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Justine Calma

Justine Calma

Senior Science Reporter

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    Donald Trump’s pick to lead the EPA has a failing score for his environmental record.

    Trump tapped former New York Representative Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin has a 14 percent lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters.

    He’ll “ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards,” Trump said.

    Trump selects Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

    [The Hill]

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    Another big storm hit Cuba’s struggling power grid.

    Hurricane Rafael cut off power across the island even before it made landfall on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm. Authorities are still working to restore power after weeks of widespread, prolonged blackouts exacerbated by another hurricane that struck Cuba in late October.

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    New AI data centers could raise Americans’ electricity bills.

    Utility planning documents show rising costs for customers in some regions of the US as tech companies build out energy-hungry data centers, the Washington Post reports:

    “A lot of governors and local political leaders who wanted economic growth and vitality from these data centers are now realizing it can come at a cost of increased consumer bills,” said Neil Chatterjee, former chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

    As data centers for AI strain the power grid, bills rise for everyday customers

    [The Washington Post]

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    Justine Calma
    Bees botched Meta’s nuclear ambitions.

    Meta wanted to build a nuclear-powered AI data center in the US — until a rare species of bee was found at the site, according to the Financial Times.

    Tech giants have inked a string of nuclear energy deals lately to try to meet growing electricity demand for AI data centers.

    Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data centre thwarted by rare bees

    [FinancialTimes]

    US immigration policy has a huge blind spot: climate change

    Joe Biden raised hopes that the US would finally plan for climate-displaced migrants. Today, it’s still a glaring hole in climate and immigration policy.

    Justine Calma and Gaby Del Valle

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