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👁 FILE – A worker does checks on battery storage pods at Orsted’s Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Energy
Energy
Solar power and battery storage are booming despite Trump policy whiplash as clean energy meets soaring data center demand
👁 A police vehicle rests at an intersection near crime scene tape at Brown University, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Providence, R.I., following a Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 shooting at the university. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
North America
North America
Police have person of interest in custody over Brown University shooting that killed 2, wounded 9
👁 Former Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Environment
Environment
Trump’s interior secretary pick Doug Burgum says U.S. needs to make more electricity from coal to win AI arms race
👁 Aerial view of US Steel factory with smokestacks, Granite City, Illinois. (Photo by: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Environment
Environment