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NEW: the trump administration is quietly pushing to change rules that could give the public much less advance notice when a polluting facility comes to their neighborhoods the move comes as communities across the country mobilize against data centers and the gas turbines and diesel engines some use

The Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for PollutersThe EPA has proposed a rule change that would let states decide how much input the public has on air pollution permits. It would be a huge boon for data centers increasingly reliant on fossil fuels.www.wired.com

talked to @abdulelsayed.bsky.social about poop lettuce, wildfire smoke, and what he'd do in congress to address our "DOGE'd" federal public health apparatus: www.wired.com/story/abdul-...

Abdul El-Sayed Is an Epidemiologist Running for Senate. His State Is a Public Health DisasterMichigan has been at the epicenter of the wildfire smoke and explosive diarrhea outbreaks. The progressive Democrat talks to WIRED about how he would tackle the forces behind them if he’s elected.www.wired.com

i talked to several pollution + health experts about the wildfire smoke blanketing much of the northeast right now, and everyone agreed that even able-bodied adults may want to take some precautions today!!

Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires Turns Skies Sickly Orange Across the Eastern USRoughly 100 fires are raging out of control in Ontario, sending smoke streaming 1,000 miles to the south and east.www.wired.com

tell emily about your turbo diarrhea pls

dropping your phone in a lake at the beginning of a four day weekend is not a good idea to keep up with the news journalistically, but is a really phenomenal way to totally log the fuck off as a human being

today, ny becomes the first state with a statewide data center moratorium even though the hochul data center pause is less aggressive than ny's data center moratorium bill passed in may, it's still "a gigantic step forward," one advocate told me

New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium“We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities,” New York governor Kathy Hochul said. The executive order will pause construction for one year.www.wired.com

i have so many questions about the pool. @wired.com's newsroom has so many questions about the pool. so i called Swimming Pool Steve, a youtuber who has shot to quasi-fame in recent weeks. spoiler alert: Steve also has lots of questions about the pool.

Even the Internet’s Favorite Pool Guy Doesn’t Know How to Fix the Reflecting PoolAlgae blooms, peeling paint, and a host of fixes from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubblers have made it hard to diagnose what's wrong with the Reflecting Pool, let alone how to clean up the mess.www.wired.com

hell yea

pool still green even though trump want pool blue

Why the Reflecting Pool Is Full of Algae After Trump's RenovationWarm weather has fueled a bloom that National Park Service workers are trying to kill using everything from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubbles ahead of July 4 celebrations.www.wired.com

NEW: the US government intervened Monday on behalf of xAI in a lawsuit over its gas turbines, claiming that the company needs to run the turbines in order to power Grok, which is "vital" for national security lots of wild stuff in the filing:

DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP LawsuitIn a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI's polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.www.wired.com

SCOOP w @telliotter.bsky.social : a little-known but crucial regulation on how the government regulates data centers that hold federal data is set to expire in a few months—and neither Congress nor the White House is making any moves to replace it

The US Government Is Letting a Key Data Center Regulation ExpireThe federal government is planning to let a rule regulating federal data center operations sunset in September with no replacement.www.wired.com

NEW: on the eve of SpaceX's IPO, i spoke to folks in the memphis area still fighting the company's polluting data centers there, which are now also being leased by Anthropic "We’re the extracted and exploited colony of what is going to be one of the most highly valued entities in the world"

People Living Near xAI’s Dirty Data Centers Are Pissed About the SpaceX IPOElon Musk is set to make hundreds of billions even as communities in Mississippi and Tennessee are fighting to stop the gas turbines powering xAI's supercomputers.www.wired.com