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After Refusing $26M to Turn Farm Into AI Data Center, Mom and Daughter Join Fight Against Mysterious Fortune 100 Company

The spread of data centers is roiling communities nationwide. In Kentucky, Ida Huddleston and Delsia Bare are holding tight to their ancestral land From left: Ida Huddleston and Delsia Bare and their farm in Kentucky.Credit : Glenn Hartong (2) Starting at age 11, Delsia Bare had a routine after school. She would saddle up her horse and ride along the perimeter of her famil

$130 billion in AI data centers has been blocked or delayed this year; here’s what you need to know

The first quarter of 2026 saw the most blocked and delayed data center projects on record A generic photo of a data center (Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) The booming AI data center industry has been fraught with controversy and growing resistance, with seven in 10 Americans reportedly against constructing them in their area, nearly half of whom were strong

66 billion trees have been planted in China’s Great Green Wall — and they appear to be growing faster than natural forests

A study of China's planted and natural forests reveals age, species mix, and CO2 sensitivity all contribute to how fast trees sprout leaves. An aerial view of China's Great Green Wall, a huge project designed to slow the spread of the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts. (Image credit: PEDRO PARDO via Getty Images) Trees in China that were planted as part of huge reforesta

86-Year-Old Farmer Turns Down $15 Million Offer From Data Center Developers

An 86-year-old Pennsylvania farmer is going viral — not for selling his land, but for refusing to. Mervin Raudabaugh Mervin Raudabaugh, a dairy farmer in Cumberland County, says he has owned his 261 acres for more than 60 years. He spent 51 of those years as a dairy farmer, building not just a livelihood, but a legacy. Recently, he says he was offered $15 million from a data cen

Tribe Sues Feds for Planned Mass Removal of Wild Horse Herd on Ancestral Lands

A California tribe is suing the federal government to stop the removal of more than 600 wild horses from its homelands. Wild horses in Montgomery Pass. Credit: (photo/Indigenous Wild Horse Society Facebook) The Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation filed a federal lawsuit today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, demanding that the court halt a

Cheyenne BOPU traces rare bacteria discharge to Meta data center contractor

CHEYENNE — The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities has identified Goat Systems LLC, a contractor working on Meta's in-progress data center campus in the High Plains Business Park, as the source of a discharge that introduced the bacteria Cupriavidus gilardii into the city's wastewater treatment system. Frank Strong, BOPU's engineering and water resource division manager, told the Wyoming Tribune

As the Ocean Warms, a ‘Cold Blob’ in the Atlantic Has Puzzled Scientists. It Might Be a Warning Sign About a Key Current System

A patch of water south of Greenland and Iceland has cooled by nearly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. A new study suggests that it shows a crucial system of ocean currents is weakening, which could alter Earth’s climate The "cold blob," shown in blue near the top, is also called the Atlantic "warming hole." NASA SVS The ocean has been heating up over the past century, largely due to hum

Researchers pinpoint when the Vikings came to Canada. It was exactly 1,000 years ago

It's long been known that the Vikings were the first Europeans to make the long journey to the Americas, arriving in what is now Canada sometime around the end of the first millennium. At the L'Anse aux Meadows historical site in Newfoundland, Canada, a 10th or 11th century Viking home is depicted. The settlement is the only confirmed Norse archeological site in the Americas outside of

Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare and Earth-bound CME that could spark northern lights for July 4 weekend

The X1.1 eruption briefly disrupted radio communications across the daylight side of Earth, while forecasters now expect the accompanying CME to reach Earth on July 3. X-class flare eruption on June 30. (Image credit: NASA SDO) A restless Earth-facing sunspot unleashed a powerful X-class solar flare on June 30, triggering radio blackouts across parts of North America. T

NASA satellite captures wave of warm water hundreds of miles long that signals a devastatingly strong El Niño

This year's El Niño is on track to be among the strongest ever recorded. A wave of warm water and higher-than-usual sea surfaces (red) stretches across the Pacific, a few days before El Niño was declared. (Image credit: Data for the map were acquired by the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite and processed by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).NASA Earth Observatory/Lau