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Rays Found in Polluted NYC Creek Might Be Sign of Environmental Hope (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: newtown creek, nyc, pollution

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This viral clip reveals what a data center sounds like. People are comparing it to torture (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: data center, michigan, noise pollution

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You Are Entirely Unprepared for the Noise This Data Center Constantly Blasts at Neighbors’ Homes (futurism.com)

2026-07-28 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: data center, dowagiac, noise pollution

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'It sounds like someone set up a vacuum, like in your living room': Michigan residents sue AI data center emitting noise 24/7 — company fined for industrial noise ordinance violations, offers to buy homes from residents (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-27 | by Jowi Morales | tags: hyperscale data, alliance cloud services, cryptocurrency mining

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LEDs' Potential to Save Our Night Skies (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | by Paul Bogard | tags: leds, trafalgar square, light pollution

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We're Squandering LEDs' Potential to Save Our Night Skies (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | by Paul Bogard | tags: leds, trafalgar square, light pollution

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This New Process Turns Plastic Trash Into Clean Fuel Instead of Pollution (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: plastic recycling, clean fuel, carbon efficiency

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The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It’s Almost Incomprehensible (futurism.com)

2026-07-09 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: centers, data centers, environmental

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The US going 100% EV by 2040 would save more than 100k lives, study says (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-30 | get Tesla Model 3 → | tags: icct, fia foundation, internal combustion engines

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Apple supplier Tata avoids regulatory action after pollution warning in India (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-16 | by Marcus Mendes | get Tata Steel Pollution Mask → | tags: apple, tata, tamil nadu

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Electric vehicles cut pollution in China – and prevent 260,000 premature deaths (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-05 | by Steiner | tags: china, dioxide, nitrogen

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Speed is a virtue. Or is it? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-03 | get High-Speed SSD External Drive → | tags: speed, covid-19, vaccination

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Global lung cancer burden shifting to middle-income countries (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-27 | by Deighton | get Lung Cancer Awareness Puzzle → | tags: lung cancer, china, smoking rates

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Researchers Say the Worst Climate Future is Less Likely. But the Best One is Also Slipping Away (slashdot.org)

2026-05-23 | by Posted | get Climate Change Awareness Poster → | tags: climate change, paris agreement, carbon pollution

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Data Centers Can Make Neighborhoods Up to 4 Degrees Hotter, Study Finds (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-22 | get Smart Thermostat for Data Centers → | tags: data centers, phoenix, temperature

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SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Nearly $3 Billion Investment in Gas Turbines for AI Data Centers (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-21 | get AI Data Center Gas Turbines → | tags: spacex, ipo, gas turbines

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Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-20 | by Tim De Chant | get Tesla Powerwall → | tags: xai, elon musk, spacex

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Wood Burning Is Reintroducing Lead Pollution Into the Air, Scientists Find (slashdot.org)

2026-05-16 | get Wood Stove Air Purifier → | tags: wood burning, lead pollution, university of massachusetts

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Solar power production undercut by coal pollution (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-15 | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: coal pollution, solar panels, aerosols

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Pennsylvania residents complain they are being 'bulldozed' over AI data center concerns — lambast Gov. Shapiro in two-hour town hall, say he is losing support base (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-15 | by Jowi Morales | get Smart Home Security Camera → | tags: ai data centers, pennsylvania, josh shapiro

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A New Way to Fight Climate Change Emerges From Erupting Volcano (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-11 | get Volcano Eruption Simulation Kit → | tags: volcanic eruption, methane pollution, south pacific

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Are microbes the future of pollution clean-up? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-06 | by Nuwer | get Bioremediation Microbe Kit → | tags: microorganisms, synthetic biology, biotechnology

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Carbon Pollution Is Making Food Less Nutritious, Risking the Health of Billions (slashdot.org)

2026-05-03 | by Posted | get Organic Soil Test Kit → | tags: carbon pollution, food nutrition, bill gates

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Show HN: Browser-based light pollution simulator using real photometric data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get Light Pollution Simulation Kit → | tags: browser, light pollution, photometric data

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Cocaine-Fueled Wild Salmon Swam Twice as Far as Sober Ones (wired.com)

2026-04-22 | by Marta Musso | tags: atlantic salmon, cocaine pollution, griffith university

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Decade-long warming accelerates antibiotic resistance in grassland soils (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-22 | by Wu | get Soil Testing Kit → | tags: antibiotic resistance, soil microbiome, climate warming

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The Unexpected Reason Why Your Migraines Might Get Worse Depending on the Air (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-17 | get Air Purifier for Allergies → | tags: migraines, pollution, air quality

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Briefing Chat: Penguins pick up PFAS pollution (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-17 | by Thompson | get PFAS Testing Kit → | tags: penguins, pfas pollution, nature.com

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The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | by Clive Thompson | get Noise-Canceling Headphones → | tags: noise pollution, hans slabbekoorn, animal communication

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The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up? (technologyreview.com)

2026-04-16 | by Clive Thompson | get Noise-Canceling Headphones → | tags: noise pollution, hans slabbekoorn, bluebirds