The Hidden AI Carbon Emissions That Aren’t Being Counted
Data centers are already a huge source of pollution. A new study shows that emissions grow when the oil and gas industry uses AI.
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Marin Scotten
August 30, 2026
This Private Company Wants to Extract Water From the Driest Desert in the US
Critics say it will deplete a basin and put California's iconic Mojave landscape at risk
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Marin Scotten
August 19, 2026
Why Heat and Data Centers Could Be a Deadly Combo
Emergency power for data centers could pollute the air when people are at their most vulnerable
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Marin Scotten
August 7, 2026
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Why Is Canada on Fire, Really?
Trump and the Republican Party blame poor forest management. The science shows otherwise.
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Marin Scotten
August 6, 2026
Life Beyond the Grave
These morticians are both conservation heroes and undertakers
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Marin Scotten
October 31, 2025
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Maryland's Blue Crabs in the Red
A key source of culture and sustenance in the mid-Atlantic faces threats on multiple fronts
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Marin Scotten
August 25, 2025
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