"Our Digital Lives Need Massive Data Centers. What Goes On Inside Them?"
"We toured a facility in Northern Virginia to see how it works and to understand why water use and energy consumption are such a concern."
Source: Washington Post, 09/18/2024
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"Big Energy Issue in Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices. Not Fracking."
"Energy businesses and farmers in western Pennsylvania are struggling because of prices, an issue that has not figured prominently in the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris."
Source: NYTimes, 09/18/2024"How A California County Got PFAS Out Of Its Drinking Water"
"Yorba Linda is a small, sunny city southeast of Los Angeles. It’s perhaps best known for being the birthplace of President Richard Nixon. But in the past few years, Yorba Linda has picked up another distinction: It’s home to the nation’s largest per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) water treatment plant of its kind, according to the city."
Source: NPR, 09/18/2024"A Fungus Decimated American Bats. Now Scientists Are Fighting Back."
"Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats."
Source: NYTimes, 09/18/2024"Plans Unveiled For National Mall Memorial For Slain Journalists"
"The concept designs are for D.C.’s first public memorial to celebrate press freedom and honor the journalists who have been slain while doing their jobs."
Source: Washington Post, 09/18/2024"AI Boom Is Driving a Surprise Resurgence of US Gas-Fired Power"
"From Florida to Oregon, utilities are racing to meet a surge in demand from power-hungry AI data centers, manufacturing facilities and electric vehicles."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 09/17/2024"Tropical Rainstorm Bringing Flooding To Carolinas, Mid-Atlantic"
"A sneaky ocean rainstorm lashed the Carolinas on Monday, bringing ashore strong gusts and coastal and inland flooding to the Mid-Atlantic." "The storm produced up to 18 inches of rain and serious flooding in Carolina Beach, N.C."
Source: Washington Post, 09/17/2024"More Than 3,000 Chemicals From Food Packaging Have Infiltrated Our Bodies"
"Shrink-wrap sealed around a piece of raw meat. Takeout containers filled with restaurant leftovers. Plastic bottles filled with soft drinks." "A new study shows the extent to which chemicals are finding their way into human bodies."
Source: Washington Post, 09/17/2024"First US CO2 Injection Well Violates Permit — EPA"
"EPA has issued a violation notice to the operator of the country’s first carbon dioxide injection wells for permanent storage, alleging that the company hasn’t complied with its federal permit."
Source: E&E News, 09/17/2024"Home Sales in Flood Zones Are Booming. Here’s Why Buyers Take the Risk."
"New Yorkers are spending billions on houses in flood-prone areas despite growing awareness of the effects of climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 09/17/2024Reprocessing Colorado Mining Town’s Waste Could Bring Profit, Risk
"Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more than a century after the city’s boom days."
Source: AP, 09/17/2024"The Mayflies Are Sending Us A Warning About Urban Wildfires"
"A tiny, vibrant world thrives along the rocky bottom of most streams. As sunlight filters through the water, mayfly nymphs, no larger than your fingernail, cling to algae-coated cobbles. Six spindly legs anchor them against the current, while feathery gills wave gently, drawing oxygen from the flowing water."
Source: Washington Post, 09/17/2024"Pipeline Explosion Sends A Towering Pillar Of Flame Over Houston’s Suburbs"
"A massive pipeline fire sent a pillar of flame towering over some Houston suburbs on Monday as first responders evacuated a surrounding neighborhood and tried to keep more nearby homes from catching on fire."
Source: AP, 09/17/2024Swimming Banned After Medical Waste Washes Ashore In Md., Va. And Del.
"Officials warned people to stay out of the ocean at several beaches in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia after they said medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washed ashore. The source of the waste was under investigation."
Source: AP, 09/17/2024In Portland, Thousands Gather To Marvel At Migrating Birds’ Nightly Routine
"The Vaux's Swift is a tiny bird – some people call it “a cigar with wings.” But every fall these little birds make a big trip, from summer breeding grounds in the Pacific Northwest down to their winter home in Central and South America. Along the way, many of them roost as a big flock in chimneys up and down the west coast. And their murmurations in the air – and simultaneously dive together into chimneys – are so spectacular that they draw crowds."
Source: NPR, 09/17/2024
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