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AI's cooling crisis fuels forever chemicals boom
Data centers are swapping water for PFAS to manage heat, and chemical makers are ramping up production to meet surging demand.
Fortune · 2m
Why coastal homeowners let houses fall into the ocean
FEMA's flood insurance rules create perverse incentives that leave homeowners with no choice but to abandon their collapsing homes.
NPR · 1m