This Q&A originally appeared as part of The Guardian’s TechScape newsletter. Sign up for this weekly newsletter here. The data centers that power the artificial intelligence boom are beyond enormous. Their financials, their physical scale, and the …

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Tribals in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, are protesting an upcoming public hearing for a private coal mining project. Raigarh collector Mayank Chaturvedi, however, justified the hearing, saying it aims to put all concerns on the table. "It is happening as …

A controversial natural gas pipeline project is now moving forward. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has approved key permits for the Northeast Supply Enhancement — or “NESE” — pipeline. The NESE pipeline is a proposal by the …

Salty Clean offers professional trash can cleaning services while preventing contaminated water from flowing into local waterways. SAN DIEGO — A San Diego-based company is taking aim at a common household nuisance—dirty, smelly trash cans—while addressing …

GRAND FORKS — Madeline Luke, a volunteer with the Dakota Resource Council, urged the Red River Basin Commission board during a Thursday meeting to strengthen water quality monitoring for the Red River and its tributaries in light of two large dairy …

Artificial intelligence and the data centers that train, install and maintain it have found a new home in the Great Lakes region, whose abundance of freshwater is vital in cooling down the servers that power these facilities. But as tech giants like …

… of the government partnership, serious environmental concerns and a general lack of … in practice.  After unsubstantially addressing environmental concerns, the FAQ moves on to …

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… due to human health or environmental concerns. UPL did not respond to …