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Emails show how Virginia regulators downplayed data center health concerns

11 hours 17 min ago
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

11 hours 18 min ago
Republicans are blasting Canadian forest management after smoke recently reached Washington.

Texas green-lights water plan lacking data center forecasts

11 hours 18 min ago
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

11 hours 19 min ago
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

11 hours 19 min ago
Efforts to combat plastic waste have gotten derailed by the divide over chemical recycling.

Fla. researchers bring endangered elkhorn coral ashore to protect them

11 hours 20 min ago
Heat causes coral to bleach, which can be fatal if it lasts long enough.

Environment ministry chaos tears France’s centrists apart

11 hours 21 min ago
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

11 hours 21 min ago
Illegal gold mining has become one of the Amazon’s greatest environmental threats, driving deforestation and mercury pollution of rivers across the region.

FEMA may lack permanent leader through peak hurricane season

Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:27am
A Senate committee approved nominee Cameron Hamilton on Wednesday. But the full Senate might not act until after August recess.

Data centers drive gas demand — and help a turbine-maker

Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:27am
GE Vernova saw its orders for gas turbines double in the second quarter.

Trump ally floats Republican pitch for sun-blocking technologies

Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:26am
Embracing solar engineering research that could help reduce global warming might also provide a temporary lifeline for fossil fuels, a former Trump adviser said.

Judge faults EPA for ignoring court order on climate grants

Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:25am
Last month, the same judge ruled against the agency for canceling a $3B climate grant program.

A new source of data about data centers reveals their climate impact

Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:25am
With a single number, a new publicly available tracker scores — and highlights — the little-known climate pollution from data centers.

H2O-from-air tech to supply water-stressed suburbs

Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:24am
Water infrastructure company Kubota is buying atmospheric water harvesters made by AirJoule LLC to be initially deployed in California and Texas.

France recorded 5,700 more deaths than usual during historic June heat wave

Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:24am
The excess mortality was the highest from any heat wave since 2003.

As Lake Powell shrinks, marinas have to adapt to dwindling water levels

Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:23am
A record-dry winter and extreme heat — and decades of overuse, chronic drought and climate change — are threatening to pummel the lake to near historic lows.

Power blackouts sweep North Africa as heat strains aging grids

Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:23am
The recent outages highlight the struggles of Libya, Tunisia and Algeria to keep decades-old facilities running and, in some cases, show an acute shortfall of fuels.

Panel advances bill to kill worker heat protections

Wed, 07/22/2026 - 6:12am
The House Education and Workforce Committee approved the legislation along party lines.

California sues EPA over delayed climate-friendly coolant rule

Wed, 07/22/2026 - 6:11am
Manufacturers and green groups have already challenged the Trump administration’s decision to give industries five more years to phase out potent greenhouse gases.

Nonprofits go to court to recoup canceled solar grants

Wed, 07/22/2026 - 6:10am
The groups allege the Trump administration illegally ended a $7 billion Biden-era residential solar program.

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