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Environment

What are the environmental impacts of large data centers?

3:49pm June 09, 2025

Large data centers like the ones recently announced in Richmond and Rockingham counties come with significant energy and water needs. Data centers can require 200 megawatts of power or more, and they use millions of gallons of water every day for evaporative cooling.

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5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use less energy

7:00am June 09, 2025

Sometimes reducing your home's energy use can be as simple as opening a window or buying tape. Here are five easy ways to have a more climate-friendly home and save on energy bills at the same time.

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NPR brings housing-related climate solutions this week

5:03am June 09, 2025

by Leila Fadel

The Los Angeles fires were a clear reminder of how climate change is increasingly affecting where we live. That's why all this week, NPR will be bringing you climate solutions related to housing.

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Carolina Curious: How are North Carolina's sea turtles affected by climate change?

5:00am June 09, 2025

by April Laissle

A brutal cold snap in January left hundreds of the state’s turtles cold-stunned. And a gender imbalance among new hatchlings has sparked concern among researchers. All this had WFDD’s April Laissle wondering: How is climate change affecting the state’s sea turtle population? For this edition of Carolina Curious, she traveled to a sea turtle hospital in Surf City to find the answer.

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U.N. Ocean Conference opens in France as U.S. government scientists stay away

4:58am June 09, 2025

by Eleanor Beardsley

Heads of state, mayors, scientists and policymakers have gathered in France to tackle what is being described as a global emergency facing the world's seas.

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Ed, the runaway pet zebra, has been captured in Tennessee

1:52am June 09, 2025

Ed the Zebra was captured safely after being located in a pasture near a subdivision in the Christiana community in central Tennessee, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office confirmed.

Sea turtle Dilly Dally released into the ocean with three flippers after undergoing amputation

4:25pm June 06, 2025

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a flipper, has been rereleased into the wild.

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Ecologist encourages people with yards to create little 'national parks'

5:05am June 06, 2025

Ecologist Doug Tallamy thinks a yard can become a little "national park." He's co-founder of Homegrown National Park, which encourages people to grow native plants in their yards.

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Smoke knows no boundaries: What Canada's fires mean for the U.S. in the future

5:01am June 06, 2025

More than 200 wildfires are raging across Canada, sending a thick blanket of choking smoke through the U.S. Midwest. Experts says climate change means U.S. residents better get used to it.

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College and land conservancy partner to protect Guilford Woods from development

12:01pm June 05, 2025

by Paul Garber

The property is environmentally and historically significant. Native Americans and Revolutionary War soldiers knew these woods. Freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad also passed through.