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Electricity Scarcity Meets Aluminum Tariffs, and American Citizens Pick Up the Bill

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A collision between AI data centers being built—in the current AI bubble and with full throated support by the Trump Administration—and aluminum smelters for electricity is no longer theoretical. Utilities across the United States are facing binding constraints on generation and transmission. When presented with competing requests for hundreds of … [continued]

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Donald Trump’s AI Order Could Cost Iowans & Georgians Big Time

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Yesterday, I covered Donald Trump’s latest effort to pretend he’s king and violate states’ rights, an AI executive order. (Apologies if he’s already tried to act like king in some other way and I’ve missed that.) The executive order tries to force fossil fuel pollution on more people, among other … [continued]

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Greenbelt Foundation to help fund Bognor Marsh turtle boxes

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The Grey Sauble Conservation Authority’s “Echoes of the Marsh” program, which protects at-risk turtles, is getting a boost. The Greenbelt Foundation will provide new funding for the program, which is a “multi-layered conservation initiative” designed to protect at-risk turtle species, particularly the common snapping turtle and painted turtle in the Bognor Marsh Management Area. Those […]