GoKawiil - Tech News

1.

Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law (wired.com)

2026-09-19 | by Sophie Hurwitz | get Levoit air purifier for home odor and allergens → | tags: ab 1661, oil drilling, california law

2.

Why every AI launch now makes the backlash worse (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: ai backlash, ai model releases, ai environmental impact

3.

How concerned are Americans about AI’s environmental impact? This new poll reveals the data (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: artificial intelligence, data centers, environmental impact

4.

The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-15 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: ai data centers, grays ferry, philadelphia

5.

Trump is giving data centers a pass to pollute (theverge.com)

2026-09-12 | by Justine Calma | get Levoit Core 300S air purifier HEPA → | tags: donald trump, epa, ai data centers

6.

El Niño goes viral — and scientists learn what makes people care about the climate (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-11 | by Shenai | get Planet Earth II Blu-ray BBC Earth → | tags: el niño, climate communication, journal of environmental psychology

7.

The Download: our 35 Innovators Under 35 this year (technologyreview.com)

2026-09-08 | by Thomas Macaulay | get Plugable USB digital microscope → | tags: innovators under 35, environmental dna, spiderwebs

8.

Just Bury Your Trash (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | by Alex Chalmers | get simplehuman dual compartment recycler trash can → | tags: landfill, recycling, polyethylene

9.

SpaceX’s Plan to Build the World’s Biggest Spaceport Could Be an Environmental Disaster (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | get Celestron Nature DX 8x42 binoculars → | tags: spacex, spaceport, wildlife

10.

U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | by Jake Roach | get Temtop M10 air quality monitor → | tags: epa, data centers, loudoun county

11.

Forget bamboo. This startup wants the next toilet paper to be made from rice straw (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | get Reel bamboo toilet paper 24 rolls → | tags: paddy paper, rice straw, bamboo toilet paper

12.

50 Years of Bronx River Clean-Up Efforts Lead to the First Otter Sighting in a Century (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: bronx river, otter sighting, pollution cleanup

13.

South Africa’s scientists must register with official body or risk prison, according to draft law (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Wild | tags: south african council, natural sciences bill, sacnasp

14.

As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: pesticides, farmworkers, union for concerned scientists

15.

Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: theban necropolis, egyptian burial trends, frontiers in environmental archaeology

16.

Mexico crackdown on coastal development (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: profepa, yucatán, coastal development

17.

Mexico Crackdown on Coastal Development Underway (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: profepa, yucatán, coastal development

18.

Thanks to social media, canned sardines are a scarcity on the supermarket shelf (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Arthur Zaczkiewicz | tags: social media, canned sardines, tiktok

19.

Stop Wasting Food and Start Saving Money With These Apps (cnet.com)

2026-08-11 | by Giselle Castro-Sloboda | tags: too good to go, food waste, us environmental protection agency

20.

NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-11 | by Kozlov | tags: nih, public policy, environmental protections

21.

Why environmental treaties must also address mental health (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-10 | by Kumar | tags: mental health, pesticides, mercury

22.

How the Trump administration is blocking the public’s right to protect the environment (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: trump administration, citizen suits, clean water act

23.

The three-and-beyond-body problem: juggling kids, travel and careers in academia (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-04 | by Carter | tags: two-body problem, academia, heathrow airport

24.

I compared these popular sleep earbuds to my Oura Ring 5 - the results surprised me (zdnet.com)

2026-07-30 | by Nina Raemont | tags: ozlo sleepbuds, oura ring, sony

25.

Europe's fires are just the start (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: europe, fires, climate change

26.

Risks of Parkinson's Disease May Increase With Prolonged Exposure to Road Traffic Noise (slashdot.org)

2026-07-25 | tags: parkinson's disease, road traffic noise, jama neurology

27.

What Surrounds Us will make you think a lot about circles (theverge.com)

2026-07-25 | by Jay Peters | tags: surrounding circles, legend of zelda, environmental themes

28.

AI firms want more data centers; Trump's EPA may give neighbors less say (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: data centers, environmental protection agency, clean air act

29.

Trump Administration Declares Toxic Sewer Sludge Not a Threat to Public Health (futurism.com)

2026-07-23 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: epa, pfas, biosolids

30.

How to Abandon Your Climate Commitments and Get Away with It (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: climate commitments, environmental policy, government regulation