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Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce Push for Elon Musk’s xAI Data Center [1]

"Misleading Mailer: Despite locals’ health concerns, the Chamber of Commerce has gone to unusual lengths to promote a data center, including sending a mailer with inaccurate information. 'Concierge Service': The chamber has a five-member operations team dedicated to xAI, one of Musk’s companies, as it tries to transform Memphis into a global hub of technological innovation."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: ProPublica [17], 08/27/2025
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"China Finds Buyers for Surplus Solar: Africa’s Energy-Hungry Countries" [18]

"China’s solar exports to Africa are surging." "Overproduction in China has led to slashed prices, and buyers on the continent are taking advantage to sharply increase investments in clean energy."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Technology [13]
Public [14]
Asia [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 08/27/2025
  • Read more about "China Finds Buyers for Surplus Solar: Africa’s Energy-Hungry Countries" [18]

"Trump Plans To Cancel Another Offshore Wind Project" [21]

"On the heels of its move to block a major project off the coast of Rhode Island, court filings indicate the Interior Department plans to block another off the coast of Maryland."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [22]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Technology [13]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: The Hill [25], 08/27/2025
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"Methane Leaks At California Oil Facilities Are Also Spewing Toxic Chemicals" [26]

"Large methane leaks at oil and gas facilities across the United States not only unleash massive plumes of the potent greenhouse gas, but are also carry a toxic mix of air pollutants that jeopardize the health of communities nearby, according to new research."

Air [27]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Studies [28]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [29]
Source: LA Times [30], 08/27/2025
  • Read more about "Methane Leaks At California Oil Facilities Are Also Spewing Toxic Chemicals" [26]

"Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups" [31]

"A law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms is demanding that Brown University retract research that details links between the fossil fuel industry and anti-wind groups."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [28]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [33]
Technology [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [34], 08/27/2025
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"Climate Change Is Bringing Legionnaire’s Disease to a Town Near You" [35]

"This deadly bacteria, which hits low-income people the hardest, was once an “only in New York” problem. Extreme heat is now increasing its prevalence."

Air [27]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Infrastructure [9]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Vox [36], 08/26/2025
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New England Grid Operator Warns Trump Pause On Wind Farm Risks Reliability [37]

"The operator of New England’s electric grid warned Monday that the Trump administration’s move to halt a nearly completed offshore wind farm will cause risks to the reliability of the electric grid."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [38]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [9]
People & Population [11]
Technology [13]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: The Hill [40], 08/26/2025
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"US Solar Plant Construction Is On A Record-Breaking Spree — For Now" [41]

"Solar power is having a bumper year as developers race to complete installations before Trump’s policy changes pull the rug out from under the industry."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [42], 08/26/2025
  • Read more about "US Solar Plant Construction Is On A Record-Breaking Spree — For Now" [41]

Climate Change May Spread an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries [43]

"A vaccine in development may slow the spread of Nipah virus, which kills up to 75 percent of the people it sickens, but reducing the environmental disruptions that bring people, livestock and bats together could be more effective." 

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [5]
People & Population [11]
Technology [13]
Wildlife [45]
Public [14]
International [29]
Asia [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 08/25/2025
  • Read more about Climate Change May Spread an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries [43]

"Why Power Bills Are Rising — And Why That’s Not Changing Soon" [47]

"Ending support for renewables and keeping fossil fuel power plants are the wrong tactics for addressing skyrocketing electricity rates"

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [9]
Technology [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [48], 08/25/2025
  • Read more about "Why Power Bills Are Rising — And Why That’s Not Changing Soon" [47]

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