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Irish farmers have been burning carbon-rich peat to heat their rural homes for generations, but the practice has come under fire.
Researchers say that the rainforest is at risk of losing the equivalent of about 2 million soccer fields over the next 10 years.
Though tech companies are secretive about their water usage, Arizona’s 150-plus data centers and chip factories use a tiny fraction of the state’s supply.
The Save Our Bacon bill would make it harder for consumers to know how their meat was raised.
Like labels on cigarettes, opponents say fossil fuel warnings could change attitudes. Others call it gasoline “shaming.”
If the rule takes effect, more than two-thirds of Illinois’ wetlands could lose federal protections.
“It seems like they have largely adopted the positions of the chemical industry.”
Michigan and other battleground states might have swung for Trump, but they elected environmentalists to U.S. Senate seats, too.
The American Lung Association report comes amid the EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections.
