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Climate Solutions and Dilemmas in the AI Power Boom: A Lifeline for Carbon Capture?
Author: Lew Daly Given data centers’ typically high capacity and around-the-clock electricity demand, the gas power buildout tied to data centers threatens to have a significant impact on national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Could the data center electricity boom be the problem that finally gives legitimacy and a bankable purpose to carbon capture in the…
Challenges for People and Planet in the Carbon Capture Buildout
Climate Impacts, Community Harms, and the Gulf South Epicenter Carbon capture, utilization, and storage is expanding rapidly, driven by federal tax credits and public subsidies. Yet its climate benefits remain uncertain, while its risks fall heavily on communities already burdened by fossil fuel and petrochemical pollution. The Gulf South—especially Louisiana and Texas—has become the center…
Analysis of Innovative Environmental & Climate Policy Achievements 2025
Frontline communities kept up momentum for climate progress in 2025 despite rollbacks in climate funding, policy, and legislation. In partnership with The Solutions Project (TSP), we helped published a new report that assessed nine illustrative environmental and climate achievements led by or involving TSP grantees, spanning local and state victories across the country, including in…
