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A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative

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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.

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Island Ports Enable Long-Distance Electric Shipping

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International shipping contributes to CO2, NO2, and SO2 emissions. Pollution from Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), colloquially termed bunker fuel, has long been considered a problem. Heavy Fuel Oil has high sulfur content, and the global shipping industry produces 12% and 13% respectively of global SO2 and NO2 emissions, contributing a … [continued]

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BYD Elevates Range & Efficiency as China Raises the Regulatory Bar

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Over the weekend, BYD introduced a refreshed Han, increasing the battery range of the DM-I (PHEV) to 245 km (152 mi), almost doubling the battery range. That’s more than many early BEVs and enough range to cover typical weekly usage with a couple of charges. In addition, fuel efficiency once … [continued]

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