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Most new US data centers are slated for drought-plagued areas
13+ hour, 30+ min ago (1710+ words) To meet this moment, we need YOU. For five decades, Mother Jones has been exposing the corruption that the powerful would rather keep buried. That fight for the truth is at a pivotal point, and it takes readers like you…...
"This is a tragedy": Swimming snakes are wiping out these beloved Balearic lizards
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (1029+ words) The truth doesn't take a summer break. We've been at it for 50 years: exposing the coverups and corruption that the powerful would rather keep buried. That fight for the truth continues, but it takes readers like you to make it…...
It's one of the most influential social psychology studies ever. Was it all a lie?
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1454+ words) Anna Merlan November 25, 2025 On the night before Christmas in 1954, a Chicago housewife named Dorothy Martin begged her followers to step outside, sing together, and wait, at last, for the aliens." Things hadn't been going well for Martin, the leader of…...
Our power grid is in better shape this summer, thanks to solar and batteries
1+ week, 6+ day ago (873+ words) This lithium battery energy storage system in Blasdell, New York can power 15, 000 homes for two hours during outages or periods of high demand. Ted Shaffrey/AP This story was originally published by'Canary Media'and is reproduced here as part of the'Climate…...
Sewage and Fuel Leaks Contaminate the Potomac River, Source of Drinking Water for More Than 5 Million People
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (1645+ words) Pipes divert raw sewage into the C&O Canal around a broken section of the Potomac Interceptor on Feb. 16 in Cabin John, Md. Chip Somodevilla/Getty via Inside Climate News This story was originally published by'Inside Climate News'and is reproduced here…...
Once Dismissed As Weeds, Native Plants Are Flying Off the Shelves – Mother Jones
2+ week, 4+ day ago (264+ words) Gardeners are flocking to climate-resilient species amid concerns about extreme heat, flooding, and pollinator survival....
Exclusive: Departing Meta staffer posts biting anti-AI video internally amid mass layoffs
2+ week, 4+ day ago (415+ words) When Meta engineer David Frenk posted an anti-AI farewell parody video in an internal message board, staff thought it perfectly captured shifts in company culture. CIR/Courtesy of David Frenk "There's a bit of a disconnect," one former employee who…...
A hallowed monument to US history may be assailed by whooshing, whirring data centers
3+ week, 4+ day ago (729+ words) Mother Jones Mother Jones illustration; Hugh Kenny/PECVA; Billy Hathorn/Wikimedia You've probably heard that data centers are sprouting all over America like weeds in an empty field. You may also have heard that they are huge water hogs, sucking…...
The Data Center Next Door " Mother Jones
3+ week, 4+ day ago (223+ words) On what was recently farmland, Amazon data centers have been built as close as 50 feet from houses in Aldie, Virginia. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post/Getty Virginia might be for lovers, but more recently, it's for data centers. The state…...
The solution to urban heat Is actually amazingly simple
3+ week, 6+ day ago (695+ words) Mother Jones Two new studies show the immense temperature benefits of planting more trees in urban areas. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty via Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part…...