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Power and Grids

Denmark just slammed the brakes on new data centers entirely — pausing construction as surging server farms threaten to overwhelm the national grid

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

A Dutch-French team just tapped Hyundai to build molten-salt reactors — a design that runs hot at normal pressure instead of risking a meltdown

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Britain just picked the site for its first small modular reactors at Wylfa — a single project built to pump 1.5 gigawatts into the grid

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

The Energy Department just handed eight companies $94 million to fast-track small modular reactors — clearing the licensing and supply snags that stall new plants

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Record heat is about to slam 22 states this week — 61 million Americans brace for 90-plus degrees as a heat ridge builds toward a scorching summer

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Indonesia just raised Lewotobi volcano to its second-highest alert as tremors build — the same peak that grounded flights and buried villages last year

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

The Storm Prediction Center warns damaging winds and hail from the Ohio Valley to New England today as the cold front throws its last punch

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

America’s power grids just caught a surprise summer break — AI data centers are plugging in far slower than utilities feared, easing the blackout threat

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

NOAA reveals its official 2026 hurricane forecast today — a strengthening El Niño is already shredding storms apart before the season even begins

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

The Air Force just fired an unarmed Minuteman III across the Pacific from Vandenberg — a live test of the nuclear missiles on watch for 50 years

By Everett Sloane

Energy Transition

More than 100% of Scotland’s electricity just came from renewables across a record stretch — wind alone now out-produces the entire country’s demand

By Everett Sloane

Energy Transition

BYD just overtook Tesla as the world’s biggest battery-storage supplier — grabbing 13% of the global market in a single quarter

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

AEP just threatened to walk away from two power grids over connection delays as AI data-center demand buckles the nation’s largest utilities

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

The wait for a high-power grid transformer just stretched from 30 months to five years — stranding every new AI data center trying to connect

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

The NRC just set a lighter rulebook for fusion plants — regulating tritium and activated metal instead of the meltdown risks that fission carries

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

Zap Energy just pivoted to add nuclear fission to its fusion program — hedging its bet as the race to power AI data centers heats up

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Kanlaon just threw ash plumes over the central Philippines as Taal climbs to Alert Level 2 — two more volcanoes stirring while Mayon keeps erupting

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

51% of the Lower 48 just slipped into moderate drought or worse — tightening the grip on 155 million Americans before peak fire season even starts

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

AccuWeather now expects 65,000 to 80,000 wildfires across the U.S. this year — potentially torching as much as 8 million acres

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Behind this week’s cold front, millions will wake to temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below normal — with frost advisories possible deep into the South

By Everett Sloane

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