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Middle Class Is Struggling As Disaster And Insurance Costs Are Rising [1]

"Three years after Hurricane Ian slammed into Fort Myers Beach, jackhammers still echo along the barrier island's main road, where new houses and businesses are going up next to vacant lots and the shells of buildings gutted by the storm."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
People & Population [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [11], 11/18/2025
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Data Centers — A Local Drain on Power and Water, Coming to a Community Near You [12]

Thousands of energy-hungry, water-gulping data centers are helping fuel the artificial intelligence boom in the United States (and elsewhere). The latest TipSheet takes a closer look at this escalating phenomenon and encourages environmental journalists to look into how it may be playing out in their communities. Ten story ideas and reporting resources to cover data centers’ local impact.

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TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [14]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
International [19]
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Public [9]
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Northern California Tribes Will Restore Eel River After PG&E Dam Removal [20]

"Two Northern California tribes announced Wednesday that they signed a treaty last month, committing to jointly restore the Eel River and its fish populations."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Infrastructure [6]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
California [25]
Source: Mendocino Voice [26], 11/17/2025
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Seasonal Underground Energy Storage in Twin Cities: Old Technology Revived [27]

"Nearly half a century ago, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a clean energy experiment beneath the University of Minnesota with a simple goal: storing hot water for months at a time in an aquifer several hundred feet below ground."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Infrastructure [6]
Technology [28]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 11/17/2025
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"New York Pauses Its Landmark Gas Ban In New Buildings" [31]

"New York just slammed the brakes on rules that would’ve prohibited fossil fuels in new homes and businesses."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Technology [28]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Source: Canary Media [35], 11/17/2025
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"BHP Liable For 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse, UK Court Rules In Mammoth Lawsuit" [36]

"BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London's High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants' lawyers previously valued at up to 36 billion pounds ($48 billion)."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [22]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [7]
Waste [37]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
International [19]
Australia & Oceania [38]
South America [39]
Source: Reuters [40], 11/17/2025
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"The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived" [41]

"A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Planning & Growth [16]
Pollution [18]
Technology [28]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: WIRED [43], 11/17/2025
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"Lawmakers Press EPA for $3B in Stalled Lead Pipe Replacement Funds" [44]

"A group of Illinois congressional delegates is calling for the release of $3 billion in withheld federal funding that’s meant to help replace toxic lead service lines that supply drinking water to homes across the country."

Chemicals [45]
Consumer [46]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [47]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [33]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: WBEZ [48], 11/14/2025
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"If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go" [49]

"A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Infrastructure [6]
Planning & Growth [16]
Technology [28]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: WIRED [50], 11/13/2025
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"Colorado River Negotiations Blow Past Deadline" [51]

"State negotiators failed to meet a Tuesday deadline to reach an initial agreement over future operations of the drought-stricken Colorado River, but the Trump administration indicated it will allow states to continue bargaining."

Agriculture [52]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [46]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [53], 11/13/2025
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