Tag: Environment
A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative
By Tom Perkins, Inside Climate News
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. This is the second of three articles about Michigan communities organizing to stop the construction of energy-intensive computing facilities.
Anti-Solar Actions In USA Are Restricting Energy Supply; Right When The Grid Can Least Afford It
The Trump Administration is waging an unprecedented, cross-agency campaign to restrict clean energy deployment. Between the upending of tax policy, new punitive, anti-solar regulation, and an unabashed pro-fossil fuels agenda, this administration is creating instability that is scaring off investors, weakening grid reliability, and driving up electricity prices. At the same time the … [continued]
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Pet waste, yes, but diapers ruled out for London’s green bin system tweak
London will be allowing some residents to put pet waste in their green bins as part of a new pilot project, but not human waste in the form of diapers or menstrual products. Politicians voted 12-3 during Tuesday’s council meeting to shoot down a suggestion from Ward 10 Coun. Paul Van Meerbergen to explore allowing […]
Oil’s Calm Before the Storm: Hidden Weaknesses, China’s Stockpiles and the Oil Demand Mirage
A year ago, I published an article on Peak Oil Demand and the impact EVs would have in the world’s most traded commodity. I thought a followup was worth it by now because some things have become clearer, but more importantly, because weird things have been happening in the world … [continued]
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Drought conditions continue in Michigan — in some areas, since last winter
Abnormally dry conditions stretch across the state, with a section of mid-Michigan in a severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.