Oregon governor orders pause on environmental permits to build or expand data centersOregon’s governor has effectively issued a moratorium on new data centers and data center expansions in the state by ordering environmental regulators to pause approving new state and federal air and water pollution permits for data center projects until next July.Spokane Spokesman-Review3d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologyoregon data center moratorium
Fed’s Goolsbee Says Inflation Discouraging, Warns of OverheatingFederal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said a report showing broad-based inflationary pressures last month was worrisome, and warned the build-out of infrastructure related to artificial intelligence may be overheating the economy.Spokane Spokesman-Review3d agoWhole story →SecurityEconomy
Should wolves lose endangered species status? Trump administration says in court, ‘yes’Gray wolves throughout the U.S. should no longer be considered endangered, lawyers for the Trump administration told a federal appeals court on Tuesday, as oral arguments began in three cases that could significantly weaken protections for the predator canines.Spokane Spokesman-Review3d agoWhole story →Planet
Supreme Court weighs if privacy law can limit targeted ads onlineThe Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems wary of broadly applying a 1988 video-tape privacy law to the modern digital age. How the 6-3 conservative court decides the case they debated for 90 minutes on Oct. 14 could have far-reaching consequences for the large swaths of the internet that rely on targeted advertising – and for the internet users…Spokane Spokesman-Review3d agoWhole story →JusticeTechnology
Trump says Taiwan agrees to buy 30% of LNG from Alaska pipeline project - Tue, 13 Oct 2026 PSTWASILLA, Alaska – Taiwan has agreed to buy 30% of the liquefied natural gas from a pipeline project in Alaska, US President Donald Trump told a rally in the state on Tuesday, but the deal terms were not immediately clear. Taiwan has committed to investing $4.4 billion in the development of the pipeline, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who also…Spokane Spokesman-Review4d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomyalaska pipeline deal
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