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Is the Trump administration illegally authorizing data centers on public land?

The BLM is using a shortcut that could come back to bite the AI industry In June, the Bureau of Land Management approved the ...
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Loggers say Roadless Rule repeal won’t solve their biggest challenges

The Trump administration claims that repealing the Roadless Rule will bring timber jobs back to struggling small towns, but ...
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Senate permitting bill would cut the public out of public lands and lock in Trump-era data center, nuclear, and fossil fuel approvals

Bill would give Interior Secretary Doug Burgum a two-year window to approve projects a future president could not undo DENVER ...
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From lead paint to DNA tests: surprising discoveries from America’s national parks

In this episode, Kate and Aaron talk to Robert Lull, author of the book Our Natural Lab: Remarkable Stories of Science from ...
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Chiricahua becomes America’s 64th national park

President Trump signed legislation Tuesday making Chiricahua America’s 64th national park, the first new national park in six ...
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The Senate permitting bill would lock in data centers and nuclear waste on public lands

A bipartisan permitting bill headed for a Senate vote right after the election would give President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum two years to approve data centers, nuclear ...
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DOJ moves to kill offshore wind permits as Congress weighs permitting bill

The Justice Department asked federal judges this week to revoke Interior’s approvals for three offshore wind farms, including Revolution Wind, which has been delivering power to New England’s grid ...