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Emails show how Virginia regulators downplayed data center health concerns
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality stepped into a fight over powering AI facilities with natural gas turbines. It could shape the industry’s future.
Trump’s wildfire claims collide with Canada’s fire reality
Republicans are blasting Canadian forest management after smoke recently reached Washington.
Texas green-lights water plan lacking data center forecasts
The Texas Water Development Board's decision means the state's water plan likely won't detail data centers' usage when it is finalized in 2027.
How extreme heat across the world is shifting corporate bottom lines
While intense heat disrupts operations for a variety of industries, it also creates business opportunities for others.
Controversial plastic recycling technology divides New York Democrats
Efforts to combat plastic waste have gotten derailed by the divide over chemical recycling.
Fla. researchers bring endangered elkhorn coral ashore to protect them
Heat causes coral to bleach, which can be fatal if it lasts long enough.
Environment ministry chaos tears France’s centrists apart
France has been through eight ecology ministers in nine years, and Macron’s environmental policies are splitting his supporters ahead of next year’s presidential election.
Trade bloc’s top court takes up unprecedented Peru illegal mining case
Illegal gold mining has become one of the Amazon’s greatest environmental threats, driving deforestation and mercury pollution of rivers across the region.
