🌅 Good morning, RootBadger. Friday brings a practical look at the debate over who pays for data-center growth, plus a way to find a public-lands project near you.
🗞️ Reuters morning read: The U.S. House is set to take up a bipartisan bill next week aimed at limiting electricity-bill increases tied to expanding data centers. Reuters reports that officials are under pressure to keep the facilities' rising power needs from being passed on to ordinary households; the proposal would direct federal regulators to examine costs and require data centers to cover grid upgrades built for them.
Read more: Reuters — US House to take up bill aimed at curbing data center-driven electricity costs
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🌲 Useful this morning: National Public Lands Day volunteer events begin tomorrow and run through October 10, with the main nationwide day on September 26. The National Park Service page has a searchable event calendar, so you can look for a trail, cleanup, habitat, or historic-site project that fits your location and schedule.
Source: National Park Service — National Public Lands Day
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