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Former EPA Officials Warn Data Center Rush Is Eroding Air Protections
13+ hour, 9+ min ago (526+ words) Former Environmental Protection Agency officials are warning that the Trump administration is dismantling pollution safeguards to accelerate construction of AI data centers, putting public health at risk. The Verge reported this week that a group of EPA alumni released a…...
Letter to the editor: Compare data center effects with Alcoa operation
21+ hour, 13+ min ago (246+ words) If the restrictions demanded by those opposed to the data center in Upper Burrell had been in effect when the original Alcoa Technical Center was proposed, I doubt if the Alcoa Technical Center would have been built in the first…...
Pennsylvania's 180-Plus Levees Are Stretched Thin as Storms Grow Stronger
17+ hour, 17+ min ago (441+ words) Pennsylvania's flood barriers are getting older and costlier to maintain, while the storms testing them are growing more intense. According to The Conversation, the state's more than 180 levees span roughly 155 miles of riverbank and shield about 158,000 residents alongside an estimated…...
Letter to the editor: Data centers stingy with info
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (285+ words) Like so many retired bearded wonders, I find myself huffing and puffing over what data centers are and what they do. Pining for answers, I am doddering at a plexus of flaking conundrums. One might expect a data center to…...
Pennsylvania’s aging levees are under pressure from scarce funding and severe weather
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (945+ words) Kaleigh Yost, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Pennsylvania has over 180 levees that span approximately 155 miles (255 kilometers) and keep its rivers from flooding. They protect about 158,000 people and US$26.2 billion in property across the state, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers....
A massive data center breaks ground near former coal plant campus in Beaver County
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‘The whole beach is gone’: Big waves, flooding bring destruction to Southern California coast. It’s a warning
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (968+ words) LOS ANGELES — To begin to understand how a ” super” El Niño winter could punish the Southern California coast, the historic wooden boardwalk on the Long Beach Peninsula may just offer a glimpse at what’s to come. Days of intense waves…...
Letter to the editor: Carbon dioxide paranoia
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (325+ words) It seems obvious to me that the writer of the reply ([https://triblive.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-carbon-dioxide-levels-are-consequential/]“Carbon dioxide levels are consequential,” Aug. 12, TribLive) to my letter ([Why are we so worried about carbon dioxide?]“Why are we worried about carbon dioxide?” Aug. 6, TribLive) never…...
Nearly half of Pennsylvania’s ‘fast track’ data center municipalities signed NDAs
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1063+ words) In nearly half of municipalities hosting the state’s most prominent data center projects, local public officials or staff signed non-disclosure agreements with companies, a dynamic that is fueling concerns that the public’s access to information is being compromised. Public records…...
Civil rights groups urge a halt to South Africa data centers boom amid water and power fears
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