A Michigan Town Hopes to Stop a Data Center With a 2026 Ballot Initiative
Oct 9, 2025, 5:00 am By By Tom Perkins
Local officials see millions of dollars in tax revenue, but more than 950 residents who signed…The AI Data Center Boom Comes to Vernon
Oct 9, 2025, 4:50 am By By Ashley Orona, LA Public Press
While nationwide, neighborhoods have fought to keep the electricity- and water-hungry data centers…Despite Stiff Opposition, an Alabama City Changes Its Laws to Accommodate Data Centers
7:50pm By By Lanier Isom
Residents in and around Bessemer expressed continued disapproval of a plan to build a 14.5 million…In Hurricane-Prone Florida, a New State Law Blocks Local Policies Aimed at Reducing the Impact of Disasters
7:34pm By By Amy Green
The DeSantis administration has since targeted local sustainability and resilience policies. Now…Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Drives Emissions of a Powerful Greenhouse Gas. It Doesn’t Have To.
4:47pm By By Anika Jane Beamer
Corn monocropping emits higher levels of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas which traps heat in the…Los Alamos and the University of Michigan Want To Build a National Security and AI ‘Data Center’ in Ypsilanti Township That Residents and Local Officials Say Will Provide Few Benefits
5:00am By By Tom Perkins
Local officials allege the University of Michigan is being “deceptive” over its plans for the…Arizona Rural Grassroots Organizers Take on Industrial Developers, Aided by Urban Allies
4:50am By By Julia Tilton, The Daily Yonder
When residents of Benson, Arizona, began organizing against an aluminum recycling plant, a Tucson…Global Renewable Power Capacity Expected to More than Double by 2030
Tue 6:08pm By By Kiley Bense
The expansion comes despite a dramatic decrease in the projection for growth in the United States.…Jane Goodall’s Final Message: ‘Don’t Give Up’
Tue 4:56pm By By Kiley Price
Primatologist and global icon Jane Goodall died last week at 91. Her legacy lives on in the next…EPA Drops Planned Delay in Compliance With Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants
Tue 11:20am By By Jon Hurdle
Residents will no longer have to wait two years to find out whether they are breathing benzene and…Natural Disasters Are a Rising Burden for the National Guard
Tue 5:00am By By Marianne Lavelle
New Pentagon data show climate impacts shaping reservists’ mission, in potential conflict with…Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking
Tue 4:55am By By Kiley Bense
Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are…New Report Marks a Decade of Progress, Challenges on Global Decarbonization
Oct 6, 2025, 7:34 pm By By Bob Berwyn
Extreme shifts in federal climate policy will make it hard for the U.S. to reach the Paris Agreement…As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn
Oct 6, 2025, 6:38 pm By By Wyatt Myskow
A new report from a coalition of environmental organizations offers recommendations on how to…Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant
Oct 6, 2025, 6:02 pm By By Dylan Baddour
In August a judge struck down the local school board’s decision to negotiate tax breaks for Exxon,…Along the Banks of the Mon River, Fracking Waste in a Landfill Once Again Poses a Pollution Problem
Oct 6, 2025, 4:58 pm By By Reid Frazier
A judge barred the landfill from sending its "leachate" wastewater to treatment plants in the…Amid Rollbacks on Environmental Protections, the EPA Goes the Other Way on Delaware River Water Quality
Oct 6, 2025, 12:03 pm By By Jon Hurdle
Environmental activists praise the new rule, which will improve the health of the river for fish.…New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires
Oct 6, 2025, 5:00 am By By Aidan Hughes, Martha Pskowski
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among…Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests
Oct 6, 2025, 4:55 am By By K.R. Callaway
Already plagued by industrial pollution and health care access issues, experts say climate change is…The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights
Oct 5, 2025, 5:00 am By By Katie Surma
A growing number of scientists are backing laws recognizing that nature has inherent rights and…
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