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When you think of data centers, you probably don't think of public health impacts of fine particulates. Maybe you should! Especially those that come with gas plants, as does the one in Tucker County WV. A new MIT/Harvard study finds that the project could inflict ~$35M in health-related damages.
New report projects up to $35M in health damages from expected Tucker Co. data center
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers estimate an expected data center operation in Tucker County could inflict up to $35 million in health-related damages, adding t...
www.wvgazettemail.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
When you think of data centers, you probably don't think of public health impacts of fine particulates. Maybe you should! Especially those that come with gas plants, as does the one in Tucker County WV. A new MIT/Harvard study finds that the project could inflict ~$35M in health-related damages.
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'If people live in the city and have no tie to the natural world, then when they’re sold this weird lie that [climate change doesn’t matter] — if you’ve literally never experienced the natural world, then you probably don’t have any basis to make any kind of value judgment.'
We spoke with seven outdoor guides in B.C. and Alberta about how they are navigating taking people to the places they love as the climate changes. "It’s hard not to get depressed," one guide told us. thenarwhal.ca/outdoor-guid...
Outdoor guides bear witness to a changing climate | The Narwhal
Melting ice, unpredictable weather and wildfires: outdoor guides in Alberta and B.C. reflect on professional life at environmental extremes
thenarwhal.ca
January 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
'If people live in the city and have no tie to the natural world, then when they’re sold this weird lie that [climate change doesn’t matter] — if you’ve literally never experienced the natural world, then you probably don’t have any basis to make any kind of value judgment.'
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BNEF: global CO2 emissions "are expected to be 3.5 gigatons greater over the next ten years because of the additional fossil-fuel power generation required by data centers. That’s the equivalent of 10% of today’s total global emissions." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Why So Much Is Riding on the Data Center Boom
In pursuit of revolutionary advances in AI, tech companies are plowing billions of dollars into massive new facilities. The projects are straining power grids, environmental resources and, potentially...
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BNEF: global CO2 emissions "are expected to be 3.5 gigatons greater over the next ten years because of the additional fossil-fuel power generation required by data centers. That’s the equivalent of 10% of today’s total global emissions." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The average American born in 2024 will likely face up to $500,000 in additional lifetime costs from climate crisis, up to $1m in costs, the Costs of Climate Change: Financial and Economic Impacts on California report states.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Hidden costs’ of climate emergency are worsening California’s affordability crisis – report
University of California, Berkeley, study found that those who experience severe effects will see upto a $1m in costs
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The average American born in 2024 will likely face up to $500,000 in additional lifetime costs from climate crisis, up to $1m in costs, the Costs of Climate Change: Financial and Economic Impacts on California report states.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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People can forget one of the key reasons we strive to create more walkable cities is #mentalhealth. It’s a huge and growing issue and creating streets and public spaces where people can walk, meet & gather is massively important.
#citybuilding #healthycities #urbanplanning #transportationplanning
#citybuilding #healthycities #urbanplanning #transportationplanning
“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community
Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...
today.ucsd.edu
September 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
People can forget one of the key reasons we strive to create more walkable cities is #mentalhealth. It’s a huge and growing issue and creating streets and public spaces where people can walk, meet & gather is massively important.
#citybuilding #healthycities #urbanplanning #transportationplanning
#citybuilding #healthycities #urbanplanning #transportationplanning
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"Over 34,000 schools across the country double as disaster shelters..Yet, less than 0.1% of public K-12 schools have onsite battery energy storage systems that keep the lights, HVAC, refrigeration, and medical equipment running when the grid goes down" generation180.org/blog/when-di...
When disaster strikes, schools are America’s shelters — let’s power them with reliable clean energy
Here’s something you might not know: more than half of FEMA’s official disaster shelters are… schools. That’s right — your neighborhood elementary,
generation180.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Over 34,000 schools across the country double as disaster shelters..Yet, less than 0.1% of public K-12 schools have onsite battery energy storage systems that keep the lights, HVAC, refrigeration, and medical equipment running when the grid goes down" generation180.org/blog/when-di...
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AI-processing data centers require massive amounts of energy and water, and relatively low power prices, state tax incentives, and lax regulations are attracting them to the West, threatening water supplies and straining the grid.
Reporting by @highcountrynews.org 📰
Reporting by @highcountrynews.org 📰
The West's thirsty data centers - WyoFile
From simple searches to ChatGPT, the big digital buildup threatens the grid and water supplies.
wyofile.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
AI-processing data centers require massive amounts of energy and water, and relatively low power prices, state tax incentives, and lax regulations are attracting them to the West, threatening water supplies and straining the grid.
Reporting by @highcountrynews.org 📰
Reporting by @highcountrynews.org 📰
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"Does the administration expect the entire nation to 'get over' forcing 347 million Americans to breathe dirty air and pay more for energy?" - @margotoge.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/margoo...
EPA Climate Rollbacks: When Politics Buries Science, The Public Pays
The Trump EPA’s recision of the Endangerment Finding defies science, law, and precedent—threatening public health, the economy, and global U.S. competitiveness.
www.forbes.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Does the administration expect the entire nation to 'get over' forcing 347 million Americans to breathe dirty air and pay more for energy?" - @margotoge.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/margoo...
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Trump’s EPA wants to reverse a long-standing conclusion that greenhouse gases and climate change threaten public health. It’s served as a legal foundation for pollution restrictions on oil drilling, cars, and more. Repealing it flies in the face of science. If needed, we’ll fight this in court.
July 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trump’s EPA wants to reverse a long-standing conclusion that greenhouse gases and climate change threaten public health. It’s served as a legal foundation for pollution restrictions on oil drilling, cars, and more. Repealing it flies in the face of science. If needed, we’ll fight this in court.
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If US vehicles were their own country, they'd be the 4th largest emitter of CO2 pollution. If USEPA proposes to scrap the endangerment finding and guts vehicle standards, this would fundamentally undermine the nation’s safety, health, and economic well-being. www.nrdc.org/media/5-fact...
July 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If US vehicles were their own country, they'd be the 4th largest emitter of CO2 pollution. If USEPA proposes to scrap the endangerment finding and guts vehicle standards, this would fundamentally undermine the nation’s safety, health, and economic well-being. www.nrdc.org/media/5-fact...
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An 80% price spike in U.S. vegetables. A 50% increase in olive oils from Europe. A 300% increase in Australian salad greens. Researchers traced price jumps to extreme weather linked to climate change.
Farming is getting harder and harder, and we’re all going to pay for it. 🌱
Farming is getting harder and harder, and we’re all going to pay for it. 🌱
How climate change is raising your grocery bill www.latimes.com/environment/...
How climate change is raising your grocery bill
Researchers found conditions in California and Arizona in 2022, paired with Hurricane Ian hitting Florida, contributed to an over 80% hike in vegetable prices.
www.latimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
An 80% price spike in U.S. vegetables. A 50% increase in olive oils from Europe. A 300% increase in Australian salad greens. Researchers traced price jumps to extreme weather linked to climate change.
Farming is getting harder and harder, and we’re all going to pay for it. 🌱
Farming is getting harder and harder, and we’re all going to pay for it. 🌱
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Too many residents spend hours commuting just to stay afloat.
By building more housing near where people actually work, we improve affordability and increase overall quality of life.
California families deserve to spend more time together, not stuck in traffic. 🏡
#CALeg #AffordableHousing
By building more housing near where people actually work, we improve affordability and increase overall quality of life.
California families deserve to spend more time together, not stuck in traffic. 🏡
#CALeg #AffordableHousing
July 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Too many residents spend hours commuting just to stay afloat.
By building more housing near where people actually work, we improve affordability and increase overall quality of life.
California families deserve to spend more time together, not stuck in traffic. 🏡
#CALeg #AffordableHousing
By building more housing near where people actually work, we improve affordability and increase overall quality of life.
California families deserve to spend more time together, not stuck in traffic. 🏡
#CALeg #AffordableHousing
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EPA chief Zeldin: “Everyone should have access to clean air.” Just not in the town where you live or the national park where you vacation. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Park Service suspends air-quality monitoring at all national parks
The monitoring program collects data on the levels of harmful air pollutants at the 63 national parks in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
EPA chief Zeldin: “Everyone should have access to clean air.” Just not in the town where you live or the national park where you vacation. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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"Emissions linked to Chevron, the highest-emitting investor-owned company in our data, for example, very likely caused between US $791 billion and $3.6 trillion in heat-related losses over the period 1991–2020"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature
A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...
www.nature.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Emissions linked to Chevron, the highest-emitting investor-owned company in our data, for example, very likely caused between US $791 billion and $3.6 trillion in heat-related losses over the period 1991–2020"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“It takes that global issue and brings it closer to us,” Dr. Hayhoe said. “If I care about food or water or transportation or insurance or my health, this is what climate change means to me if I live in the Southwest or the Great Plains. That’s the value.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut (Gift Article)
The move raises concerns among scientists that the assessment, which is required by Congress, is now in jeopardy.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“It takes that global issue and brings it closer to us,” Dr. Hayhoe said. “If I care about food or water or transportation or insurance or my health, this is what climate change means to me if I live in the Southwest or the Great Plains. That’s the value.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
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Bolivia floods kill at least 55 people, affect 590,000 families www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/w... via #ClimateCrisis #SevereWeather #GlobalWarming #Storms #Floods #Graveyards #Crops #DeathToll #Bolivia #SouthAmerica
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Flooding, landslides and even hail have tormented Bolivia during its rainy season. Now, homes are flooded, pastures and crop fields are underwater, and graves have been exhumed by the torrential downp...
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April 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Bolivia floods kill at least 55 people, affect 590,000 families www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/w... via #ClimateCrisis #SevereWeather #GlobalWarming #Storms #Floods #Graveyards #Crops #DeathToll #Bolivia #SouthAmerica
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Longer lasting and more frequent El Niño and La Niña events have slowly increased over the last 7,000 years but are now accelerating due to climate change.
theconversation.com/consecutive-...
#climatechange #elnino #enso #drought #flood #heatwave #wildfire #hurricane
theconversation.com/consecutive-...
#climatechange #elnino #enso #drought #flood #heatwave #wildfire #hurricane
Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating – new research
Moderate changes over millennia are being sped up by emissions from burning fossil fuels.
theconversation.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Longer lasting and more frequent El Niño and La Niña events have slowly increased over the last 7,000 years but are now accelerating due to climate change.
theconversation.com/consecutive-...
#climatechange #elnino #enso #drought #flood #heatwave #wildfire #hurricane
theconversation.com/consecutive-...
#climatechange #elnino #enso #drought #flood #heatwave #wildfire #hurricane
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The Trump administration laid off the entire staff of a program that helps millions of Americans pay their home heating or cooling bills. This is yet another example of this administration siding with fossil fuel billionaires instead of consumers.
Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Trump administration laid off the entire staff of a program that helps millions of Americans pay their home heating or cooling bills. This is yet another example of this administration siding with fossil fuel billionaires instead of consumers.
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Climate Change Could Wipe 40% Off Global Economy, Study Predicts
->ScienceAlert | #ClimateChange | More info from EcoSearch
->ScienceAlert | #ClimateChange | More info from EcoSearch
Climate Change Could Wipe 40% Off Global Economy, Study Predicts
The damage climate change will inflict on the world's economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, according to new research by my colleagues and I which accounts for the full global reach of extreme weather and its aftermath. To...
www.sciencealert.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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It’s time for a new direction in transportation.
The Clean RIDES Network is launching with 100+ organizations to fight for clean, affordable, and accessible transportation options for all.
The Clean RIDES Network is launching with 100+ organizations to fight for clean, affordable, and accessible transportation options for all.
States push to shift road funds to transit and bike projects as Trump threatens cuts
As President Donald Trump's administration seeks to roll back funding for transit, walking and biking projects, some states are trying to advance them on their own.
apnews.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It’s time for a new direction in transportation.
The Clean RIDES Network is launching with 100+ organizations to fight for clean, affordable, and accessible transportation options for all.
The Clean RIDES Network is launching with 100+ organizations to fight for clean, affordable, and accessible transportation options for all.
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This is the problem. Emissions are not rising much, but they need to fall quickly. And the longer they don't fall, the faster they eventually need to fall.
March 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is the problem. Emissions are not rising much, but they need to fall quickly. And the longer they don't fall, the faster they eventually need to fall.
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Yet another week of jaw-dropping #climate fuelled deadly weather events from around the world, as tracked by the good folks at @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/mSCXa...
www.youtube.com/shorts/mSCXa...
All this happened in the last two weeks! The #ExtremeWeather Report | March 20
YouTube video by Yellow Dot Studios
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Yet another week of jaw-dropping #climate fuelled deadly weather events from around the world, as tracked by the good folks at @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/mSCXa...
www.youtube.com/shorts/mSCXa...
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Many families in Central Appalachia, Virginia relied on critical food aid through USDA funding after recent hurricanes and tornadoes devastated their community. Now, with $1 billion in cuts to food aid, they’re left even more vulnerable.
www.eater.com/2025/3/19/24...
www.eater.com/2025/3/19/24...
‘Our People Are Hungry’: What Federal Food Aid Cuts Mean in a Warming World
The USDA’s decision to cut $1 billion worth of food aid is causing layoffs, supply shortfalls, and the end of donations at charitable groups across the country — all as hunger continues to climb
www.eater.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Many families in Central Appalachia, Virginia relied on critical food aid through USDA funding after recent hurricanes and tornadoes devastated their community. Now, with $1 billion in cuts to food aid, they’re left even more vulnerable.
www.eater.com/2025/3/19/24...
www.eater.com/2025/3/19/24...