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Maryland Protests Data Center Costs
Maryland Protests Data Center Costs
By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive
A group of 80 Maryland state lawmakers are backing a complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over the PJM Interconnection’s cost allocation for transmission lines that support data centers.
Driven by the way PJM spreads transmission costs, Maryland ratepayers will pay $1.6 billion over the next decade for transmission projects that were approved in the grid operator’s last three regional transmission expansion plans that are designed to mainly serve out-of-state data centers, Maryland’s ratepayer advocate — the Office of People’s Counsel —...
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May 15, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Europe's Green Deal Is Unraveling
Europe's Green Deal Is Unraveling
Authored by Mohamed Moutii via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)
Over the past decade, Europe has played a leading role in shaping global climate policy, highlighted by the launch of the European Green Deal in 2019—Ursula von der Leyen described it as a “man on the moon moment.” The initiative aims to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 while fostering innovation and strengthening its industrial base.
Yet several years later, the results are deeply disappointing. Instead of meeting its goals, the Green Deal is increasingly associated with...
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Jun 23, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Judge Blocks SNAP Restrictions On Sugary Drinks, Candy
Judge Blocks SNAP Restrictions On Sugary Drinks, Candy
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,
A federal judge on Monday blocked the USDA from restricting the use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy sugary foods or drinks in five states.
Bags of candy on shelves at a Target store in Austin, Texas, on June 4, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued the ruling in response to a lawsuit by five SNAP recipients challenging the Agriculture Department's (USDA's) issuance of waivers for Colorado, Iowa, West...
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May 3, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Animal Farm Film A Hollywood Perversion Of Orwell's Anti-Communist Classic
Animal Farm Film A Hollywood Perversion Of Orwell's Anti-Communist Classic
George Orwell's prognostications about the future of authoritarianism have proven consistently accurate. They have only been limited by his inability to foresee the creation of certain technologies which make the future look even more bleak. The reason his books, like 1984 and Animal Farm, are considered classics of literature is because they are timeless.
Their warnings and messages still apply today and will probably apply centuries from now.
Animal Farm, first published in 1945, is a tale specifically written as an allegory...
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