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    Detroit, Michigan, Residents picket DTE Energy, opposing the electric utility's plan to provide power for a proposed $7 billion data center in rural Michigan.

    A grassroots NIMBY revolt is turning voters in Republican strongholds against the AI data-center boom

    “It’s like the Gilded Age, part two,” Kerwin Olson, a leader of an anti-data center activist group, said. “Only bigger.”

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    December 16, 2025

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    South Dakota regulators shoot down request for carbon dioxide pipeline that was meant to be part of a $5.5bn, 2,000-mile network through 5 states
    Environment

    South Dakota regulators shoot down request for carbon dioxide pipeline that was meant to be part of a $5.5bn, 2,000-mile network through 5 states

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    California legislators approve America’s most expansive greenhouse gas emissions disclosure rules for big business
    Environment

    California legislators approve America’s most expansive greenhouse gas emissions disclosure rules for big business

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    September 12, 2023
    With 4 months still left, the U.S. has already set a new record for the most costly weather disasters in a year—for a total of $58 billion
    Environment

    With 4 months still left, the U.S. has already set a new record for the most costly weather disasters in a year—for a total of $58 billion

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
    September 11, 2023
    Ella Branham
    Environment

    Staying on top of climate change science means letting yourself get bitten by mosquitoes: ‘They’re not very aggressive and they’re kind of picky eaters’

    By Sam Metz, Rick Bowmer and The Associated Press
    September 11, 2023
    Doubling Point Lighthouse
    Environment

    11 lighthouse enthusiasts who are only allowed access once per year fall 10 feet onto rocky Maine mudflats after sudden bridge collapse

    By Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press
    September 11, 2023
    Hurricane Lee shatters rapid-intensification standard, suggesting higher vulnerability for Boston, New York
    Environment

    Hurricane Lee shatters rapid-intensification standard, suggesting higher vulnerability for Boston, New York

    By Jeff Martin and The Associated Press
    September 9, 2023
    Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in six decades claims more than 1,000 lives
    Environment

    Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in six decades claims more than 1,000 lives

    By Souhail Karam and Bloomberg
    September 9, 2023
    Phoenix’s heatwave reaches another level of unbearable by hitting a record-tying 110 degrees for the 53rd day—with more extreme heat expected
    Environment

    Phoenix’s heatwave reaches another level of unbearable by hitting a record-tying 110 degrees for the 53rd day—with more extreme heat expected

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    Emerging Gen Z superstar Coco Gauff doesn’t mind climate activist gluing himself to concrete: ‘I can’t get too mad at it’

    By Brian Mahoney, Howard Fendrich and The Associated Press
    September 8, 2023
    Puerto Rico heat
    Environment

    Puerto Rican school kids are roasting in the heat with no AC because the governor vetoed a bill mandating it across the island

    By Danica Coto and The Associated Press
    September 8, 2023
    Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary holding a model plane and smiling
    Environment

    Climate activists greet Ryanair CEO with a pie in the face, but he rips them for using artificial cream: ‘I invite passengers to come to Ireland where the cream is better!’

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    September 8, 2023
    Leaders gathered at the G20 summit in India will struggle to reach a consensus as politics and war trump climate change and economics

    Leaders gathered at the G20 summit in India will struggle to reach a consensus as politics and war trump climate change and economics

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    September 8, 2023
    Texas’ deregulated power grid keeps failing, first during 2021’s historic blizzard and now during 2023’s historic heat wave
    Environment

    Texas’ deregulated power grid keeps failing, first during 2021’s historic blizzard and now during 2023’s historic heat wave

    By Juan Lozano and The Associated Press
    September 7, 2023
    Daniil Medvedev
    Environment

    Tennis’ No. 3 player warns that ‘dangerous’ climate change won’t just ruin the sport, someone is ‘gonna die’

    By Howard Fendrich and The Associated Press
    September 7, 2023
    From America’s IRA to China’s eco-civilization, a new global consensus is emerging. Globalization and growth are out, redesigning society is in

    From America’s IRA to China’s eco-civilization, a new global consensus is emerging. Globalization and growth are out, redesigning society is in

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    September 7, 2023
    Biden administration has canceled the 7 remaining oil and gas leases Trump gave in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
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    Biden administration has canceled the 7 remaining oil and gas leases Trump gave in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge

    By Becky Bohrer, Matthew Daly and The Associated Press
    September 7, 2023
    Scorching temperatures made this summer a record breaker and raise fears about even more warming that could ‘wreak havoc worldwide’
    Environment

    Scorching temperatures made this summer a record breaker and raise fears about even more warming that could ‘wreak havoc worldwide’

    By Jamey Keaten, Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
    September 6, 2023
    Another hurricane could be headed to Florida—and it’s shaping up to be a massive one
    Environment

    Another hurricane could be headed to Florida—and it’s shaping up to be a massive one

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    September 6, 2023
    Inside the Burning Man ‘mudpocalypse,’ where Silicon Valley CEOs, investors, and billionaires faced off against the powers of nature’s wrath
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    Inside the Burning Man ‘mudpocalypse,’ where Silicon Valley CEOs, investors, and billionaires faced off against the powers of nature’s wrath

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    September 6, 2023
    Milwaukee public schools close early on their first day back as extreme heat wallops city
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    Milwaukee public schools close early on their first day back as extreme heat wallops city

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    September 5, 2023
    Why flight delays and cancellations could become the new normal, according to 2 former FAA administrators
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    Why flight delays and cancellations could become the new normal, according to 2 former FAA administrators

    By Steve Dickson and Randy Babbitt
    September 4, 2023
    For small tourism businesses, extreme weather is the new pandemic—for better or for worse
    Environment

    For small tourism businesses, extreme weather is the new pandemic—for better or for worse

    By Mae Anderson and The Associated Press
    September 4, 2023
    Josh Green
    Environment

    Hawaii’s governor is furious as disaster capitalists try to buy stricken Maui real estate on the cheap after historic wildfire

    By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
    September 1, 2023
    50 Cent
    Environment

    It’s still so hot in Phoenix that 50 Cent just canceled an anticipated concert: ‘116 degrees is dangerous for everyone’

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    Environment

    Hurricane Idalia touches down in Florida as Ron DeSantis urges ‘Don’t put your life at risk by doing anything dumb at this point’

    By Daniel Kozin and The Associated Press
    August 30, 2023
    Inside designing a moon-orbiting outpost: Here’s what it takes to make lunar living possible
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    Inside designing a moon-orbiting outpost: Here’s what it takes to make lunar living possible

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    August 30, 2023
    Three firefighters rest in the shade of a truck
    Environment

    People are literally dying because it’s so hot outside—turns out machines aren’t doing so great either

    By Matthew T. Hughes, Srinivas Garimella and The Conversation
    August 29, 2023
    Times Square
    Environment

    NYC’s infrastructure is (literally) crumbling and broken, as 127-year-old water main breaks and floods Times Square subway

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    August 29, 2023
    Hurricane Idalia gains speed as it bears down on Florida and the Southeastern coast
    Environment

    Hurricane Idalia gains speed as it bears down on Florida and the Southeastern coast

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    August 29, 2023
    Ron DeSantis
    Environment

    Ron DeSantis tells Floridians to make their ‘final preparations’ before Hurricane Idalia arrives with winds up to 120 mph

    By Laura Bargfeld and The Associated Press
    August 29, 2023

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