White House Ready To Offer Iran "Token" Nuclear Enrichment Instead Of All-Out War

The Strait Of Hormuz Crisis Exposes A Fatal Flaw In Economic Thinking Authored by Kurt Cobb via Resource Insights, Even a 4–5% loss in global energy supply could translate into a comparable drop in economic activity due to energy’s central role in all production. Disruptions in oil and LNG flows through the Strait of Hormuz are already removing a significant share of global energy, with cascading impacts across industries. Rising energy costs trigger widespread knock-on effects—from food and travel to semiconductors—potentially leading to a severe global recession. A priest, an engineer, and an economist are...

Data Center Backup Power Contributes To Health Risks: Report By Robert Freedman of UtilityDive Federal regulatory changes impacting enforcement of on-site backup generator emissions are contributing to increased data center health risks, a report says.  Air pollution from data centers could increase healthcare costs by almost $21 billion by 2028, contributing to roughly 600,000 asthma cases and 1,300 premature deaths, says the Environmental Protection Network, a nonprofit whose members are former public officials who maintain an interest in environmental policy.  Much of the health risk is from federal regulatory changes made to help...