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Home

In Montana, tenant unions turned steep lot rent hikes into a rare 3% cap

White nurdles on a beach.

Tech

Illinois is first in the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds to classify nurdles as pollution

A stream flows through a grassy landscape with silos in the background under a cloudy sky.

Business

Oregon judge greenlights suit over nitrate-tainted water serving 46,000 residents

A brick well with a tiled roof surrounded by grass and plants, near a wooden fence and open field.

Tech

'I can't stop thinking about it': Rhode Island town fears years of PFAS-tainted well water

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Outdoors

In Alberta, sniffer dogs are helping stop invasive mussels before they reach lakes and rivers

An electric cooktop with one heating element illuminated in red and control buttons displayed.

Tech

Federal judge backs Oak Park's all-electric building rule in Illinois, rejects gas lawsuit

A city council meeting taking place in Wixom, Michigan, with attendees sitting in chairs and speakers at a podium.

Tech

Wixom, Michigan, advances data center rules as worries grow over power, water, and noise

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Home

Tenant rallies neighbors after hallway upgrades bring a proposed 78% rent hike

A group of people in green shirts poses in front of a Westover City Hall sign.

Tech

In Alabama, Westover delays data center moratorium vote, calls for town hall

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Business

Ohio Supreme Court says Ashville can't block vote on data center, gas plant deal

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Home

Idaho residents mobilize against 471-home project planned on farmland by Boise River

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Tech

Chicago mayor seeks data center pause, tighter rules as AI boom strains water and power