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What If Tech Execs Don’t Really Need All These Data Centers?

The rush to build new computing and energy infrastructure for artificial intelligence comes with a lot of unintended consequences—especially if this new infrastructure isn’t actually needed.

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Heather Souvaine Horn

Data Centers Are the Next Big Front in Environmental Wars

A fight over a data center in Fayetteville, Georgia, follows patterns previously seen in fights over pipelines or fracking.

Elon Musk Is Why We Shouldn’t Cast CEOs as Climate Saviors

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Elon Musk Is Why We Shouldn’t Cast CEOs as Climate Saviors

Lessons From 2024

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Liza Featherstone

The Democrats Can’t Afford to Ignore Climate Change Ever Again

Kamala Harris chose to stay silent on climate change. Activists mostly let her. And now the White House and likely both houses of Congress will be controlled by climate deniers.

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Can Democrats Keep Young Men From Turning Fascist?

Joe Biden sits in a cream-colored chair in the Oval Office.

Why Bidenomics Failed to Win the White Working Class

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Kat Abughazaleh

Democrats Need to Clean House Before They Screw Up Again