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PaperLouse<a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@festal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@festal</a> „The dispute came to a head earlier this month when the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthernEnvironmentalLawCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthernEnvironmentalLawCenter</a> revealed that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xAI</a> had quietly moved in at least 35 portable <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#methane</a> gas turbines without air permits to help power its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/supercomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#supercomputer</a>. The group says this many generators have the capacity to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> an entire city and are enormous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emitters</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxic</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carcinogenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carcinogenic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a>. The law center made the discovery by taking satellite images of the xAI facility.“

DoomsdaysCWAlso from the same story..."Advocates say federal government has a crucial role funding environmental projects"One group that's been waiting on funding is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CollaborativeEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CollaborativeEarth</a>. The organization is helping <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmerican</a> tribes in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oklahoma</a> develop more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainable</a> grazing practices and small <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farmers</a> in the southeast reforest waterways to prevent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flooding</a> and store carbon pollution."'It's strange that the payment of an invoice could make you wonder about the future of a democracy, but that's exactly what it feels like,' says Aaron Hirsh, organization lead at Collaborative Earth."Unless payments restart, Hirsh says his group is weeks away from having to lay people off — and potentially having to shut down entirely."'I don't know when we're going to get started again on finding these kinds of solutions that can benefit local communities as well as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a>,' Hirsh says. 'This is the sort of funding that can support that kind of innovation. That's what it was supposed to do. And without it, I don't think we find those solutions.'"Like a lot of organizations, Collaborative Earth doesn't receive grant funding in big upfront payments. Instead, it's compensated by the government for past expenses, like paying workers and buying equipment. In other cases, organizations can withdraw federal funding to cover about a week's worth of expenses. Unless groups have large cash reserves, even a brief interruption in government funding can cause problems."'When these projects get frozen and you let all that staff go, you lose momentum, and you might lose the project permanently, because the people can't afford to sit and wait,' says Campaigne of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthernEnvironmentalLawCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthernEnvironmentalLawCenter</a>. 'You're between a rock and a hard place of trying to stay committed to the work that you are dedicated to and feeding your family.' "<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateThreats</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a>

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