Category: Climate change
Why one Michigan township just rejected data centers, while another stays open to them
Meridian Township, east of Lansing, adopted a data center moratorium. Just a day earlier, Lowell Township, outside Grand Rapids, rejected one.
Hydrostor’s Underground Pumped Hydro Ontario Storage Plan Runs Into the BESS Benchmark
Ontario does not need another storage technology startup searching for a problem today. It needs capacity, flexibility, and reliability in specific places where the grid is constrained and where new generation and wires take years to build. That is the right way to look at Hydrostor’s proposed Quinte Energy Storage … [continued]
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Strait Of Hormuz Sulfur Shock Previews Fertilizer’s Future
When people think about the Strait of Hormuz, they think about oil tankers, LNG carriers, naval escorts, insurance premiums, and the price of gasoline. They generally do not think about yellow piles of sulfur beside gas plants, phosphate fertilizer complexes, or the acid circuits that keep copper and nickel processing … [continued]
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Poland Bought Hydrogen Buses. Then The Fuel Bills Arrived
CEE Bankwatch’s May 2026 report, Hydrogen buses in Poland: Where did it all go wrong?, is useful because it moves the hydrogen bus debate out of the brochure and into the depot. It is not another model of what hydrogen might cost in 2035. It is a record of what … [continued]
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Storms knock out power for over 100,000 MI utility customers
Michigan has had several severe storms in 2026. Another one hit Monday, leaving many Michiganders without power. Morning Edition got an update on the restoration work.