AI’s No-Win Choice: Using Huge Amounts Of Water Or Energy
"Tech companies face a fundamental choice with no winning answer for keeping data centers cool."
Source: E&E News, 07/10/2026
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Judge Tosses $3.8B Defamation Suit by Trump Media vs. Washington Post
"A federal judge on Thursday ruled in favor of The Washington Post, throwing out a $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit filed in 2023 by President Donald Trump’s social media company, Trump Media and Technology Group." "The social media company failed to identify convincing evidence that The Post acted with actual malice, a federal judge in Tampa ruled."
Source: Washington Post, 07/09/2026Smithsonian Head Disputes White House Report In Memo To Staff
"Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III issued a defense of the National Museum of American History to staffers on Tuesday, in response to a caustic White House report accusing the museum of pushing “extreme political activism.”
Source: Washington Post, 07/09/2026The ‘Time-Consuming’ Permits Dozens Of Data Centers Are Skipping
"A court ruling shrinking the scope of the Clean Water Act has allowed new data centers to speed through the federal permitting process. Communities are feeling the effects."
Source: E&E News, 07/09/2026EPA’s Pesticide Approvals Prompt Fears of PFAS Contamination on Farms
"Less than a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order supporting regenerative agriculture practices that he said would “reduce overall use” of chemical pesticides, his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a flurry of controversial approvals."
Source: Civil Eats, 07/09/2026Greens Petition EPA To Add Warnings To Pesticides Linked To Cancer
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should require cancer warnings on all pesticide products containing ingredients the agency has found show evidence of carcinogenicity, according to an emergency petition filed Wednesday by the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental health advocacy group."
Source: The New Lede, 07/09/2026Trump EPA Air Chief Heads For The Exit
"Aaron Szabo, the head of EPA’s air office who has overseen a dramatic scaling back of climate regulations, is leaving the agency."
Source: E&E News, 07/08/2026How a Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant Took Over a Detroit Community
"As the city recovers from the largest municipal bankruptcy in history, major construction has reshaped it. New concrete businesses have opened in response. A concrete mixing plant has opened in the Cadillac Heights neighborhood, a process aided by the decisions of city officials."
Source: BridgeDetroit, 07/08/2026Alabama Seeks To Fill Wetlands, Streams for Controversial Highway
"Alabama officials are seeking federal permission to fill a stretch of wetlands and streams to move forward on the Birmingham Northern Beltline, a decades-long highway project that critics say is unnecessary and will destroy huge swaths of sensitive forests, wetlands and streams."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/08/2026After a Weekend of Heavy Rains, Chicago’s Deep Tunnel Is Almost Full
"For the first time in history, Deep Tunnel, Chicago’s massive system of underground tunnels and reservoirs designed to hold floodwater, is almost completely full after a weekend of heavy rain."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times, 07/08/2026Dam Removal Efforts Lead to a Stunning Comeback for Maine’s Alewives
"Along most of the Atlantic coast, alewives are struggling after decades of damming and overfishing. But in Maine, the fish is rebounding—and towns’ historic harvests are growing."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/07/2026In Ohio, Solar Is No Big Threat To Farmland
"Fears over farmland loss have fueled arguments against renewables in Ohio — but golf courses and suburban sprawl take up far more acreage than solar does."
Source: Canary Media, 07/07/2026US To Proceed With Contested Roundup Of 450 Mustangs In Eastern Sierra
"Federal officials will begin rounding up wild horses in the Eastern Sierra on July 8, citing trampled wetlands and highway hazards, with the animals to be offered for adoption. The helicopter-assisted operation is praised by some environmentalists but condemned by others, including local tribes and animal advocates."
Source: Los Angeles Times, 07/07/2026"Why U.S. Measles Outbreaks Have Grown Harder To Extinguish"
"The nation is already nearing last year’s record case total, and experts say the virus is forcing doctors to relearn a disease many thought had been consigned to history."
Source: Washington Post, 07/07/2026Greens Say UK News Channel Owner Profits From Attacks On Climate Action
"Exclusive: Campaigners argue news channel’s attacks on climate action ‘work in financial interests’ of Sir Paul Marshall"
Source: Guardian, 07/07/2026
