)

The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.

nytimes.com

"Evergy has executed electric service agreements with 2.5 GW of data centers under its large-load power service tariff, as well as agreements with 500 MW of smaller large loads not covered by the tariff, utility executives said in a Thursday second-quarter earnings call." 🤖 ⚡

Evergy has 3 GW of large loads signed and a 5-GW generation pipeline

The company is in “advanced discussions” with large-load customers representing another 1 to 2 GW, CEO David Campbell said during a second-quarter earnings call.

utilitydive.com

"Over the last two weeks, oil companies have announced eye-popping profits from the spring quarter." "But companies aren’t using those profits to drill lots of new wells or explore untapped oil fields. Instead, they’re pocketing the cash and paying their shareholders, experts say." 🛢️ ⚠️

They're making record profits, but oil companies still won't 'drill, baby, drill'

The war in the Middle East has sent Big Oil’s profits soaring. Companies are pocketing the money rather than expanding drilling.

grist.org

"Across the country, hundreds of such projects to improve grid reliability and make electricity more affordable face a highly uncertain future — the result of Trump administration actions that have slowed the outflow of billions of dollars of DOE funds to a trickle." 💰 ⚠️

Trump is blocking billions of dollars of grants that would fix the…

The Department of Energy has canceled or stalled funding for thousands of projects that would improve the country’s stressed grid — and not just in blue…

canarymedia.com

"As tech companies have built hundreds of hyperscale data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom, they have triggered conflicting predictions... We now have a clearer picture about at least one consequence of the data center boom, and it isn’t encouraging." 🤖 ⚠️

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.

grist.org

"[President Donald Trump has] done everything in his power (and some things that legally aren’t) to undercut the propulsive growth of renewables, which had accelerated under his predecessor. But real-world clean energy construction has kept rolling right along, policy setbacks be damned." ☀️ ✅

The US clean energy boom will continue to 2030. Then things get hazy.

Despite Trump’s attacks, renewables are set for big growth over the next few years, a new Rhodium Group study says. Whether it lasts depends on some key…

canarymedia.com

"The U.S. Department of Energy’s streamlined rules for companies seeking permission to export U.S. electricity are at odds with the department’s finding that there are “energy emergencies” across the United States that justify keeping power plants from retiring, Public Citizen said Tuesday." ⚡ ⚠️

DOE’s new power export rule at odds with ‘energy emergency’ findings: Public Citizen

“Any export of power ... necessarily makes that power unavailable to domestic customers,” potentially contributing to inadequate supplies for a region, Public Citizen said.

utilitydive.com

"True, oil prices have gone up around the world, and there have been critical shortages...but rationing and recession have largely not arrived... Here’s how the world has averted the worst of the oil shock so far, and what experts say might happen next if the conflict continues to drag on." 🛢️ ⚠️

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.

grist.org

"The Trump administration is dismantling a wide array of federal energy-efficiency programs at the same time that war in Iran is raising oil prices, climate change is fueling record heat that is driving up demand for air conditioning and new data centers are straining America’s electricity supply."📈

The U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency Just as Prices Are Rising

The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs.

nytimes.com

"For almost a year, the Pentagon has effectively frozen the permitting process for at least 155 new wind projects in 24 states, citing drone concerns...As long as the freeze persists, developers say, no new wind projects can begin construction." 🌬️ ⚠️

The Pentagon is blocking more than 150 wind projects over drone fears

The Trump administration claims wind turbines pose a national security threat. The industry says it's pure politics.

canarymedia.com

"As the explosive energy demand of artificial intelligence spurs a renaissance for fossil fuels, renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources, too." 🤖 🔌 apnews.com/article/data...

As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives

Renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources.

apnews.com

"For the past two years, more than a dozen major banks have been not only reneging on their climate commitments, they’ve been actively making the crisis worse." ⚠️ 📈 grist.org/economics/ba...

Banks are financing the fossil fuel industry’s next growth strategy

New research shows major lenders are accelerating their investment in Big Oil as the industry turns toward plastics and petrochemicals.

grist.org

"In the year since the signing of the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill into law, many tax credit marketplaces have dropped out of the game." "But the transferability market kept growing all the same."💰 ♻️

What did the OBBB actually do to the transferability market?

A year later, the transferability market keeps growing — but not everyone can keep up.

latitudemedia.com

"President Trump's attempt to strike a deal with Iran was supposed to quickly cut U.S. gasoline prices. It's a slower process than he might like." "Trump has called for a Department of Justice investigation into oil companies, accusing them of gouging." 🛢️ 📈

Why prices at the pump are slow to follow oil lower

President Trump is frustrated over gasoline prices. There's a reason.

axios.com

"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had instructed the Justice Department to immediately probe oil companies for not lowering gas prices at the pump in line with falling costs, accusing them of “gouging” consumers." 🛢️ 📈 www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump accuses oil companies of gas price ‘gouging,’ calls for DOJ probe

“The big Oil Companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are paying for Oil,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The U.S.-Iran deal has eased the press...

nbcnews.com

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted today on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking that Energy Secretary Chris Wright filed last fall, directing the commission to expedite the process for data center loads seeking to connect to the transmission grid." 🔌 ⚡

FERC to grid operators: Connect large loads to transmission faster

In a unanimous vote, the commissioners agreed that current regulations are lagging behind the data center surge, but declined to exert federal power over RTOs.

latitudemedia.com

"Wind and solar developers in the U.S. have just a few more weeks to secure lucrative federal tax incentives. After that crucial deadline, the hard part begins." ☀️ ⚠️

Solar and wind try to navigate Trump’s obstacle course for tax credits

Many solar and wind projects will meet a July 4 deadline for tax credits. But to keep them, they must be built in four years — and that involves yet more…

canarymedia.com

"Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power. "In May, for the first time, solar supplied more of the nation’s electricity than coal..." ☀️ ✅

Solar power hits new milestones in the US even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power.

apnews.com

"The oil industry is warning the Trump administration that a Hormuz-sized hole in the world’s petroleum market is steadily draining inventories to levels that are likely to send global energy prices surging in the next several weeks, according to four executives." 🛢️ 📈

Oil industry warns Trump administration of price spikes within weeks

Industry executives said the loss of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is draining petroleum inventories to dangerously low levels.

politico.com

"Thousands of East St. Louis residents could soon see substantial reductions in their utility bills, potentially by up to 40%, through a new community solar project. The initiative aims to transform a former industrial landfill into a source of free and discounted energy for the city." ☀️ ✅

East St. Louis solar project could cut utility bills by 40%

Thousands of East St. Louis residents could soon see substantial reductions in their utility bills, potentially by up to 40%, through a new community solar project. The initiative aims to transform…

fox2now.com

"Consumer spending on EVs has fallen off a cliff since the phaseout of the $7,500 federal tax credit at the end of last September." 📉 🚗

The tax credit cliff has hit EV sales hard

President Donald Trump and the GOP phased out tax credits for all forms of consumer cleantech last year — but EVs took the biggest blow.

canarymedia.com

The World Energy Investment 2026 report states that, "The conflict in the Middle East has once again highlighted the economic vulnerabilities associated with reliance on exports from the region." ⚠️ 🛢️

World Energy Investment 2026 – Analysis - IEA

World Energy Investment 2026 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

iea.org

"April 2026: Remember the date for the energy-transition history books. It’s the first month when wind and solar combined to produce more electricity than natural gas did, per new global data from energy think tank Ember." ☀️ 💪 www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Another first for renewables: Wind and solar outgenerate gas in April

It’s a milestone moment that shows just how much clean energy has matured in a short amount of time — and a lot more growth is on the way.

canarymedia.com

"American clean energy manufacturing is now a cornerstone of the U.S. industrial economy. Over 70 new domestic clean energy component manufacturing facilities started operations in 2025, pushing the total footprint to more than 825 facilities." 📈 ♻️ cleanpower.org/wp-content/u...

"Renewables are on the rise across America. America produces more than three times as much power from solar, wind and geothermal sources as we did 10 years ago – enough to power more than 80 million homes. Key technologies such as electric vehicles and battery storage are also growing." ☀️ 📈

The State of Renewable Energy Dashboard

Renewables are on the rise across America. America produces more than three times as much power from solar, wind and geothermal sources as we did 10 years ago – enough to power more than 80 million ho...

environmentamerica.org

"Energy demand has been growing and is expected to shoot even higher in the coming years, but the debate over how to pay for new nuclear power plants is likely stalled in the Missouri legislature for now." 💼 ☢️ www.news-leader.com/story/news/p...

Missouri nuclear power plant debate stalls over funding question

Missouri lawmakers are divided over a policy that would make customers pay for nuclear power plants before they're built.

news-leader.com