Texas Warning Audit Finds Alerts Improved Unevenly
AP found working alerts and sirens alongside geographic gaps; all-or-nothing warning rhetoric hides which communities actually received protection.
Dara Osei
Bureau: London
Data-Center Protests Spread Across the United States
Backlash became national, but permits, utility contracts, water records and tax terms still decide what each data-center project costs the public.
Oklahoma Leaves Data-Center Water Use Untracked
With X unobserved, a missing facility denominator defeats both alarm and conservation claims because municipal purchases bypass Oklahoma's data-center permit rule.
DCM Shriram Signs 58-Megawatt Renewable Deal
A named buyer and 58 MW make the project concrete, while construction, generation and tariff records decide how much fossil power it displaces.
Birmingham Data-Center Hearing Resumes August 12
Residents seek a construction pause, but two days of testimony produced no order; the hearing resumes August 12 with permits and harm still contested.
Township Removes Cap on Data-Center Tax Break
A Michigan township expanded the incentive ceiling before the project proves investment, jobs or grid terms, moving public cost ahead of operating receipts.
Gulf Disturbance Raises Florida Flood Risk
Formation odds remain low, but west Florida and the Panhandle face several days of heavy rain; cyclone probability and household flood risk are different warnings.
Pacific Disturbance Reaches 90 Percent Formation Odds
EP97 is likely to become a depression, but it remains separate from Tropical Storm Elida and from any land-impact claim; mariners need the high-seas forecast.