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thecooldown.com > green-tech > trump-reduces-grand-staircase-monument

Trump shrank Utah's Grand Staircase by 90%, dismissing prized dinosaur fossils as 'common"

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (623+ words) "An absolute distortion of reality." In southeastern Utah, crews had to call in a Chinook helicopter to extract a 75 million-year-old dinosaur fossil after a Black Hawk could not lift the nearly 5,000-pound block of rock around it. On July 13, the…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > labor-day-ai-video-automated-factory

White House Labor Day video criticized for AI 'slop' without a worker in sight

5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (464+ words) "Honestly that's a perfect representation of how they think of us." A TikTok post from More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion) hit its mark after taking aim at a strange Labor Day post from the Trump administration. The offending video from The…...

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thecooldown.com > outdoors > states-sue-trump-endangered-species-habitat

Twenty states, DC, sue over Trump's rollback of endangered species habitat rules

5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (453+ words) "These new rules … open the door to further species decline and possible extinctions." A coalition of 20 states and Washington, D.C., is taking President Donald Trump's administration to court over changes to endangered-species protections that they argue strip away key habitat…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > new-mexico-sues-fema-national-guard-costs

New Mexico sues FEMA after agency denies $61 million in National Guard costs from federal fire

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (456+ words) "It's unconscionable that FEMA refuses to pay." New Mexico is taking FEMA to court after the federal agency twice denied reimbursement for tens of millions of dollars the state spent responding to a wildfire sparked by the federal government. The…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > electronic-shelf-labels-grocery-jobs-impact

US report says electronic shelf labels could wipe out grocery jobs, billions in wages

6+ hour, 55+ min ago   (621+ words) "These labels are connected to the same algorithmic pricing software that online retailers are already using." A supposedly simple swap to digital price tags in stores could have more significant impacts, with a new labor report saying the technology could…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > pennsylvania-governors-race-affordability-issues-gas-rent

Pennsylvania governor's race centers on gas, rent, and grocery bills as prices keep climbing

7+ hour, 31+ min ago   (772+ words) "It's like everyone is just one accident away from not being able to live." For many Pennsylvania voters, the 2026 governor's race is not centered on slogans so much as it is on whether gas, rent, groceries, and health care will…...

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thecooldown.com > green-tech > north-carolina-tiktok-lawsuit-byte-dance

North Carolina pushes to make TikTok answer in court over claims it made design addictive for kids

18+ hour, 54+ min ago   (695+ words) ByteDance allegedly spent millions advertising TikTok in North Carolina and collected data from millions of adults and minors. North Carolina's fight with TikTok is shaping up as a major test of whether states can force powerful tech companies to answer…...

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thecooldown.com > green-home > new-jersey-legalizes-plug-in-solar-panels

New Jersey legalizes plug-in solar panels that could trim up to $50 from monthly bills

16+ hour, 18+ min ago   (475+ words) New Jersey is now the ninth state to legalize balcony solar, as dozens more consider bills. New Jersey residents looking to lower their electric bills now have a new, more accessible solar option. Portable plug-in solar panels that meet safety…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > potomac-edison-western-maryland-power-bill-hike

Maryland households face 5.3% power bill hike as Potomac Edison seeks $52.8 million increase

12+ hour, 18+ min ago   (521+ words) It would also include more clearing of high-risk trees near power lines before storms cause outages. Electric bills may climb for people in Western Maryland who get power from Potomac Edison. Tri-State Alert reports that the utility is seeking approval…...

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thecooldown.com > green-business > texas-drivers-iran-conflict-labor-day-gas

Texas drivers feel Iran conflict at the pump as gas hits $3.70 in Austin

16+ hour, 43+ min ago   (714+ words) "Regular unleaded in the Austin-San Marcos area is … about 98 cents more per gallon than one year ago." As conflict involving Iran disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, drivers and households in Central Texas are starting to feel the impact…...