Google inks $3bn US hydropower deal as it expands energy-hungry datacenters

The tech giant will buy 3GW of US hydropower in deal to fuel AI and data center growth across eastern states

The Guardian
At COP28, More Than 20 Nations Pledge to Triple Nuclear Capacity

The group, including Britain, France and the United States, said the agreement was critical to meeting nations’ climate commitments.

The New York Times

The #Economics of #DeathByCarbon are alive in #Wyoming and other #CarbonGrifter States.
#PervBoy Bill (#BillGates) riding in on his #SMR horse will not save them.
They need to stop playing victim and embrace #BehavioralChange. Much can be done to re-purpose these #Energy #Brownfield sites and to #transform them into #RenewableEnergy bastions with jobs for all. It takes #Leadership, not Pols to do this. Stop #WorkingTheCleanEnergyGrift and Buck-up #WY.

https://wapo.st/3G90nD6

A fading coal town hitches its hopes to Bill Gates’s clean-energy dream

With a $4 billion plant on the horizon, Kemmemer, Wyo., symbolizes both its state’s changing energy landscape and the country’s nuclear-power ambitions.

The Washington Post

The cynicism of #WorkingTheCleanEnergyGrift is quite alive in Michigan (my home state). Why do Dems think that the #greenwashing of #FossilFuels isn't cynical, much less counterproductive? #NaturalGas + #CarbonCapture = #DeathByCarbon.

Wake up people. #CleanEnergyGrifters #GriftersGonnaGrift in MI and elsewhere.

https://wapo.st/3sJ6x9C

How Gretchen Whitmer is quietly solving a big problem for Democrats

Bold climate action from the Michigan governor gives the left a new guide for winning back working people.

The Washington Post
Zero mention of the #ClimateEmergency, but maximum focus on making money off of the #IRA by #WorkingTheCleanEnergyGrift. This is NOT #ClimateAction, but a continuation of the #greed & #avarice that got us here. #Decarbonization (#AtScale), #Electrification & #BehavioralChange. #GriftersGonnaGrift. The New Climate Law Is Working. Clean Energy Investments Are Soaring. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/opinion/climate-clean-energy-investment.html?smid=tw-share
Opinion | The New Climate Law Is Working. Clean Energy Investments Are Soaring.

The investment wave has the potential to drive a more rapid and efficient decarbonization of the economy while increasing the supply of clean energy.

The New York Times