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Doing Due Diligence Not The Same As Rejecting Facts

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By Polly Barks, Amanda McWhorter, Megan Ondeck
| The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register Verified
Those who fear backlash against data centers misinterpret evidence-based skepticism for bad faith and replace transparency and action with respectability politics. The Sunday News-Register’s Aug. 29 editorial ("Data Center Debate Demands Good Faith") gets one thing right: Wheeling residents deserve concrete answers about Silicon Foundation's proposed data center in Warwood. How much electricity will it use? How much water? How loud will it be? How many permanent jobs will it create?
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Feel helpless? Think smaller. (Smaller.)

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By Polly Barks
| Mustard Seed Mountain
When I first moved to Warwood, no one knocked on my door. That's not an indictment of Warwood. I've lived in many places in my adult life, and there's rarely been more than a wave from our porches, a smile in passing, and a quick retreat to our own private lives. But I moved to Wheeling for a sense of community, so I’d be damned if I didn’t cultivate that in my own little piece of the city. I became the weird neighbor.
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American dogs produce 10.6 million tons of poop every year - but there's an easy, sustainable way to deal with it

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By Polly Barks
| Yahoo Canada Verified
We love all the pups in our life, although we admit we don't love clean-up duty and all the tiny plastic bags. A study from 2022 estimates that in the course of our daily walks and playtime, . And while our dogs may not be the ones swiping the credit card, their little doggy carbon "pawprint" does exist. The good news is we can work to reduce their impact on the planet right alongside our own efforts.
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