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Reducing the fee will only have a marginal impact on prices while depriving the government of revenue to maintain roads.

Researcher Sasha Luccioni argues we need better emissions data and a better sense of how people are using AI in the first place.

Emails show that Elon Musk's company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.

The move could save the oil company hundreds of millions, even as Texas lawmakers start looking at reining in incentives for data centers.

Concern over water access are poised to consume summer in the US, as crises in Corpus Christi and across the Colorado River threaten to boil over.

Plants from OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Microsoft could emit more than 129M tons annually.

A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.

In a letter obtained by WIRED, the Energy Information Administration tells two senators that it plans to develop a mandatory assessment of data centers' energy use.

Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.

In a letter, senators press for mandated annual electricity disclosure for data centers.

In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers.

The US senator said on Tuesday that a moratorium would give lawmakers time to "ensure that AI is safe." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a similar bill in the House in the weeks ahead.

“This will be so, so, so, so, so bad,” one analyst says.

Massive Western heat wave, potential El Niño raise concerns about unpredictable, extreme weather.

A massive Western heat wave and a potential El Niño event raise concerns about a long stretch of unpredictable and extreme weather.

Donald Trump said he would replace the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Noem’s tenure was marked by aggressive anti-immigration tactics and ICE’s killing of two US protesters.

“Data centers … they need some PR help,”President Donald Trump said at the event.

The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

The conflict in the Middle East is driving oil prices up in a midterm year when Americans are already focused on high energy bills.