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Everett Sloane

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Nuclear

The UK just committed £2 billion to quantum computing and £2.5 billion to nuclear fusion — a national bet on energy independence

May 17, 2026

Power and Grids

Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents are about to lose 75% of their power as their utility reroutes lines to hungry AI data centers nearby

May 17, 2026

Energy & Climate

Sightline Climate tracked 12 gigawatts of new AI data center capacity across 140 projects — and a 5-year backlog on transformers just killed half of it

May 17, 2026

Power and Grids

PJM’s power capacity shortfall just hit 6 gigawatts for 2027 — enough to black out six mid-sized U.S. cities at peak demand

May 17, 2026

Nuclear

Commonwealth Fusion’s SPARC reactor is now 75% built in Massachusetts — Google and Eni have already signed power purchase agreements

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

Power demand across the western U.S. is now tracking toward record-tying highs next week as the heat dome builds over the Plains

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

The Drought Monitor now shows 62% of the United States sitting in drought as the driest spring since records began comes to a close

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

The University of Arizona hurricane team forecasts a much more active year — 20 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and an ACE index of 155 units

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

The Colorado State University hurricane team forecasts 13 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes for 2026 — below average, thanks to building El Niño

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

NOAA will issue the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook Thursday in Lakeland — the first federal forecast in the El Niño-strengthening era

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

The mid-Atlantic and Southeast now sit on a 10-to-15-inch rainfall deficit since last fall — and a May heat wave is cooking the last of the moisture out

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

The Storm Prediction Center warns 85 mph wind gusts were measured near Colby, Kansas overnight as the multi-day Plains outbreak builds

May 17, 2026

Power and Grids

AI power demand at data centers can now swing hundreds of megawatts in seconds — outpacing every traditional grid response

May 17, 2026

Energy & Climate

NERC just issued a Level 3 alert about AI data centers going offline without warning — computational loads could increase exponentially in 4 years

May 17, 2026

Power and Grids

American Electric Power just threatened to quit two of the biggest U.S. power grids over delays connecting new AI data centers

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

Atlanta, New York, and Boston will all hit the 90s this week as a May heat wave fries the East Coast and deepens drought

May 17, 2026

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