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AI Data Centers Face Bipartisan Backlash as Maine Veto Halts Statewide Pause

Maine’s veto spotlights a clash over soaring AI power needs versus local costs.

Belgium Moves to Nationalize Nuclear Fleet, Halting Decommissioning

France Relaunches Renewable Auctions, Prioritizing Offshore Wind

UK Sticks With North Sea Licence Ban as Oil Price Shock Fuels Pressure

Japan Temporarily Lifts Limits on Older Coal Plants to Bolster Power Supply

CARB Stands by Cap-and-Invest Update After Warnings of Higher Gas Prices

Germany Drops 2031 Nuclear Waste Repository Deadline in Draft Law

Germany’s Gas Storage Falls to Late‑Winter Lows, With Bavaria Most Exposed

France Takes Minority Stake in Imerys' Allier Lithium Project With €50 Million Investment

Greens Seek Bundestag Hearing as Germany’s Gas Storage Falls Below 30 Percent

Bundesrat Clears Commercial CO2 Capture, Pipelines and Deep Undersea Storage

New York Pauses All‑Electric Buildings Law Pending Appeal

Newsom Vetoes Data Center Water-Reporting Bill, Advances Other Water Measures

Badenoch Pledges to Maximise North Sea Oil and Gas and Reopen Licensing

U.S. Pulls $679 Million From Offshore Wind Ports as White House Shifts to Maritime Priorities

Mahindra Develops E30-Ready Flex-Fuel Engines as E20 Fuels Mileage and Compatibility Concerns

DOE Cancels $4.9 Billion Loan Guarantee for Grain Belt Express

Alberta Reaches Confidential Settlements With Two Coal Firms, Siksika Nation Seeks Review

Spain Will Process Request to Extend Almaraz Nuclear Plant Operations to 2030

Trump Signs Orders to Accelerate U.S. Nuclear Power Expansion