Today’s headlines: Unions fight for offshore wind, data center gas plans double, and more

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OFFSHORE WIND

• As the Trump administration continues to target offshore wind, labor unions are fighting to preserve projects and the jobs they create. (The Guardian)

• The East Coast is reckoning with rising power prices and lagging emissions-reduction progress that offshore wind could help fix, but the industry has gone dormant amid federal attacks and economic stress. (Grist)

DATA CENTERS

• Around 189 GW of natural gas capacity to power data centers has been announced, entered pre-construction, or started being built, up from 97 GW at the end of last year. (Heatmap, Global Energy Monitor)

FEDERAL FUNDING

• A nonpartisan federal report finds the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, or ARPA-E, program has put $4 billion into energy research over the past 15 years, spurring $20 billion in additional funding and leading to more than 1,400 patents. (Grist)

• The DOE and the Small Business Administration announce a partnership meant to further energy technology advancement and scale up domestic manufacturing. (news release)

NUCLEAR

• Tennessee, whose Oak Ridge National Laboratory was once a leader in developing nuclear technology, looks to rejoin the industry with support from the DOE. (Grist)

CLIMATE

• European leaders who previously called out America’s climate rollbacks are now scaling back clean energy action themselves, with the EU relaxing its carbon pricing system and some countries looking to ramp up oil drilling and soften EV targets. (Wall Street Journal)