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Utility Says It Can’t Supply Water for Alabama Data Center Without Upgrades [1]

"BESSEMER, Ala. — Developers of a proposed hyperscale data center may find themselves lacking a resource essential for the operation of what would be one of the largest such facilities in the United States: water."

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Source: Inside Climate News [10], 07/14/2025
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"States, Enviro Groups Fight Trump Plan To Keep Dirty Power Plants Going" [11]

"State regulators, consumer advocates, and environmental groups say the Department of Energy is acting illegally in forcing aging, costly power plants to stay open." 

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Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [16], 07/11/2025
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"DOE Defies Congress By Shifting Funds From Wind, Solar, EVs" [17]

"The Trump administration is diverting federal funds away from the Energy Department’s wind, solar and electric vehicles programs, despite the spending levels set under the current congressionally passed budget, according to a document posted on the agency’s website."

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Source: The Hill [18], 07/11/2025
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Small Texas Community Where Everyone Survived Flooding Had Warning Sirens [19]

"As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of Comfort -- a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone alerts and firefighters going street-to-street telling people to get out."

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Source: AP [25], 07/11/2025
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"Public Health Groups File Lawsuit To Stop RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Changes" [26]

"The lawsuit seeks to overturn Kennedy’s decision in May to end the government’s long-standing blanket recommendation for children and pregnant women to receive coronavirus shots." 

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Source: Washington Post [29], 07/11/2025
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Trump Admin Wants to Close Down Key Weather Labs Across the Country [30]

"The National Severe Storms Laboratory sits on a campus of radar equipment and office buildings at the University of Oklahoma, off a state highway in Norman. It’s responsible for radar breakthroughs in forecasting that the nation relies on for storm warnings and emergency preparedness. But the Trump administration wants to shut it down, prompting a rare rebuke from a prominent Republican member of Congress."

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Source: NOTUS [31], 07/11/2025
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"DOE Plays Out Worst-Case Scenarios For US Grid" [32]

"The Department of Energy report is widely viewed as groundwork for the White House to order coal and gas plants slated for closure to run for longer." 

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Source: E&E News [33], 07/10/2025
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"Trump’s NASA Budget Could Cede Solar System To China, Scientists Warn" [34]

"As the administration slashes spending on science, NASA is running low on new missions."

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Source: Washington Post [36], 07/10/2025
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"Trump’s NOAA Pick Stands By Budget Cuts, Calls Staffing ‘A Top Priority’" [37]

"President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told a panel of U.S. senators on Wednesday that he would make it “a top priority” to fill staffing shortages created by recent firings and buyouts across the National Weather Service, while also standing by the administration’s proposal to make drastic cuts to weather and climate research budgets."

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Source: Washington Post [38], 07/10/2025
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"Tax Credit Cuts In Trump’s Megabill Imperil Two Fully Approved Wind Farms" [39]

"The ​“Big, Beautiful Bill” includes rollbacks of clean energy incentives that at least two offshore wind projects rely on to pencil out financially, analysts say." 

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Source: Canary Media [40], 07/09/2025
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