The Interior Board of Land Appeals halted construction on the Townsite data center near Boulder City, Nevada, before it began, granting a stay to environmental groups and local residents who argued th…
The Trump administration is repurposing federal lands for a $100 billion public-private AI data center project in Paducah, Ky., featuring a 2-gigawatt natural gas plant and 2.6 gigawatts of battery st…
A Gallup poll found 71% of Americans oppose AI data centers in their local area, with environmental concerns cited as the top reason. A randomized controlled trial by Social Change Lab with 3,467 part…
Hundreds of Pittsburg residents packed city hall Monday night to oppose a previously approved data center, citing environmental concerns and lack of transparency. The project, approved in 2024, is the…
The Center for Biological Diversity has petitioned the U.S. government to potentially sanction China over its distant water fishing fleets' practice of shark finning, which involves cutting off sharks…