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Warning Signs Are Flashing at America’s Overheating Landfills

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By Laura Bliss Verified, Rachael Dottle Verified
| Bloomberg News Verified
August 20, 2026 at 5:00 AM EDT One winter’s day in 2023, Shoosmith Landfill began to melt down. Underground temperatures in a section of the recently closed municipal waste site near Richmond, Virginia, reached 194F, 34% higher than federal standards allow, hot enough to give a person an instant third-degree burn. A spike in carbon monoxide readings from the landfill’s gas-collection wells was another sign that buried garbage might be releasing toxic emissions and effluents.
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US Commuters Turn to Public Transport as Gas Prices Stay High

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By Todd Woody Verified, Emily Forgash Verified, Rachael Dottle Verified
| Bloomberg News Verified
The energy crisis caused by the Iran War has already pushed governments to accelerate adoption of renewable energy and nudged consumers to buy electric vehicles and home solar panels. Now, another impact that’s good for the planet: US public transit has gotten a boost as gas prices stay elevated.
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Data Centers Now Use So Much Power, Their Designs Are Changing

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By Emily Forgash Verified, Rachael Dottle Verified
| Bloomberg News Verified
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., presents the Vera Rubin data center AI system at the Nvidia GTC conference on the sidelines of Computex 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, June 1, 2026.Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg June 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM UTC Energy demand is already straining power grids, and that’s leading AI players to reimagine the data center from the ground up.
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