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Di pesisir Pulau Karas, Kota Batam, Kepulauan Riau, deretan kayu ditancapkan ke dasar laut dan disusun menyerupai pagar. Di antara kayu-kayu tersebut terpasang jaring berbentuk segitiga dengan ukuran berbeda. Bangunan sederhana ini disebut kelong cacak, alat tangkap tradisional yang digunakan nelayan untuk menangkap ikan dan cumi. Kelong cacak dipasang pada jalur arus surut air laut. […] The post Kelong Cacak, Warisan Maritim yang Menjaga Laut Kepulauan Riau appeared first on Mongabay.co.id.

Voters in Alabama’s 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts will go to the polls Tuesday to vote in the state’s special primary election. Following a special session held by the Alabama Legislature, Gov. Kay Ivey called for a special primary election in those districts after a U.S. Supreme Court order allowed the state to […]

Amid a nationwide race to develop large data centers to drive the artificial intelligence boom, some local Colorado governments hit pause by enacting moratoriums to research what local regulations make sense. Public criticism concerns the environmental and health effects of data centers, especially hyperscale sites that provide massive computing power for companies like Google and […]

Revenue grew more than 27% for private prison operator CoreCivic as the Tennessee company profited from contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that support the Trump administration’s mass detention and deportation agenda, according to a shareholders’ report released last week.  Revenue from ICE, alone, increased more than 50% compared to the same three-month period last […]

West Virginia is using nearly $8 million in federal anti-poverty dollars to pay for its long-troubled and broken online database system.

As localities across West Virginia move forward with purchasing controversial surveillance equipment meant to assist law enforcement agencies, a representative for Flock Safety — the major contractor behind several of these agreements — presented to state lawmakers on Sunday in an attempt to answer questions about the company and its products.

An Aug. 1 shooting has shaken not only the Magic Valley, but all of Idaho, leaving us searching for answers, and wondering what comes next. As details continue to emerge, one thing is clear: Twin Falls has been wounded, and all of Idaho grieves with them. In times like these, we seek to understand what […]

Every child should leave third grade able to read with competence and confidence. That is not a political position. It is an educational and moral obligation. The question is whether mandatory grade retention is an evidence-based response when a child has not acquired those skills. As a pediatric psychologist who has spent decades evaluating children […]

La EPA no ha reevaluado sus directrices de limpieza residencial en el Superfund de Omaha en 17 años, aunque las investigaciones muestran que hasta pequeñas cantidades de plomo pueden causar pérdida de CI en niños e infartos en adultos.

The EPA hasn’t reevaluated its cleanup guidelines for homes in a residential Superfund site in Omaha in 17 years, despite research showing that even small amounts of lead can cause IQ loss in children and heart attacks in adults.

Experts say women and people of color are often tapped to lead during crises. Erica Schwartz inherits a CDC reshaped by political battles over science and vaccines.

Business owners in New York struggle to survive after a Supreme Court ruling allowed the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants, leading to significant labor shortages and declining sales. The post New York Restaurants Struggle to Stay Open as Haiti TPS Ends appeared first on Documented.

Plus: NYC terminates employment for dozens of Haitian workers after end of TPS, and more of the latest immigration news. The post Immigration News Today: ICE to Finish Bodycam Rollout by End of August appeared first on Documented.

Last year, 2025, was the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) affordable rural housing programs. If a spring 2025 plan to reorganize the entire Department is implemented, those and many other USDA programs would be sharply reduced or eliminated.   But is that plan – USDA’s Agency Reduction in Force and Reorganization Plan […] The post Commentary: Will the Real USDA Reorganization Plan Please Stand Up? appeared first on The Daily Yonder.

Going to Wilson Creek in the Pisgah National Forest is something of a Sunday routine for many Latino families in this corner of the Appalachian Mountains. On a recent Sunday, Argenis Eduardo Torres Rosales joined other parents and children for a day outdoors. While they swam and picnicked on the rocks, Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

Members of the Hartford Pension Commission had a heated exchange with former Hartford Treasurer Carmen Sierra over her use of Shipman & Goodwin for legal services purportedly outside their scope of contract after Sierra utilized the firm for an opinion on a possible “breach” of Freedom of Information laws and Commission bylaws, according to meeting […] The post Hartford Pension Commission questioned Sierra’s use of law firm in heated exchange appeared first on Inside Investigator.

Die Konkurrenz um die lebenswichtige Ressource Wasser nimmt zu. – Gemeinfrei-ähnlich freigegeben durch unsplash.com: Ryunosuke KikunoKünstliche Intelligenz und Rechenzentren brauchen nicht nur sehr viel Strom, sondern auch gigantische Mengen Wasser. Aber warum ist das eigentlich so? Im FAQ geben wir Antworten auf die wichtigsten Fragen und erklären, weshalb das Thema Wasserverbrauch auf die politische Agenda gehört.

Wassermangel: Der Rhein ist für Schiffe aktuell kaum noch befahrbar (Aufnahme vom 6. August bei Bonn-Beuel) – Alle Rechte vorbehalten: IMAGO / Dominik BundDie Bundesregierung möchte im globalen KI-Wettlauf mithalten und die Kapazitäten von deutschen Rechenzentren mindestens verdoppeln. Welche Folgen das auf den Wasserverbrauch hat, weiß sie offenbar nicht. Ein Dienstleister verweigert die Auskunft sogar – wegen „Sicherheitsrisiken“.

We marked the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act last week. But there’s little left to celebrate. The U.S. Supreme Court this spring completed its decades-long project of nullifying the statute. The Alabama Legislature then threw out primary votes in four congressional districts and imposed a map the nation’s high court once judged to […]

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