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Mapping the US Counties Where Climate Doubt is Spreading
Denial of the human role in climate change has long been a component – and often…
Proposed Data Centers Could Use More Electricity Than All Alabama Homes Combined, Analysis Shows. Who Will Pay?
Alabama Power has guaranteed that residents’ power bills won’t increase as a result. Can the state’s…
Why This Hurricane Season Might Turn Out to Be a Quiet One
The hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. On May 21, NOAA issued its…
These Midwest Counties Are Under Flood Warnings due to Storms
Rain storms across parts of the Midwest have pushed major waterways in the region past the…
Most Expensive Climate Disasters In US Cities Since 1990
Ask Americans about the most severe climate disaster to strike a U.S. city this century, and…
Your gas car works fine. Consider an EV anyway, scientists say
“This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” A few…
From Deepwater Horizon to Donora: America’s Biggest Environmental Disasters
This correspondent remembers the Deepwater Horizon spill and covered the story for months. The leak, which…
AI Applications for Oil and Gas Companies Worsen Climate Pollution
A new peer-reviewed study suggests that productivity for fossil fuel companies boosted by AI tools will…
Communities Where Home Values Plummeted After Data Centers Arrived
The era of artificial intelligence has ushered in a data center construction boom. Effectively a warehouse…
NYC Wants to Use Thermal Energy to Cool Subway Stations
The stations can become “underground saunas” in the summer. An $800,000 pilot study could help lower…
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America Fixing Its Very Old Energy Grid
Because of electricity demand from AI data centers and air conditioning, and the risk of fires, utilities have started investing tens of billions of dollars to upgrade the grid. They are using AI for modeling and putting some wires underground. It will take years to finish the work.
