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“‘The Deluge’ is a realist novel,” says author Stephen Markley of his 2023 epic. “It was about what we are going to live through, and now it’s just about what we are living through.”

Bestselling novelist Stephen Markley’s 2023 epic, “The Deluge,” follows the climate crisis, extreme politics and societal decline in the United States from the years 2013 to 2039 through the eyes of everyone from a climate scientist to a drug addict, an advertising savant and a network of eco-terrorists. But its most cinematically dramatic chapter describes a wildfire destroying Los Angeles in 2031.

A Novelist Imagined a Climate-Driven Wildfire Burning LA, Then Watched It Happen

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A Gas Plant Proposal for Rural Virginia Gets Local Land Use Approval

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The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors went against the county planning commission’s recommendation to reject the project after months of debate.

PALMYRA, Va.—In rural Fluvanna County, between Monticello and Richmond in the middle of Virginia, there’s a clear divide over a natural gas power plant.

A Gas Plant Proposal for Rural Virginia Gets Local Land Use Approval

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Trump Deal for a $33B Gas Megaplant in Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles

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The government’s surprise announcement lacked key details, leading some to doubt if the project can secure equipment, permits and room on the grid any time soon.

This story was originally published by Canary Media.

Trump Deal for a $33B Gas Megaplant in Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles

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Georgia Hasn’t Had a Consumer Advocate for Electric Ratepayers for 18 Years

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A bill to restore the state’s consumer utilities counsel failed to move forward, meaning Georgia will remain one of only a handful of states without a statutory advocate representing ratepayers.

Eighteen years after Georgia eliminated its consumer utility advocate, the fight to bring the office back recently resurfaced at a Senate hearing.

Georgia Hasn’t Had a Consumer Advocate for Electric Ratepayers for 18 Years

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