A Foreign Correspondent of Animal Kingdoms

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:09:31 +0000

Originally published by Foreign Policy

How a headstrong field biologist helped birth the worldwide conservation movement.

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It’s not just humans that aresufferingfrom the Trump administration’s destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development. For nearly 40 years, USAID was one of the top global funders ofinternational conservation. In December 2024, shortly before its demise, then-USAID director Samantha Power launched the agency’s sweeping newbiodiversity policy, which emphasized locally led development and climate resilience as guiding principles for a$350 millionannual conservation portfolio.

All the latest updates on AI data centers

Fri, 08 May 2026 18:45:08 +0000

Originally published by The Verge Social

Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment.

From audacious plans tolaunch data centers into spaceto the latestlegal battlesover pollution,The Vergehas the biggest news and reporting surrounding data centers.

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A Foreign Correspondent of Animal Kingdoms

How a headstrong field biologist helped birth the worldwide conservation movement.

All the latest updates on AI data centers