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Prolonged conflict with Iran raises oil prices and could mean more drilling in the US.
Reserves can offset short-term disruptions to the global market. Beyond that, higher prices could encourage American companies to ramp up production in coming months.
A review of the Clear Drop Soft Plastic Compactor — and what happens afterward.
Sean Hollister and Justine Calma
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Trump says he told tech companies “they have the obligation to provide for their own power needs.”
During his State of the Union speech, Trump claimed to have negotiated a “ratepayer protection pledge” to keep data centers from raising utility bills for other customers. He didn’t say which companies are involved or what commitments they’ve made.
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Justine Calma
SCOTUS will take up a key climate case.
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AI-generated comments helped derail a plan to cut pollution from home appliances.
California regulators killed a proposal that would have imposed fees on gas-burning furnaces and water heaters that release smog-forming pollutants. More than 20,000 comments they received opposing the proposal were generated by a single AI platform, some addressed from people with no idea their names had been used.
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Health and environmental groups are fighting Trump’s attack on greenhouse gas limits.
A coalition including the American Public Health Association, American Lung Association, and Sierra Club have filed suit against the Trump administration for repealing the landmark ‘endangerment finding.’ The repeal — if successful — could strip away the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to to regulate planet-heating pollution.
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xAI faces another legal battle over pollution from a data center.
The NAACP sent a notice of intent to sue, accusing Musk’s company of illegally installing gas turbines in Mississippi to power its Colossus 2 data center. Thermal images taken by drone show more than a dozen turbines running at the site without a permit, according to a Floodlight investigation.
Justine Calma