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Meta announced 6.6 gigawatts of nuclear energy projects specifically to power its AI data centers

AI data center power demand has hit 29.6 gigawatts — roughly what it takes to power the entire state of New York at peak

Nuclear power set a global output record last year — and the IEA says nuclear plus renewables will generate half of all electricity by 2030

The Department of Energy awarded $94 million to speed up small modular reactor deployments across the United States

Record-breaking heat in California melted a meager snowpack weeks early — setting up late May and June for elevated wildfire risk in the foothills

51% of the United States now sits in moderate drought or worse — and the season’s worst fire months are still ahead

Wildfires have burned 1.88 million acres in 2026 — more than any year in the last decade by mid-May — and peak season hasn’t started

El Niño is developing faster than expected — European models show it could reach +3 degrees C above average by late fall

NOAA raises El Niño’s probability to 82% through winter and warns a Super El Niño could match or exceed the strongest on record

A multi-day severe weather outbreak starts Saturday across the Plains — Sunday could bring the most widespread tornado risk of the season

Severe thunderstorms with large hail and tornadoes target the central Plains Friday night as a dryline fires up supercells across Nebraska and Kansas

Super El Niño could shatter every temperature record since 1877 — and it’s now outpacing both the 1997 and 2015 events at the same developmental stage

El Niño now has an 82% chance of becoming a monster — NOAA says it could rival the strongest event in recorded history

Severe storms target the central Plains and upper Midwest this weekend with a multi-day tornado outbreak starting Saturday

Scattered supercells are possible Saturday across the central plains — with large hail and a few tornadoes near a dryline

1.88 million acres burned across 25,500 fires in 2026 — nearly double the 10-year average before summer begins

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