NYT visual analysis suggests the US hit 2 drinking-water facilities overnight in s Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure is war crime. When asked, Hegseth tenaciously refused to identify a legitimate military target connected with this attack.
Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio.
Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands
As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5%
Big fan of this paper and I'm glad it found a home. Environmental infrastructure spending is understudied compared to its budget.
The report finds that factors including declines in public funding, drops in enrollment, and the growth in noninstructional costs have contributed to stagnating wages for full- and part-time faculty members, even as compensation for administrators climbs...
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No electricity, no gas, no sleep: Cubans on edge amid endless outages - four months into US oil blockade, Cubans see island drained as state electric company fights to provide even a few hours of power a day
By Ruaridh Nicoll
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Interesting ⬇️
More evidence for how the US auto industry is committing suicide, while China is moving to dominate global auto manufacturing and sales.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Scott Horton
Ketan Joshi
AAUP
Biden-era programs designed to encourage electrification now don’t allow … electrification.
📢 Out now in the 🌸May 2026 issue🌸of #JAERE! 📢
"Municipal Governments Under the Clean Water Act" by Rhiannon L. Jerch.
📎 Read it here: buff.ly/jrPGyQ7
📈📉 #Econsky
Four months into US oil blockade, Cubans see island drained as state electric company fights to provide even a few hours of power a day
According to this story, held-up projects include:
-deploying nonprofit youth programs to clear trails
-sending groups to prevent washouts in parks during persistent rain
-surveying wildlife
-prescribed burns and fuels reduction ahead of wildfire season www.notus.org/climate-envi...
China’s passenger car exports jumped 73% year-on-year in May to around 809,000 vehicles, an industry group reported Wednesday, as higher gasoline and diesel prices due to the war in Iran raised intere...
A puny snowpack and widespread drought have experts predicting a severe U.S. wildfire season. They’re worried that the federal firefighting effort that’s in the midst of reorganization will struggle to cope.
The popular wildfire tracking app is adding flood monitoring to its platform. It’s the first new disaster alert on the service, with many more to come.
With a puny snowpack in the Western mountains and a widespread drought, the nation is a tinderbox. A reorganization of federal firefighting efforts and the departure of many staff qualified to join th...
The popular wildfire tracking app is adding flood monitoring to its platform. It’s the first new disaster alert on the service, with many more to come.
