Federal appeals court rules Denver Water can use Gross Dam expansionThe 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for Denver Water to finish its $600 million Gross Dam expansion project in Colorado, reversing a lower court's order.Boulder Daily Camera20d agoWhole story →Planetgross dam expansion ruling
N.J. bill would freeze AI data center construction and approvals for 6 monthsThe bill would also create a commission to study the industry's effects on the state's electrical grid, water supply and utility rates.NJ.com20d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanetai data center moratorium proposal
Texas data centers could face penalties over water reportingTexas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state's water development board to start penalizing major water users if they haven't complied with water use reporting requirements.FOX 4 News20d agoWhole story →PlanetGreg Abbotttexas water reporting enforcement
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to penalize data centers in water use inquiryGov. Greg Abbott called on the Texas Water Development Board to take action against data centers that failed to respond to a water use inquiry.The Dallas Morning News20d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanetGreg Abbotttexas data center water use inquiry
FBI oversight hearing: Klobuchar presses Patel on fraud, cyberattacks, and shootingsU.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar questioned FBI Director Kash Patel on several issues involving Minnesota during a Senate oversight hearing Tuesday, including fraud investigations, the fatal shootings Alex Pretti and Renee Good and recent cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems.FOX 920d agoWhole story →TechnologyJusticeAmy Klobucharfbi oversight hearing
Detainees confined to small metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, report findsMIAMI — The state-run immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” violated a host of federal and state detention standards, according to a new government report. At the center, which cost an estimated $1 billion and closed on June 25, detainees lacked adequate living space, access to showers, legal information and…Hartford Courant20d agoWhole story →PlanetJusticealligator alcatraz detention report
Trump and lawmakers clash over data centers, AI race and water useData centers spark a partisan divide as Democratic lawmakers push for tighter restrictions over water use and utility bills while Republican lawmakers cite the AI race.Fox News21d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanetdata center regulations debate
McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalizationThe 84-year-old senator briefly addressed reporters from a wheelchair outside the Senate chamber. His absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism andWTOP21d agoWhole story →GovernmentPlanetMitch McConnellmcconnell returns to senate
