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February 11, 2026

Alice Rush

Activists say the decision is the latest sign of growing grassroots opposition to the industry in the U.S.

By Jon Hurdle

A Pennsylvania county on Tuesday rejected a plan to rezone land so a data center could be built there, becoming the latest locality to push back against an electricity-hungry industry growing rapidly nationwide.

Pennsylvania County Denies Rezoning Plan That Would Have Allowed a Data Center

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March 23, 2026

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As warning lights flash, U.N. Secretary Gen. António Guterres calls out a global climate emergency.

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The world is in a state of climate emergency, the head of the United Nations declared Sunday, following the release of the latest State of the Global Climate report from the World Meteorological Organization.

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A sediment core spanning millions of years and new modeling studies point to significant ice retreat under temperatures similar to today.

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Drilling through 500 feet of floating ice into the Antarctic Ocean floor, climate scientists have retrieved a rare 23-million-year record of sediments that helps demonstrate why the planet’s southern ice shield could determine the fate of distant low-lying coastal areas.