Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights hearing that the industry violently undermines the country’s promised energy transition.
A surge in data centers built to power artificial intelligence is straining the electric grid and pushing consumer power bills higher, with utilities investing in infrastructure that may never be needed.
The Piedmont Environmental Council is exploring whether solar energy and agriculture can share the same land through agrivoltaics—an approach that could help Virginia meet its clean energy goals while preserving farmland.
A new data center in Texas will draw power directly from a nearby wind farm’s surplus energy, using otherwise wasted electricity to fuel Bitcoin and artificial intelligence operations.
