Environmental Degradation

The EPA Was Built to Protect You. Now It’s Serving the AI Gods.

📅 September 12, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

The Environmental Protection Agency was founded in 1970 to keep corporations from poisoning our communities. Now, under Lee Zeldin, its top priority is making the U.S. the “AI capital of the world.” By dismantling public review rules for data center pollution, the government is trading your physical health and democratic rights for the digital intelligence of a few billionaires.

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Norway’s Salmon Empire Was Built on a Dirty Secret. Now It’s Paying the Price.

📅 August 1, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

Norway’s global dominance in the salmon industry wasn’t a triumph of innovation; it was a masterclass in externalizing costs. By treating the ocean as a free waste dump, the industry built an empire on short-term profit. Now, the environmental and health crises they ignored are demanding payment, threatening to collapse the very system that made cheap salmon a grocery store staple.

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