Environment Data Centers’ Energy Footprint Rivals Nations as UN Warns of Looming Environmental Crisis June 7, 2026 Global Data Centers Match National-Level Energy Consumption Data centers consumed 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity globally in 2025, surpassing the energy use of all but 10 countries worldwide. A United…
Environment Trump Administration Dismantles Ocean Monitoring System as Policy Reversals Continue June 2, 2026 The Trump administration has ordered the removal of a $368 million deep-ocean observation system. The network has operated for a decade monitoring coastal environments and marine ecosystems. The system also…
Environment Wisconsin Sets 6,700 Spongy Moth Traps Across 36 Counties This Summer May 30, 2026 State Agriculture Department Launches Summer Monitoring Program The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is deploying approximately 6,700 traps throughout the state. The initiative targets spongy moth detection…
Environment Rare Earthquake Strikes McCormick County Near Georgia Border May 28, 2026 Unusual Seismic Activity Strikes Western South Carolina Early Thursday morning, McCormick County experienced a rare geological event. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 1.9 magnitude earthquake at approximately 4:20 a.m.…
Environment How the World’s Saltwater Lakes Are Vanishing at an Alarming Rate May 27, 2026 A Dying Natural Wonder A motorboat cuts through the aquamarine water of the Dead Sea. Jake Ben Zaken points to darker water nearby. A sinkhole lurks beneath the seabed. These…
Environment Custard Apple Farming Transforms Lives in Drought-Hit Regions May 26, 2026 From Software Engineer to Innovative Farmer Ashoka Shivareddy comes from a family of farmers. Making a living proved hard in their drought-prone district. Kolar in southern India receives minimal rainfall.…
Environment Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Colorado Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Giants May 24, 2026 High Court to Address State Climate Litigation Boundaries The decision carries sweeping ramifications for similar climate litigation nationwide. Climate activists and Democratic-led jurisdictions have filed numerous comparable lawsuits against major…
Environment Wyoming Officials Warn Against Touching Wild Animals This Spring May 21, 2026 Spring Wildlife Encounters Require Caution The Wyoming Game and Fish Department issues an urgent warning to residents and visitors. Spring brings newborn wildlife across the state’s landscape. Officials emphasize that…
Environment Residents Catch Data Centers Stealing Water as America’s Crisis Deepens May 14, 2026 Residents Expose Unauthorized Water Use by Data Centers in Two States In the first week of May, two alarming incidents came to light. Data center developers in Arizona and Georgia…
Environment Rural Utah Erupts Over Massive AI Data Center That Could Drain the Great Salt Lake May 10, 2026 Utah Residents Revolt Against 40,000-Acre AI Data Center More than a thousand voices erupted in chant on May 4. Box Elder County commissioners had just approved one of the world’s…
Environment The 2026 Energy Shock Is Accelerating the Global Shift to Clean Power May 8, 2026 A Historic Energy Crisis Is Reshaping the Global Power Landscape Oil and gas no longer arrive reliably where and when the world needs them. Prices have surged beyond what many…
Environment Trump Administration Pays $885 Million to Kill Two More Offshore Wind Projects April 28, 2026 Trump Administration Pays $885 Million to Abandon Two Offshore Wind Projects The Trump administration announced on Monday two more major payouts to energy companies. The companies agreed to walk away…
Environment Illegal Gold Mining Ravages Brazil’s Kayapó Indigenous Territory in Amazon’s Xingu Basin April 17, 2026 Illegal Mining Carves Deep Wounds Into Brazil’s Kayapó Indigenous Land The Kayapó Indigenous Territory has become a major hotspot for illegal gold mining. It sits within Brazil’s Xingu River Basin,…
Environment Science The Ocean’s “Missing” Plastic Has Been Found — And It’s Inside Us April 2, 2026 For decades, scientists wrestled with a paradox: we pour millions of tons of plastic into the world’s oceans every year, yet surface surveys could only account for a fraction of…
Environment Oil just hit its highest level of the year — and some analysts expect a return to $100 before 2024 September 15, 2023 In an aerial view, oil storage tanks are shown at the Enterprise Sealy Station on August 28, 2023 in Sealy, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images…
Environment Oil prices are at 10-month highs. Here’s what Cramer thinks it means for two energy stocks September 13, 2023 Oil prices are hovering around 10-month highs, as a stout summer rally extends into the fall and delivers additional gains for the Club’s energy stocks, Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) and…
Environment Gas markets are becoming ‘extremely difficult’ to predict. It’s a big problem for Europe this winter September 12, 2023 Aerial view of the LNG storage and vaporization vessel “Höegh Esperanza” at the Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Energy analysts are warning of more…
Environment Texas paid bitcoin miner Riot $31.7 million to shut down during heat wave in August September 6, 2023 In this article RIOT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT During the crypto boom of 2021, Riot Platforms was raking in cash from bitcoin mining. Now the company is losing…
Environment India importing Russian oil is a ‘win-win’ for the world economy, says India’s No. 1 oil company September 6, 2023 Oil storage tanks in Tuapse, Russia, on Sunday, March 22, 2020. India’s imports of Russian crude is a win-win situation for the world’s economy, said Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.…
Environment Germany is the ‘sick man of Europe’ — and it’s causing a shift to the right, top economist says September 4, 2023 Germany is once again the “sick man of Europe,” according to Hans-Werner Sinn, president emeritus at the Ifo institute, and the challenges that poses, particularly in terms of the country’s…