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Trump Order Threatens States That Enact AI Laws the Admin Deems “Excessive”
The order threatens to withhold federal funding from states or sue states that implement AI regulations.
Secretive New Mexico Data Center Plan Races Forward Despite Community Pushback
To power the growing demand for AI, New Mexico is gearing up to build a data center with a city-sized carbon footprint.
Trump’s Second Term Dispels Any Notion of CEOs Saving Us From Climate Crisis
Corporate actors have shed any pretense of climate action and now openly back Trump’s doubling down on fossil fuels.
Why Is Bill Gates Attacking Climate Science?
Silicon Valley has a financial reason for wanting to slow down the global movement to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
6 Democratic Governors Have Linked Arms With the GOP to Push Fossil Fuels
A bipartisan group of 13 governors urges Congress to “reform” energy permitting. It’s a terrible idea.
Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.
Black Communities Across the US Refuse to Be Sacrifice Zones for Data Centers
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
If You’re Thinking of Snagging a Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First
Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.
Big Tech Data Centers Compound Decades of Environmental Racism in the South
The American South has long been a site of both corporate extraction and fierce political resistance.
Data Centers Consume Massive Amounts of Water, But Tech Firms Don’t Say How Much
These facilities compete for water with existing communities and may deplete local groundwater aquifers.