The mine’s computers emitted a loud, persistent hum that has, for the time being, been silenced by litigation.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law in June that empowers the state’s grid operator to remotely disconnect data centers and other large energy users if the grid is under extreme stress. The so-called ...

The uncertain future of 30 beluga whales still living in tanks at Marineland—a shuttered aquarium and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario—has drawn global outcry from animal rights activists this ...

Congress took the unprecedented step this week of repealing management plans for public lands in three states in an effort to expand access to fossil fuel mining and drilling. Critics of the move warn ...

This story by Public Health Watch is part of a collaboration with Univision 45 in Houston. HIGHLANDS, Texas—Eight months ago, Texas health officials delivered alarming news to residents of a string of ...

The end of U.S. tax credits for buying electric vehicles has changed the market in ways that are still unfolding. I spoke this week with people closely monitoring the auto industry to get a sense of ...

Local officials allege the University of Michigan is being “deceptive” over its plans for the $1.2 billion “computation center,” which could bring few benefits and many costs to Ypsilanti Township.

Residents in and around Bessemer expressed continued disapproval of a plan to build a 14.5 million square foot data center in their back yards. Now, the city is one step closer to final approval.

This is the second of three articles about Michigan communities organizing to stop the construction of energy-intensive computing facilities. Early this year, Augusta Charter Township resident Travis ...

When residents of Benson, Arizona, began organizing against an aluminum recycling plant, a Tucson group offered to help.

Worldwide renewable energy capacity is projected to more than double in the next five years, adding the capacity equivalent of all existing power generation sources in China, Japan and the European ...

Corn monocropping emits higher levels of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas which traps heat in the atmosphere more than 300 ...