‘We are screwed’: People near data centers dread heat wave pollution Politico | Energy & Environment By: By Ariel Wittenberg and Benjamin Storrow 2 July 2026 at 02:37 Extreme temperatures threaten to strain the grid as data centers are increasing energy demand. What could go wrong? © Francis Chung/POLITICO
‘More people die in the winter’: Wright downplays Europe’s deadly heat wave Politico | Energy & Environment By: By Sara Schonhardt, Ariel Wittenberg, Charlie Cooper and Nicholas Earl 27 June 2026 at 04:17 The U.S. Energy secretary made his comments as the EU warned of life-threatening dangers from record-high temperatures. © Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report Politico | Energy & Environment By: By Corbin Hiar, Lesley Clark and Chelsea Harvey 11 June 2026 at 16:45 An emerging field of research that can measure how much climate change has worsened individual disasters is under attack by friends of the fossil fuel industry. Billions of dollars are at stake. © Francis Chung/POLITICO