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04/28/2024
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By News Editors
Big Tech has a growing appetite for America’s electricity and water resources
As the U.S. pushes towards federal net-zero policies aiming to transition transportation, heating, and other essentials to the electric grid, the burgeoning sector of data centers is set to massively increase electricity demands. These facilities, integral to cloud computing, are pivotal in processing and storing vast amounts of data from various online services and platforms. […]
12/20/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Rosemount, Minnesota trying to establish 15-minute city with the help of Zuckerberg’s Meta
Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms is attempting to create a 15-minute city in the small town of Rosemount, Minnesota, by taking over 280 acres of land to create a “data center.” The planning commission for the city of Rosemount has unanimously approved several measures for the Meta Platforms data center project to move forward despite objections […]
07/05/2023
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By Ethan Huff
Solar farms sucking up California’s water – so much for “sustainability”
Large swaths of formerly dry and empty land across rural California now house massive solar farms that we are told will make the Golden State more energy sustainable – but there is just one problem: these solar farms are sucking up the state’s scarce water supplies at an astounding rate. Local wells near the solar […]
06/24/2022
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By Ethan Huff
Lake Mead is less than 150 feet away from becoming a “dead pool,” making much of the Southwestern U.S. uninhabitable
America’s largest reservoir is drying up fast, which could make states like Nevada, Arizona and California, and parts of Mexico, no longer livable in the not-too-distant future. Lake Mead, which generates just under 40 percent of Las Vegas’ power supply via the Hoover Dam, currently sits at just under 1,044 feet. It is less than 150 […]
10/27/2021
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By Cassie B.
Severe drought in South America wreaking havoc on shipping, energy, fishing and drinking water supplies
The effects of the severe ongoing drought in South America can be felt throughout the continent, with the second-longest river there, the Parana River, hitting a 77-year low that is compromising commercial shipping, fishing and the drinking water supply of 30 million people. Paraguay is being especially hard hit. The landlocked nation of seven million […]
09/29/2021
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By Ramon Tomey
Water levels in Colorado River dams reach new lows, electricity generation may be halted
The water levels at both Lake Powell and Lake Mead have reached new lows as the drought season in the western U.S. intensifies. The reduced water levels at Lake Powell threaten the Glen Canyon Dam’s electricity generation, which can produce enough power for almost half a million American homes. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of […]
06/07/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Installing solar panels over canals could save California 65 billion gallons of water a year, researcher claims
Brandi McKuin of the University of California, Santa Cruz claims that covering California’s canals with solar panels can save the drought-prone state around 65 billion gallons of water every year. She explained that canopies of solar panels would provide shade to the canal water during the summer months. This, in turn, would save enough water to irrigate 50,000 acres […]
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