Virginia Study on Data Centers Calls for Tighter Water Regulations August 10, 2026 By Sarah Rankin Virginia, the world’s largest data center hub, has released a long-delayed study that examined the state’s eastern region groundwater supply...
Experts in Lockheed Pollution Suit Used Unreliable Methods, Appeals Court Says July 30, 2026 By William Rabb Lockheed Martin Corp. won a major legal victory in May when a Florida jury found that plaintiffs had failed to...
Reporting Shows Georgia Officials Knew Carpet Mills Polluted Local Water May 7, 2026 By Dylan Jackson, Jason Dearen and Justin Price Starting in the 1970s, the textile mills of northwest Georgia relied on chemicals known as PFAS to add stain resistance...
Palm Beach Billionaires Feud Over Who’s Really Protecting the Everglades April 20, 2026 By Michael Smith Sugar tycoons Jose “Pepe” Fanjul and Alfonso “Alfy” Fanjul Jr. have a plan to dig up thousands of acres of...
Florida Brownfield Development Bill Raising Concerns About Coverage, Litigation March 17, 2026 By William Rabb Amid the last-minute scramble to move legislation before the non-budgetary session was set to end last week, Florida lawmakers quietly...
Georgia Regulators Approve Huge Electric Generation Increase for Data Centers December 24, 2025 By Jeff Amy Georgia’s only private electric utility plans to increase power capacity by 50% after state regulators on Friday agreed 5-0 that...
West Virginia Approves More Mining in Area Residents Say Is Already Contaminated September 15, 2025 In 2023, dirty mine water gushed out of the ground behind James Christian’s home, flooding his yard in Wyoming County,...
Residents Discover WV Lawmakers Eliminated Local Authority Over Data Centers August 6, 2025 In late March, Pamela Moe was at her dining room table, skimming the local paper when something caught her eye....
Energy Transfer Fuel Leak in Pennsylvania Lasted 16 Months, PHMSA Says February 28, 2025 A pipeline operated by Energy Transfer LP leaked jet fuel for at least 16 months, contaminating residential water wells in...
Colonial Shuts Largest US Gasoline Pipe to Investigate Leak January 15, 2025 Colonial Pipeline Co. shut the largest US fuel pipeline Tuesday to investigate a potential leak in Georgia. The company’s Line...