{ "entity": "WhaleNews", "subtitle": "An eCorp Venture", "domain": "whalenews.com", "vertical": "Climate & Energy", "count": 18, "generated_at": "2026-06-03T13:50:06.729Z", "articles": [ { "title": "In Alabama Primary Elections, Incumbent Utility Regulators Feel the Squeeze of High Energy Prices", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03062026/alabama-utility-regulators-primary-election/", "summary": "MONTGOMERY, Ala.—For some incumbents, politics have turned sour in sweet home Alabama. In the May 26 primary election for two seats on the Public Service Commission, the state’s utility regulator, voters rejected one incumbent and sent another to a runoff.  The electoral shakeup ", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "A New N.C. Ratepayer Bill Puts the Brakes on Data Centers, but Incentivizes Fossil Fuels", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03062026/north-carolina-ratepayer-protection-act-fuels-power-plants/", "summary": "RALEIGH, N.C.—The Ratepayer Protection Act, wending its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas: rein in data centers and their power consumption but liberate Duke Energy from limits on fossil fuels. The first section of Senate Bill 730 would forbi", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "New York backtracked on its climate goals. Here’s why.", "url": "https://grist.org/politics/new-york-kathy-hochul-climate-law-clcpa-natural-gas-methane/", "summary": "Lawmakers wanted to lead the energy transition, but Governor Kathy Hochul is worried about the cost of ditching natural gas.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062026/wetlands-destruction-will-worsen-flooding/", "summary": "The destruction of wetlands in the United States has increased the amount of flood insurance claims by $10 billion over the past 40 years, a phenomenon expected to worsen in tandem with climate change, according to new research.  The peer-reviewed study, conducted by scientists a", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:15:26 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Alligator Alcatraz Emissions Threaten Human Health, Violate Clean Air Act, Lawsuit Claims", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062026/alligator-alcatraz-diesel-emissions-lawsuit/", "summary": "A new federal lawsuit contends emissions at the Everglades migrant detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz, associated with more than 200 diesel-burning generators and 100 diesel-burning lighting towers, are harmful to human health and the environment and violate the Clean Air", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "In New Jersey, Sherrill Agrees to Delay Protections Against Sea Level Rise", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062026/new-jersey-delays-sea-level-rise-protections/", "summary": "After months of complaints from business and political leaders about new coastal management rules, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is now facing blistering criticism from environmental advocates for agreeing to a one-year delay and new review of regulations intended to prepare the", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:55:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "DOE Restarts Home Efficiency Rebates, and Electrification Is the Biggest Loser", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01062026/energy-department-restarts-home-efficiency-rebates/", "summary": "Federal energy efficiency rebate programs will no longer cover a switch from fossil fuels to electricity for heating, according to long-awaited guidance from the Department of Energy. The department published an update on how it will implement consumer programs with $8.8 billion ", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:31:26 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "The fight to protect pollinators and people from the ‘pesticides that are everywhere’", "url": "https://grist.org/sponsored/the-fight-to-protect-pollinators-and-people-from-the-pesticides-that-are-everywhere/", "summary": "Neonics are contaminating ecosystems and communities.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:33:53 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "A simple — yet expensive — way to climate-proof the grid: Bury the power lines", "url": "https://grist.org/solutions/a-simple-yet-expensive-way-to-climate-proof-the-grid-bury-the-power-lines/", "summary": "Underground power lines are far less vulnerable to extreme weather, but burying them doesn't come cheap. After a historic ice storm in northern Michigan, utilities there are reconsidering the cost.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico’s latest oilfield challenge", "url": "https://grist.org/energy/70-foot-wastewater-geyser-reflects-new-mexicos-latest-oilfield-challenge/", "summary": "It’s a towering example of the contentious debate over what to do with the state’s ever-growing supply of oilfield waste.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Sun, 31 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "A first among major nations, India is industrializing with solar", "url": "https://grist.org/energy/a-first-among-major-nations-india-is-industrializing-with-solar/", "summary": "India is increasingly turning to cheap solar to meet its booming energy needs. Its solar buildout could soon be a model for other emerging economies.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Sat, 30 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Ask a Climate Therapist: Is it still ‘catastrophizing’ if the threat is real?", "url": "https://grist.org/culture/ask-a-climate-therapist-is-it-still-catastrophizing-if-the-threat-is-real/", "summary": "Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport breaks down some of the tools that can help manage anxiety in the face of mounting climate catastrophe.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Fri, 29 May 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Everlane, Shein, and the myth of sustainable fashion", "url": "https://grist.org/culture/everlane-shein-and-the-myth-of-sustainable-fashion/", "summary": "No matter what a retailer says about its climate goals, its main goal is to make you buy more clothes.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Thu, 28 May 2026 18:46:56 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "The world’s largest data center was supposed to run on 100% natural gas. Utah’s Republican governor says ‘never.’", "url": "https://grist.org/accountability/data-center-natural-gas-utah-cox-box-elder-stratos/", "summary": "Governor Spencer Cox says nuclear, geothermal, and solar power should help fuel the colossal Stratos Project.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Thu, 28 May 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "‘I need Chevron’: The oil company at the center of the California governor’s race", "url": "https://grist.org/politics/chevron-oil-california-governor-becerra-steyer/", "summary": "California is trying to phase out fossil fuels, but it still needs gas. That makes for messy politics.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Tue, 26 May 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year", "url": "https://grist.org/energy/solar-to-overtake-coal-on-texas-grid-for-the-first-time-ever-this-year/", "summary": "The Trump administration likes to cast renewables as a socialist scam, but solar has soared in the competitive markets of the Lone Star State.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Sat, 23 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "In the Wake of Georgia’s Blue Wave, Alabama Changed Its Utility Regulation Elections. This Black Democrat Is Suing.", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03062026/alabama-public-service-commission-restructuring-lawsuit/", "summary": "MONTGOMERY, Ala—Sheila McNeil thought she knew the race ahead of her.  Without a primary challenger, McNeil knew she was slated to be the Democratic nominee for a seat on the Public Service Commission, the state agency charged with regulating utilities like Alabama Power.  Then, ", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:55:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "An Iowa Town Spent $800,000 On a New Well. It Pumps Undrinkable Water.", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03062026/princeton-iowa-contaminated-drinking-water/", "summary": "PRINCETON, Iowa—From the beginning, the new well was a headache. Late in 2022, an overly powerful pump caused eight months of costly water main breaks in Princeton, a town of nearly 1,000 residents on the banks of the silty Mississippi River. Installing a smaller motor seemed to ", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:50:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 6 } ] }