RegardingWater
@waterways.bsky.social
Teacher of geography and urban planning reposting news/ideas on the role and fate of water in our world.
Reposted by RegardingWater
Some of the most successful resistance to "AI" is coming in the form of communities organizing against data centers, precisely on the grounds of their impact on local water and electrical grids.
@karenhao.bsky.social documents this extensively in Empire of AI
>>
@karenhao.bsky.social documents this extensively in Empire of AI
>>
Empire of AI by Karen Hao: 9780593657508 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A New York Times Notable Book • An Instant New York Times Bestseller “A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not just in Silicon Valley but around the world . . . With Empire of AI,...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Some of the most successful resistance to "AI" is coming in the form of communities organizing against data centers, precisely on the grounds of their impact on local water and electrical grids.
@karenhao.bsky.social documents this extensively in Empire of AI
>>
@karenhao.bsky.social documents this extensively in Empire of AI
>>
Reposted by RegardingWater
Highly recommend setting aside some time to read the full investigation into Oregon's AI-fueled toxic drinking water crisis by @rollingstone.com and @thefern.org
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis | Food and Environment Reporting Network
In the spring of 2022, Jim Doherty kept having the same conversation with folks at the only grocery store in Boardman, his eastern Oregon hometown, or at the grain depot where he picked up food for…
thefern.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Highly recommend setting aside some time to read the full investigation into Oregon's AI-fueled toxic drinking water crisis by @rollingstone.com and @thefern.org
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
Reposted by RegardingWater
Why is this happening? Oklahoma has tens of thousands of abandoned, unplugged oil wells.
When oil companies dispose of wastewater by injecting into the ground, those wells provide pathways for the waste to shoot thousands of feet to the surface, contaminating drinking water sources along the way.
When oil companies dispose of wastewater by injecting into the ground, those wells provide pathways for the waste to shoot thousands of feet to the surface, contaminating drinking water sources along the way.
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s…
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Why is this happening? Oklahoma has tens of thousands of abandoned, unplugged oil wells.
When oil companies dispose of wastewater by injecting into the ground, those wells provide pathways for the waste to shoot thousands of feet to the surface, contaminating drinking water sources along the way.
When oil companies dispose of wastewater by injecting into the ground, those wells provide pathways for the waste to shoot thousands of feet to the surface, contaminating drinking water sources along the way.