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Everett Sloane

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Power and Grids

PJM — the U.S. grid serving 65 million people — projects a 6 gigawatt power shortage by 2027 as AI data centers swallow capacity

May 17, 2026

Power and Grids

49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power as their utility diverts electricity to nearby AI data centers

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

Six straight days of tornado outbreaks are rolling across the central Plains — forecasters warn EF-2+ tornadoes, 85 mph winds, and large hail through Tuesday

May 17, 2026

Nuclear

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

May 16, 2026

Energy & Climate

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

May 16, 2026

Nuclear

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

May 16, 2026

Nuclear

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

May 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

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

May 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

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

May 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

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

May 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

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

May 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

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

May 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

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

May 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

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

May 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

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

May 16, 2026

Extreme Weather

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

May 16, 2026

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