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In South Memphis, Elon Musk’s Colossus Operated Gas Turbines Without Appropriate Permits, Residents and Activists Claim

In an area long plagued by air pollution, permitting irregularities have opponents of what’s predicted to be the world’s largest supercomputing facility fearing the world’s richest man is getting special treatment.

By Jennifer Ugwa

An aerial view of the xAI data center, called Colossus, in Memphis, Tenn. Credit: Steve Jones, Flight by Southwings for SELC
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a stop of the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour at Folsom Lake College on Tuesday in Folsom, Calif. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Sen. Bernie Sanders Brings His Fighting Oligarchy Tour to Conservative Rural California Districts

By Liza Gross

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) speaks at a press conference on March 26 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images

Congressional Democrats Assail Trump’s Plans for Deep Cuts to Government Science

By Marianne Lavelle

A meteorologist prepares to release a weather balloon at National Weather Service Headquarters in Sterling, Va. Credit: Benjamin C. Tankersley/The Washington Post via Getty Images

NOAA Cuts Weather Balloon Launches Due to Staff Shortages After DOGE Layoffs

By Dennis Pillion

People participate in a protest against Elon Musk outside a Tesla dealership on March 8 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

What Does Tesla’s Slide Mean for the US Electric Vehicle Market?

By Dan Gearino

EVs charge at a station in Virginia. Credit: Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Trump Wants the Federal Government’s Facilities Administration to Disconnect Its EV Charging Stations

By Lisa Sorg

Ranger Emily Gamboa helps a visitor at the information desk at Zion National Park in Utah. Credit: NPS/Abi Farish

People Brace for Impacts on Land, Water and Wildlife After Feds Fire Thousands Over Holiday Weekend

By Christine Peterson, High Country News

Paulina Hernández takes time to learn about her new BYD King plug-in hybrid sedan from sales rep Veronica Montoya at the BYD Santa Fe showroom in Mexico City. Credit: Natasha Pizzey

Competing Visions for U.S. Auto Industry Clash in Presidential Election, With the EV Future Pressing at the Border

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino

The protesters' signage reflected multiple demands on climate change and the humanitarian crisis in Palestine. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Activists Condemn Speakers at The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit for Driving Climate Change and Call for Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza

By Keerti Gopal

People watch as the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 2019 in Titusville, Florida. The rocket is carrying a communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin into orbit. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Space Tourism Poses a Significant ‘Risk to the Climate’

By Phil McKenna

SpaceX's first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on Feb. 10, 2022. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

As SpaceX Grows, So Do Complaints From Environmentalists, Indigenous Groups and Brownsville Residents

By Aman Azhar

CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. Credit: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: US Electric Vehicle Sales Soared in First Quarter, while Overall Auto Sales Slid

By Dan Gearino

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., waves while departing court during the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Credit: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Lawsuit Recalls How Elon Musk Was King of Rooftop Solar and then Lost It

By Dan Gearino

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