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Justine Calma

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Justine Calma

    Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficient (opens the original)

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    Critics say the move will raise fuel costs for Americans. Critics say the move will raise fuel costs for Americans. The US Department of Transportation finalized its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it “among the largest deregulatory actions under the second Trump Administration.” It’s a nail in the coffin for Biden-era standards that would have required fleet average fuel economy to reach 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031. President Donald Trump’s plan requires

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Justine Calma

    Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain (opens the original)

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    With AI, he says, ‘in order to save you, they’ve got to hurt you first.‘ With AI, he says, ‘in order to save you, they’ve got to hurt you first.‘ As Jensen Huang puts it, AI can help fight climate change — but only if it inflicts “an enormous amount of pain and suffering” first. The Nvidia CEO discussed the future of energy and AI’s impact on our planet in the latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show. But his comments boil down to the same accelerationist spin we’ve seen from a variety of tech lead

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Justine Calma

    Data centers are black boxes, but California wants to change that (opens the original)

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    New legislation will finally force data centers to disclose more information about how much water and electricity they use in California. New legislation will finally force data centers to disclose more information about how much water and electricity they use in California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills on Monday that could finally give communities better data — and more say — on how data centers impact their electricity bills and water supply. As data centers invade a gr

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Justine Calma

    The AI data center e-waste problem is huge — and getting bigger (opens the original)

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    AI is creating more e-waste, and most of it flies under the radar. AI is creating more e-waste, and most of it flies under the radar. E-waste from the AI boom has been vastly underestimated, a new report warns. By 2050, it could become enough trash to fill 23 million shipping containers — roughly enough 40-foot containers to circle the world six times if lined up in a row. It’s a significantly higher estimate of AI’s e-waste than previous studies have found because the authors of the new report

  5. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Justine Calma

    Trump is giving data centers a pass to pollute (opens the original)

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    The Trump administration is sacrificing Americans’ health to build data centers, former EPA officials warn. The Trump administration is sacrificing Americans’ health to build data centers, former EPA officials warn. President Donald Trump is weakening environmental regulations in the name of speeding up the construction of AI data centers, raising health risks for Americans, a cadre of former EPA officials said this week in a briefing and new report. They are urging — perhaps futilely — the pr

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