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An aerial view of Boulder City and Lake Mead, Nevada. Photo: Doc Searls/CC BY 2.0

Federal panel halts first AI data center approved on US public land

The board found regulators treated an 88.5-acre data center as barely different from the solar farm it was supposed to replace.
The Be'er Sheva District Court, where the indictment was filed. Photo: Zairon/CC BY-SA 4.0

Israeli prosecutors indict 12 prison guards after Palestinian detainee beaten to death

Text messages seized by investigators show guards discussing the beating as it happened
River Street in downtown Troy, New York, whose last remaining hospital tried to close its birthing center. Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0

A NY Hospital Tried To Close Its Birthing Center. This City United To Fight...

The people of Troy, New York, united to challenge a national Catholic health system determined to close the last birthing center in the county.
A Pacific hurricane seen from space. Photo: GOES imagery, CSU/CIRA and NOAA

A second hurricane just sideswiped Hawaii – why the islands’ usual force field seems...

Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s risks.
The Himalayan border terrain near where glacial collapse can trigger flash floods downstream. Photo: NASA

What 13 minutes in Nepal can teach us about acting before disaster strikes

99% of humanitarian funding flows after disasters strike. The Himalayan flood should force a rethink of how – and when – scarce resources are spent.
A male lion in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. Photo: Laura (cardamom), CC BY 2.0

How Saving Cattle in Zimbabwe is Saving Its Lions

I realised that protecting lions inside the park meant little if we were not also protecting people living alongside them.
Industrial poultry sheds in the UK, where the chicken litter these houses produce is now short of a way to be safely disposed of. Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0

A stinking mess: government cuts leave UK facing chicken waste crisis

Closure of litter incineration plants could force tonnes of toxic waste into British waterways
Wetlands in Louisiana. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Trump EPA proposes rule that would strip protection from most US streams and wetlands

Environmental groups say the rule would eliminate protection for most freshwater wetlands nationwide.
New York City Hall. Photo: Kidfly182 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mamdani launches nation’s first city office dedicated to worker organizing

City Hall points to CEO pay ratios and outdoor worker risks in laying out what the new agency is meant to address.

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