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Bringing Back Nuclear and Coal to Power AI? Tech Companies Must Do Better. <http://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=ca3b9220e4fe4a0ed85d69183d4bfd41b1ac068fcac84ce6f3e80cef3eb1703132f1b887ac56f9571d38
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States across the country are seeing a sharp increase in electricity demand, driven by artificial intelligence and the subsequent need for new data centers. As Sierra magazine reports,
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gas and coal plants instead of building renewable energy and storage. The demand for AI power is getting so huge that big tech companies are even trying to reopen closed nuclear plants
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Our public lands, which are areas managed by the federal government for the American people, provide open space and clean water for our communities, critical habitats for native plants
and animals, and connections to our land's history and culture.
Want to celebrate Public Lands Day without leaving the house? Check out this list of books and films that dive deeply into the true history of some of our most treasured landscapes.
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Want to ensure the permanent protection of our Southwest deserts? The proposed Kw'tsán National Monument would protect 380,000 acres of vast desert landscape between California and Arizona,
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If you want to help fight climate change -- while saving money in the long run -- electrifying your home is a great place to start. Residential energy use accounts for a whopping 20
percent of US greenhouse gas emissions, which are mostly the result of heating and cooling. Today's electrical appliances are more than capable of replacing fossil-fuel-burning ones.
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Plants & Goodwin workers cap an orphaned oil well in Pennsylvania. | Photo by Jeff Swensen
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There are over 2 million orphaned oil and gas wells in the United States, many of which are decades or centuries old. When they stopped being used, many were not plugged properly, and
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Maine's long journey to a fossil-fuel-free destination is finally in sight! In 2019, Democratic governor Janet Mills signed a bipartisan bill calling for 100,000 new heat pumps in Maine
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