Axios

Iran is considering proposing during talks with the U.S. that the two countries work on an interim nuclear agreement before pursuing negotiations over a comprehensive deal, a European diplomat and a source familiar with the issue told Axios.

Why it matters: President Trump has set a two-month deadline for negotiations with Iran on a new nuclear deal — and in the meantime ordered a build up of U.S. military forces in the Middle East as another option if diplomacy fails.

Base Power, a provider of residential backup batteries in Texas, has raised $200 million in new venture capital funding.

Why it matters: Distributed home power — a key building block to creating virtual power plants — has been tough to scale, outside of rooftop solar.

While plenty of fossil fuels will power data centers, a big new report argues that fears about AI speeding up climate change "appear overstated."

Why it matters: Weighing AI's electricity thirst against ways it can help cut emissions is a wild card in the global energy and carbon future.

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to redefine the word "showerhead" in federal rules, which the White House said would "end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America's showers great again."

The big picture: As part of the Obama administration's environmental measures, the Energy Department said that showerheads should not pour more than 2.5 gallons per minute, including all nozzles. Trump eased this rule during his first term after complaining that some showerheads don't adequately rinse his hair, but the Biden administration reinstated it.

The conventional wisdom about U.S. coal's grim prognosis is a tad murkier after President Trump threw unprecedented government weight behind the fuel.

Why it matters: His plan will test whether forces long battering coal — cheap gas, pollution regs, renewables' rise and more — can be undone by rising power demand and federal intervention.

Climate anxiety is concentrated in big U.S. metros and some coastal communities, recent estimates find.

Why it matters: The findings paint a stark picture of how attitudes toward climate change vary nationwide.