Big Tech’s Data Center Boom Poses New Risk to Grid Operators March 21, 2025 By Tim McLaughlin Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the...
Edison Says Wildfire Fund May Shield Balance Sheet From LA Fire Claims February 28, 2025 By Laila Kearney and Tim McLaughlin California’s $21 billion wildfire fund may shield Edison International’s balance sheet if equipment owned by the company’s electric utility is...
Southern California Edison Gear Ignited More Fires in 2024 Than Previous Year February 13, 2025 By Tim McLaughlin Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited nearly 60% more fires in 2024 than in the previous year, mainly tiny ones that...
Americans Bake in Record-Breaking Heatwave July 21, 2022 By Tim McLaughlin and Brendan O'Brien Some 100 million Americans from New York City to Las Vegas are under heat warnings this week as temperatures rise...
Creaky U.S. Power Grid Threatens Progress on Renewables, EVs May 12, 2022 By Tim McLaughlin After decades of struggle, the U.S. clean-energy business is booming, with soaring electric-car sales and fast growth in wind and...
Harmful Soot Unchecked as Big Oil Battles EPA Over Testing: INSIGHT January 7, 2022 By Tim McLaughlin A deadly form of soot pollution from U.S. refineries has gone unregulated for decades because of a dispute between the...
NFL Owner Kraft Sued Over South Carolina Paper Mill’s Harmful Pollution August 17, 2021 By Tim McLaughlin A South Carolina paper mill, whose foul smell has triggered more than 30,000 complaints, has become one of the dirtiest...
Argo Shareholders Not Alone in Wondering About CEO Corporate Jet Use December 2, 2019 By Tim McLaughlin As U.S. corporate jet use approaches pre-financial crisis levels and chief executives take an increasing number of personal trips on...
Corporations Grow Nervous as Compensation for Directors Rises November 12, 2019 By Tim McLaughlin It’s nice work if you can get it. The average annual compensation for non-executive directors at S&P 500 companies rose...
Activists Push Big Index Funds to Back Shareholder Votes on Climate Risk Disclosure October 9, 2019 By Ross Kerber and Tim McLaughlin The far-reaching impacts of climate change on companies have investors pressing corporate leaders for action to minimize environmental damage and...