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Opinion: Earle-Sears says renewable energy isn’t as clean as people think

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson

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Did the world’s largest data center campus just get canceled? The answer is complicated
As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

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