BrunoMcGee6d ago

Kind of astonishing that local governments facilitated this without any public input. On the sly. #Minnesota #Google #DataCenters #landusepolicies #Duluth #Secrecy #WaterSupplies #EnergyUse

Google just bought your Minnesota vacationland for a data center
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2026/03/google-just-bought-your-minnesota-vacationland-for-a-data-center/

Google just bought your Minnesota vacationland for a data center

The state needs better guardrails on data center development before rolling out the red carpet to Google and others while touting benefits.

MinnPost
Hacker NewsMar 15

Tech companies defeat bill as AI drains local water supplies

https://www.theolympus.net/13531/

#HackerNews #TechCompanies #AI #WaterSupplies #LocalResources #EnvironmentalImpact

Tech companies defeat bill as AI drains local water supplies

Washington state is home to about 126 artificial intelligence data centers. These data centers evaporate millions of gallons of freshwater each day to provide cooling, but at the cost of draining local resources. The rapid expansion of these data centers strains regional drinking water supplies, as well as increasing blackout risk due to the high...

The Olympus
Global News NationalMar 12
Why water supplies may be the new front line in the Middle East war
Water treatment centres in the Persian Gulf region are under threat amid the Iran war, with desalination plants in areas like Bahrain taking damage from strikes.
#Canada #World #Iran #WaterTreatmentPlant
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727868/iran-war-water-treatment-plant-attacks/
Global News CanadaMar 12
Why water supplies may be the new front line in the Middle East war
Water treatment centres in the Persian Gulf region are under threat amid the Iran war, with desalination plants in areas like Bahrain taking damage from strikes.
#Canada #World #Iran #WaterTreatmentPlant
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727868/iran-war-water-treatment-plant-attacks/
Global News WorldMar 12
Why water supplies may be the new front line in the Middle East war
Water treatment centres in the Persian Gulf region are under threat amid the Iran war, with desalination plants in areas like Bahrain taking damage from strikes.
#Canada #World #Iran #WaterTreatmentPlant
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727868/iran-war-water-treatment-plant-attacks/
Global NewsMar 12
Why water supplies may be the new front line in the Middle East war
Water treatment centres in the Persian Gulf region are under threat amid the Iran war, with desalination plants in areas like Bahrain taking damage from strikes.
#Canada #World #Iran #WaterTreatmentPlant
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727868/iran-war-water-treatment-plant-attacks/
Kyiv Independent Daily HeadlinesJan 21

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Zelensky reiterates call to create joint European army with at least 3 million personnel amid growing Russian threat -- Kyiv Independent's new documentary reveals how Russia prepared to seize Crimea since the early 1990s -- Europe loads 'trade bazooka,' ready measures against Trump's Greenland tariff threats -- Russia targets nuclear power plant substations ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/wednesday-january-21-2026/

News BeepOct 12

‘We need to take action now’

The U.K.’s dry summer has done more than just dry up lawns and gardens. It has hurt food…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #foodsystems #Latvia #lawnsandgardens #LV #NaturalEngland #watershortage #watersupplies
https://www.newsbeep.com/180002/

Show threadUniversidadxClimaAug 8, 2025
The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their “worst fears” were realized when Wright revealed that the Trump administration would “update” the US’s premier climate crisis reports.
Produced by #scientists & peer-reviewed, there have been five national climate assessment (#NCA) reports since 2000 & they are considered the gold standard report of #globalheating & its impacts on #humanhealth, #agriculture #watersupplies and #airpollution
Show threadanna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Jan 27, 2024

Destroying that to #profit from water is unconscionable.

Newsom's tunnel plan also violates state #law. The #DeltaReformAct requires the state to reduce its reliance on the Delta for future #WaterSupplies, and to "protect, restore, and enhance the Delta ecosystem." The tunnel would instead increase dependency on the Delta and harm the #environment.

Please tell the #CaliforniaWaterBoard that taking more water from #SanFranciscoBay is a bad idea.

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