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Climate Change Solutions - June 2, 2026
EESI announced its new analysis of bipartisanship on climate and energy in the 119th Congress and is hosting its 29th annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EXPO on June 24.
- Main announcement: EESI released a new analysis of bipartisanship on environmental, energy, and climate bills (analysis covers January–March 2026) and is convening EXPO 2026 on June 24, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Rayburn House Office Building (Gold Room and Foyer) and online (reception 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.); event is free and open to the public with RSVP available.
- Additional details / context: The newsletter summarizes congressional activity including the House Appropriations Committee advancing the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2027 (H.R.9022), multiple geothermal bills advanced by the House Committee on Natural Resources (e.g., Geo Act H.R.301, H.R.398, H.R.1077, H.R.1687, H.R.5617, H.R.5631, H.R.5638), introduction and markup of the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R.8870), and the Community Flood Resilience Act (H.R.9056) introduced by Reps. Andrew Garbarino and Gregory Meeks.
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Daily briefing: Bad supervisors bump early-career researchers out of academia
A drug trial report shows that the experimental drug daraxonrasib nearly doubled median survival in people with advanced pancreatic cancer.
- Main announcement: daraxonrasib targets all three RAS proteins and in a trial of 500 people with advanced pancreatic cancer patients who received the drug lived 13.2 months versus 6.7 months for chemotherapy; results reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2605555).
- Background and other details: The Nature Briefing compiles other verifiable items in the issue, including a federal judge blocking the Trump administration’s move to transfer NCAR’s supercomputing centre in Wyoming (ruling calls the action “capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law”), concerns about AI in social sciences, warnings on Ebola preparedness by Kevin Ariën, and conservation work at Kew/Millennium Seed Bank (29 seeds collected, 8 germinated).
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Targeted Pressure: How Chinese Manufacturing Competition Impacts US States
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has published a report finding Chinese industrial policy is reshaping global manufacturing and harming industries across every U.S. state.
- Main finding & method: The ITIF report (June 1, 2026) analyzes one “national power industry” per state using County Business Patterns employment data, HS/SITC export proxies, and global market-share series to conclude that state-backed Chinese subsidies, export pushes, and overcapacity are driving down prices and pressuring U.S. producers in sectors such as semiconductors, batteries, aircraft, and fabricated metals.
- Key facts, numbers, and timelines:China plans ~$150 billion in semiconductor investment through 2030 vs. $52 billion under the U.S. CHIPS funding; the report cites $63.3 billion Chinese semiconductor spending in H1 2025, TSMC’s $165 billion U.S. investment announcement, GE Appliances’ $490 million Appliance Park investment (2025), and state/national export shares and HS-code trade series used throughout the analyses.
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US energy storage installations hit Q1 record, up 32% year over year: SEIA
SEIA reported record 9.7 GWh of battery energy storage installed in Q1 2026.
- Main announcement: SEIA said the U.S. installed 9.7 GWh of battery energy storage in Q1 2026 (a 32% YoY increase), with commercial & industrial 648 MWh, utility-scale 1.5 GW / 7.8 GWh, and residential 515 MWh; Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (for SEIA) forecasts 613 GWh of U.S. storage deployment by 2030.
- Background and details: SEIA and Benchmark highlighted data centers as a major driver (example: Meta + Enbridge will build 365 MW solar colocated with 200 MW / 1.6 GWh of Tesla batteries to support a Cheyenne, WY data center with 8-hour discharge capability); SEIA also flagged 101 GW of clean projects under political threat and said 36% of projects due by 2030 could be affected; 13 states have storage targets and cumulative deployment leaders include California 60.6 GWh, Texas 29.2 GWh, Arizona 20.2 GWh.
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Enbridge to Develop $1.2 Billion Solar & Storage Project to Power Meta Data Centers
Enbridge announced a new $1.2 billion Cowboy Project — a 365 MW solar plant paired with a 200 MW / 1600 MWh BESS — near Cheyenne, Wyoming to provide dispatchable power to Meta’s data center operations.
- Project details: The Cowboy Project will combine 365 MW solar and a 200 MW / 1600 MWh battery energy storage system, with an expected in-service date by end of 2027, and a reported project value of $1.2 billion. Tesla will supply and service the batteries; Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power (CLFP) will deliver power to Meta under Wyoming’s Large Power Contract Service (LPCS) tariff and contract the BESS under a long-term battery tolling agreement.
- Partnership and context: This expands the Enbridge–Meta clean energy partnership to approximately 1.6 GW of contracted capacity across North America, adding to Enbridge projects supporting Meta including Clear Fork Solar (600 MW), Easter Wind (152 MW) and Cone Wind (300 MW). The article references a BloombergNEF report noting Meta contracted 10.24 GW of clean energy in 2025 and Meta’s net-zero and 100% renewable electricity matching targets through 2030.
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Enbridge, Meta to build 365 MW/200 MW solar/storage project
Enbridge has announced an expansion of its clean energy partnership with Meta to develop the first phase of the Cowboy Project in Wyoming.
- Project details: The Wyoming phase will supply Meta data centers with 365 MW of solar and a 200 MW / 1,600 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS); Tesla will provide the batteries, Enbridge expects to invest $1.2 billion, and the project is expected to enter service by the end of 2027. Power will be delivered to Meta through Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power under Wyoming’s Large Power Contract Service (LPCS) tariff.
- Background and agreements: The announcement expands a partnership that now totals 1.6 GW of solar, wind and storage capacity developed with Meta; Enbridge and Meta previously developed the 600-MW Clear Fork Solar, 152-MW Easter Wind, and 300-MW Cone Wind projects. The LPCS tariff (developed with Microsoft and Black Hills Energy) is open to retail customers over 13 MW and requires customer-owned, behind-the-meter dispatchable generation onsite for reliability and backup; the BESS capacity is contracted under a long-term battery tolling agreement with Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power under the same tariff.
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Three Rural Providers Band Together To Build 2,000-Mile Fiber Route
Dakota Carrier Network, Range and WIN Technology announced a joint $700 million investment to build the Heartland Fiber Project expanding high-capacity fiber across the American heartland.
- Main announcement: The three providers committed $700 million to deploy the Heartland Fiber Project across Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois; construction begins this summer with deployment expected over the next one to two years and the network will include high-fiber-count infrastructure and additional conduit capacity to scale bandwidth for AI hyperscale data center demand.
- Background and details: The project targets markets offering available power, land and lower cooling costs to attract hyperscalers; CEOs Rob Johnstone (Range) and Seth Arndorfer (Dakota Carrier Network) framed the deal as improving scale/resiliency and competitiveness for hyperscaler investment. The article also references Zayo’s recent acquisition of Crown Castle fiber assets as sector context.
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Daily briefing: Why humans sleep so much less than other apes
The universities that manage the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have sued the Trump administration over plans to dismantle NCAR and transfer parts of it to other public and private institutions.
- Main action: The universities are suing the Trump administration and challenging actions by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) that would hand off pieces of NCAR, including a supercomputing centre in Wyoming, as well as parts of its aeroplane fleet, space-weather studies and climate-modelling teams; the administration has characterized NCAR as a source of “climate alarmism”.
- Background and context: The suit contends the NSF is moving too quickly and without authority; the report frames this as the start of a broader, ongoing legal and policy battle over NCAR’s future. Other items in the briefing include Elsevier joining a class-action suit against Meta over AI training on copyrighted works, a ransomware breach affecting thousands on the Canvas platform, and features on sleep and genomic regulatory research.
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World-leading climate centre takes Trump administration to court
UCAR (the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) has sued the US government and asked a court to freeze plans to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
- Main action:UCAR (a coalition of around 130 universities) sued the government in March and on 3 April asked a US district court judge to freeze plans to transfer stewardship of NCAR’s supercomputing centre in Cheyenne, Wyoming; a court hearing took place on 7 May and Judge R. Brooke Jackson said he would issue a decision “as promptly as possible”.
- Background and timeline: Documents show the White House budget office instructed the NSF in November to begin restructuring NCAR to align with Administration priorities; the NSF requested proposals and public comments (deadline 13 March) but told NCAR officials on 12 February that it had decided to transfer the supercomputing centre; UCAR argues the process is a “sham process” while the NSF says “a final decision has not been made to transfer stewardship.”
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Power Drives the AI Data Center Boom, but Connectivity Cannot be Overlooked
An analysis argues that data center operators must prioritize power and optical connectivity for AI.
- Main point: The piece highlights power and optical connectivity as essential prerequisites for AI, citing Omdia’s forecast that global IT load power capacity will reach 314 GW by 2030 and noting the emergence of the “scale across“ concept (coined in 2025 by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang) which requires 800 Gbps+, low-latency optical links to operate multi-site AI clusters and gigawatt-scale training campuses.
- Background/details: The article is commentary/analysis (not a formal project announcement). It documents current industry pressures: typical large colocation sites support 50–100 MW, hyperscaler clusters are being planned at gigawatt scale, regional power supply wait times of 2–5 years, and a shift toward remote rural builds (examples: Lancaster PA; Memphis; Columbus, Ohio; rural Georgia; New Mexico; Wyoming) that require long-haul fiber links sometimes up to ~1,000 km. It references trade shows and forums including Metro Connect (Florida), Nvidia’s GTC, OFC, and the Optica Executive Forum.