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The
BLM and U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service said
no Mexican spotted
owls lived near a
proposed mine site in
Arizona’s Sky Islands
when it permitted
mineral exploration.
Photo evidence shows
otherwise.
By
Wyatt Myskow
This
story is
co-published with Arizona Luminaria, a nonprofit
newsroom dedicated
to
community-centered
reporting.

A
proposed data center
in the Imperial Valley
would need 750,000
gallons of water a
day. Satisfying the
thirst of 24 more
facilities expected to
open in the state will
be challenging,
experts and officials
say.
By
Steven Rodas
IMPERIAL,
Calif.—The new data
center proposed for a
quiet city about 115
miles east of San
Diego came across
people’s radars in
different ways.

Democrats
and Republicans pushed
back against the
administration’s
proposal to eliminate
NOAA’s research office
and monitoring
stations across the
globe.
By
Gabriel Matias
Castilho
A
key Republican joined
Democrats in pushing
back against the Trump
administration’s
proposal to slash the
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration’s
research and data
collection programs at
a House environment
subcommittee hearing
Tuesday.

Gov.
Abigail Spanberger
sought additional
ratepayer protections.
Without them she must
consider assigning
costs to data centers,
continuing a utility
profit-boosting
program.
By
Charles Paullin
RICHMOND,
Va.—A bill backed by
Virginia’s largest and
most powerful electric
utility is on Gov.
Abigail Spanberger’s
desk for final action
after the legislature
rejected some of her
cost-saving
suggestions.

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