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New Jersey town takes first step toward banning data centers after Route 37 protest
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (612+ words) Manchester, New Jersey, is taking steps to keep data centers out of town after local opposition last month spilled onto Route 37, where protesters chanted and held signs. The public response pointed to a broader challenge facing communities across the country:…...
'All the AI is down': ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok crash at once, sparking relief online
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (477+ words) "And for a brief moment, millions of people had to use their brains again." A rare multichannel AI outage briefly disrupted some of the world's most widely used chatbot tools, interrupting work prompts, coding help, and casual questions. An immediate…...
Estonia warns earthworm-eating 'ocher flatworm' may hitchhike in potted plants
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (591+ words) A predatory flatworm known as the ocher flatworm is inching closer to Estonia, and officials warn that transporting potted plants, planting material, soil, and compost can easily bring in these species. While the worms aren't considered a direct danger to…...
North Carolina public schools sit on enough rooftop solar to match nearly 150,000 homes' use
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (665+ words) The savings picture is not always straightforward, though. An enormous clean energy resource may be sitting unused above North Carolina's classrooms. WRAL reported that a new analysis found public school rooftops across the state could produce enough electricity each year…...
New Mexico Supreme Court halts AI data center permit process, handing residents a rare win
1+ week, 6+ day ago (398+ words) A pair of unanimous New Mexico Supreme Court orders has put a key part of Project Jupiter — a major artificial intelligence data center project in Santa Teresa — on pause, handing opponents a significant, though likely temporary, victory. As the Las…...
Inside a South Carolina landfill, a towering compactor shows how fast waste adds up
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (377+ words) Most people rarely stop to think about where their trash goes once it's picked up, but a recent video offers a first-person look inside a working landfill, revealing the scale of the labor, machinery, and planning required to manage waste…...
Utah desert county weighs turning sewage into drinking water as growth strains supply
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (457+ words) "Running out of water is not an option." Washington County stands out as both one of Utah's driest places and one of its fastest-growing, and officials there are considering a plan to convert highly treated wastewater into drinking water. The…...
'He was feeling friendly': Video captures older blind rhino's rare soft spot for young newcomer
2+ week, 4+ day ago (334+ words) "All creatures need a little love… even the solitary ones." An Instagram Reel from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (@sheldricktrust) is drawing attention for a gentle meeting between two very different rhinos: Maxwell, an older blind resident who usually keeps to…...
Cattle return to 1,195-acre rewilding site after local farmer partnership
2+ week, 4+ day ago (372+ words) Securing land for nature also means determining how that land will be cared for. Tir Natur, a Welsh rewilding group, is seeing visible changes on the ground at Cwm Doethie, where cattle have returned to the 1,195-acre site through restoration…...
Kansas leaders urged to make composting a priority as regional landfill demand climbs
3+ week, 1+ day ago (552+ words) "[No] public infrastructure exists in our community for the recycling of organic waste." As landfill demand rises around Kansas City, a Douglas County advisory body is pushing officials to treat food scraps, paper, and yard waste as materials that can…...