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The Texas AI Boom Is Outpacing Water Regulations

Each data center can “drink” as much as an entire community. Yet, Texas does not require these tech firms to disclose projected or actual water consumption.

Texas Observer

The smell of native grasses reviving women's knowledge

Indigenous women are tapping into an ancient knowledge of native grains, harvesting and cooking with them, through their sense of smell.

AAP

Known for Its Oil, Texas Became a Renewable Energy Leader. Now It’s Being Unplugged.

The state was to get $400 million for solar energy in disadvantaged communities. The Trump administration took it all back.

Capital & Main

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Data centers are thirsty for Texas’ water, but state planners don’t know how much they will need

A wave of massive data centers is expanding across Texas, prompting warnings from experts who say the new water demands could push the state’s already strained supply to the brink.

The Texas Tribune

How does ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred compare to past storms?

Of the many cyclones that have come within 300km of south-east Queensland and northern NSW over the years, those that made landfall wreaked havoc

The Guardian - AU

Perth nursery safe for now after college U-turn

An on-campus nursery facility taking children aged one to five that was threatened with closure at UHI Perth will now remain open and bosses have given assurances it has been removed from the redundancy consultation process.

Daily Record

What if urban plans gave natural systems the space to recover from the cities built over them? It can be done

Our cities have altered their original landscapes so greatly that their natural systems are profoundly compromised. These systems – such as swamps, rivers, creeks, aquifers and bushland corridors – need more space to function properly. Sometimes they assert their underlying presence through land subsidence, floods and fires. As Margaret Cook…

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Frail 87-year-old with dementia rattled by council threat to force entry to her sheltered house

Renfrewshire Council sent the frail lady the concerning letter, despite being told by her son who has power of attorney over her affairs she lacks the capacity to make arrangements.

Glasgow Live

Scots council sent dementia stricken pensioner threatening letters warning of forced entry

Margaret Cook, who suffers from short-term memory loss, was also sent a letter from the council stating officers would force entry to her home if she didn't arrange a gas safety check.

Daily Record

How northern Victoria flooded – visual explainer

These graphics show how rainfall, soil moisture and the river system in northern Victoria contributed to flooding in the regions’ towns

The Guardian - AU

‘Everything is saturated’: what’s driving the latest floods in eastern Australia

‘Atmospheric river’, La Niña, negative Indian Ocean dipole, climate change – experts say they are all part of the story

The Guardian - AU

BOM declares La Niña, increasing flood risk for third year in a row

So why does this climate driver bring so much rain and what should we expect this summer?

ABC News

Australia's east coast set for third straight La Niña season, experts predict

The weather system that has caused higher than average rainfall for the past two years is predicted to return — dumping more water on flood-ravaged towns and catchments on Australia's east coast.

ABC News

South-east Queensland's floods were labelled a 'once-in-100-year' event, so what does that actually mean?

After the recent floods in south-east Queensland were labelled a "one-in-100-year" event, another such natural disaster shouldn't happen for another 99 years, right? Turns out, not so much.

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Expert calls for better flood preparation across south-east Queensland after severe weather event

The recent flooding across south-east Queensland has been described as a hybrid of previous disasters, which could be learnt from to avoid history repeating, one expert says.

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