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Virginia Legislation to Manage Data Center Growth Is Stalling [1]

"The state with the most data centers is struggling to enact laws to protect electric customers and limit the energy and environmental impacts of their explosive growth."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Technology [10]
Public [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [13], 10/01/2025
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October 9, 2025

CCNow Webinar: Covering the COP in the Amazon [14]

As global newsrooms prepare their coverage of COP30, how are Brazilian newsrooms planning for the summit? What do they want their journalistic colleagues from outside of Brazil to understand? Also, access a live feed of COP coverage. Join Covering Climate Now at 12pm ET.

Other Events [15]
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Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [16]
Forests [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Planning & Growth [9]
Policy [19]
Region: 
International [20]
South America [21]

Citing Climate Crisis, NAACP Opposes Massive Alabama Data Center [22]

"NAACP leaders cite energy, water usage and a lack of transparency around the project as causes for concern."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Pollution [24]
Technology [10]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 09/26/2025
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Dwindling Colorado River Can’t Wait For States To Cut Water Use, Experts Say [29]

"A group of experts says Western states urgently need to cut water use to avert a deepening crisis on the Colorado River. The river’s major reservoirs are less than one-third full, and another dry winter would push reservoirs toward critically low levels."

Agriculture [30]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: LA Times [32], 09/15/2025
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"Building Toward Disaster: Growth Collides With Rising Seas In Charleston" [33]

"A billion-dollar seawall may shield the city’s wealthy core — but not the vulnerable communities beyond it. Who will be forced to move?"

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Floodlight [35], 09/12/2025
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Walkability Index Helps Journalists Highlight Planning Issues [36]

Many local government decisions come down to a key factor: walkability. And that’s not just a question of transportation infrastructure. As the latest Reporter’s Toolbox notes, walkability is also an environmental consideration. To turn that simple truth into stories about the built environment, here’s a high-quality, mappable walkability index. How to use the database smartly, plus questions to ask that will get your reporting started.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [38]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [39]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Policy [19]
Transportation [40]
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National (U.S.) [26]
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Public [11]
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Trump Climate Science Denial Hinges on … Not Saying the Word [41]

A war on the facts behind climate change — and on the actions to address it — is well underway in the second Trump administration. The new WatchDog Opinion column takes the measure of the battlefront, eyeing key examples of the political onslaught, including a concerted effort to eradicate the very term itself. Regulations killed, research discredited, speech censored and more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [43]
Government [38]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Planning & Growth [9]
Policy [19]
Science [44]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [26]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
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Businesses Face 'Chaos' As EPA Aims To Repeal Its Climate Authority [45]

"The Trump administration's plan to undo a landmark finding that climate pollution threatens public health and welfare poses lots of risks for corporate America."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Planning & Growth [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NPR [46], 08/21/2025
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"China Rushes To Build Out Solar, And Emissions Edge Downward" [47]

"China has been installing solar panels at a blistering pace, far faster than anywhere else in the world, and the investment is starting to pay off. A study released Thursday found that the country’s carbon emissions edged down 1% in the first six months of the year compared to a year earlier, extending a trend that began in March 2024."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [6]
Planning & Growth [9]
Pollution [24]
Technology [10]
Public [11]
Asia [48]
Source: AP [49], 08/21/2025
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Geothermal Network in Colorado Could Help Rural Town Diversify Its Economy [50]

"Hayden, a long-established coal community, is pitching companies to come take advantage of “reliable, cost-effective heating and cooling” at its light industrial park once its new geothermal network is complete."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [38]
Infrastructure [6]
Planning & Growth [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 08/21/2025
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