Wired
A memo obtained by WIRED, issued by the water utilities information sharing group WaterISAC, links dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water utilities to Tehran. more…
NPR
AI companies use tokens to track usage and bill customers. Now economists are using them to track the spread of AI through the economy. more…
Slashdot.org
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems have been reported in at least seven states this week, prompting the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency to warn utilities nationwide that hackers are tr… more…
Hana Brown didn't want her parents to have to worry about housing as they age, so she and her husband built a luxury ADU for them in their yard. more…
By Tim Kelly, Maki Shiraki, Daniel Leussink and Sam Nussey KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 31 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake that struck southern Japan this week ha... more…
How the AI boom has transformed six spectacular stocks. more…
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More than 30 water systems in Minnesota were targeted in a cyberattack, state officials revealed Tuesday. more…
Potsandpansbyccg.com
Everything I read about the AI industry leads me to think there will be an AI crash. Consider the following: Unsustainable Capital Expenses. It’s hard to imagine there can ever be enough revenue to… more…
How far should you go to stop a neighbor from taking advantage? Most homeowners expect to pay for their own utilities, not discover they're unknowingly covering someone else's landscaping costs. One frustrated homeowner began noticing their garden hose was r… more…
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These five self-hosted Docker containers quietly handle the everyday tasks that keep my household running smoothly. more…
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A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 Minnesota community water systems on July 26 and 27, triggering a statewide cybersecurity response. Braham, Plymouth, South St. Paul and Maple Plain have publicly described a plant out… more…
Al Jazeera English
Public-service failures and uncertainty over Kais Saied’s health are deepening the country’s political malaise. more…
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North Dakota has a long history of policies and institutions that could be considered socialist. more…
Grist
The region has added dozens of turbines off the East Coast since last summer. They and other clean energy sources cut the need for oil power amid recent hot weather. more…
Tom's Hardware UK
Georgia's largest power supply company is reclaiming 30 homes that lay in the path of its power line expansion project through sale or eminent domain. The company says the project is not for a data center, but the substation the line is connecting to sits les… more…
Forbes
Hyperscalers are racing to secure electricity for AI data centers. Electric vehicles could be the fastest fix in the quest for speed to power. more…
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The neighbor sounds awful. The post After Three Broken Water Lines, One Neighbor Is Ready To Make Him Pay appeared first on TwistedSifter. more…
Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $563 million, with record gross margin and earnings that exceeded the company’s expectations desp... more…
Jensen Investment Management, an asset management company based in the US, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the “Jensen Quality Growth Eq... more…
Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) reported second-quarter 2026 GAAP earnings of $0.14 per share, down from $0.96 per share a year earlier, as the company recorded... more…
Dailymail.com
Hot, dry spells undoubtedly make fires more likely but, awkwardly for those blaming climate change, wildfires are getting less frequent worldwide, not more, as the globe warms. more…
NBC News
Cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems have been reported in at least seven states this week, prompting the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency to warn utilities nationwide that hackers are trying to disrupt critical water infrastructure. more…
Help Net Security
A coordinated cyberattack on July 26 and 27 hit operational technology (OT) systems at more than 30 community water utilities across Minnesota, prompting an immediate response from Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) to contain the threat. MNIT confirmed the attack … more…
CleanTechnica
Partnership designed to enable EV drivers in Massachusetts to earn incentives while supporting grid reliability and affordability. NEW YORK — Eversource, National Grid, EnergyHub, Sunrun, and The Mobility House — leaders in grid flexibility and smart charging… more…
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Photo Credit:Image: PublicDomainPictures via Pixabay, Pixabay License. PublicDomainPicturesBy John GreenHow long will we remain the freest country in the world? That’s hard to say. more…
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Photo Credit:AI data center pixabayBy Joseph Ford CottoAmerica stands at a crossroads that will define her power for generations on end. more…
Securityweek.com
State and federal agencies respond after intrusions disrupt automated controls at municipal water and wastewater utilities. The post Dozens of Minnesota Water Utilities Targeted in Coordinated OT Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…
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CISA is urging water and wastewater utilities to lock down internet-exposed controllers, days after intrusions hit dozens of Minnesota systems. The post CISA Urges Water Sector to Protect OT After Coordinated Attacks on PLCs appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…
Securityaffairs.com
Coordinated OT cyberattacks hit 30+ Minnesota water utilities, briefly disrupting one plant. Backup procedures prevented major water service impacts. Minnesota just had its own live-fire lesson in what happens when someone targets water utilities at scale. Be… more…
"In Hawaii, I could never ever afford to buy a home, especially one with a view of the sea," Jeff Layfield told Business Insider. He bought a vacant home in Japan for about $25,000. more…
Raw Story
Gov. Bill Lee last week joined 22 Republican governors in signing onto President Donald Trump’s “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” a voluntary agreement to hold companies responsible for the costs of building, maintaining and powering data centers.The Trump admin… more…
Naturalnews.com
President Donald Trump on July 23, 2026, announced an expansion of the Ratepayer Protection Pledge during an event at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington. The voluntary pledge requires data center developers to cover the costs of new en… more…
Naturalnews.com
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence computing and data centers is driving electricity demand at a pace that renewable energy generation has not matched, according to multiple industry reports and grid operator data. Analysts project that U.S. data … more…
Naturalnews.com
Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, is moving to acquire dozens of homes and hundreds of parcels of land through eminent domain to clear a path for a transmission line that will primarily serve artificial intelligence data centers, according to r… more…
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Space Daily
As its water treaty expires in four decades, Singapore is betting that turning sewage into drinking water can save a nation facing an existential thirst. The post Singapore has almost no fresh water of its own and buys much of it under a deal that runs out in… more…
Offgridsurvival.com
Cyberattack Hits 30 Minnesota Water Systems as FBI Warns Attacks Have Spread Across Seven States A coordinated cyberattack targeted more than 30 Minnesota water systems as the FBI warned similar attacks had spread across at least seven states. This Article Cy… more…
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Southwest Water Crisis: An Arizona Town Nearly Ran Out of Water This Month. Kearny, Arizona nearly ran dry this month while the Gila flowed past it. A 1935 court decree cut the town 85%. The Colorado runs on the same rules. This Article Southwest Water Crisis… more…
Offgridsurvival.com
MAGA Socialism: The Feds Just Handed Public Land to a Texas Hedge Fund for Datacenters in a Desert! A solar project became a massive AI data center almost overnight. Now Nevada’s land, water and power grid are being handed to Big Tech by MAGA Socialism! This … more…
Futurism
A legal scholar warns that power companies are considering using eminent domain too seize private property to build data centers. more…
RTE
Japanese emergency workers were battling to rescue any remaining survivors from a devastated shopping centre, as the death toll from a major earthquake hit 28 and thousands sweltered in punishing heat. more…
RTE
Japanese emergency workers were battling to rescue any remaining survivors from a devastated shopping centre, as the death toll from a major earthquake hit 28 and thousands sweltered in punishing heat. more…
Wattsupwiththat.com
... after the level of sanctimony that these guys have engaged in, let alone censorship of others, nobody should forget that it was all a scam from the outset. The post Big Tech On The Path To Net Zero — 2026 Edition appeared first on Watts Up With That?. more…
Wattsupwiththat.com
Quote of the Week: “An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.” — Niels Bohr The post Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #699 appeared first on Watts Up With That?. more…
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The New Yorker
Our first goal, as with “60 Minutes,” is balance. Lake Mead has been on the north side of the Hoover Dam for too long. When we’re finished, it will be on the south side, too. more…
Ahouseinthehills.com
A tree stump sitting in your yard is more than an eyesore. It blocks your mower, takes up space you could use for planting, and makes the whole yard look unfinished. The good part about how to remove tree stump is that most small to medium stumps do not need … more…
Diepresse.com
Hitzewellen, Waldbrände und magere Ernten: Der Wassermangel hinterlässt weltweit tiefe Spuren. Und eröffnet Anlegern Chancen mit Firmen, die notwendige Lösungen anbieten. more…
Electrek
Apparently, a 19-megawatt (MW) solar farm and a 167-MW AI data center are “substantially the same” – at least according to the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). more…
Mediaite
More than Minnesota communities had their water systems hacked in a "coordinated cyberattack," local officials revealed this week. The post Minnesota Officials Reveal Some 30 Communities Had Their Water Systems Targeted In Cyberattack first appeared on Mediai… more…
Mediaite
National security expert Jamil Jaffer told Fox News it's "harder" to understand Trump's claim Minnesota is responsible for a cyberattack on its water system. The post National Security Expert Tells Fox Trump’s Water Hacking Take ‘Harder to Understand’ first a… more…
Tenable.com
As federal enforcement tightens and states begin stepping in with their own cybersecurity mandates, water and wastewater utilities face a looming wave of hard compliance deadlines, compounded by recent cyber attacks on state water utilities.Key takeaways <ol… more…
Tenable.com
A coordinated cyber attack disrupted water systems across more than 30 Minnesota communities. Here is what defenders need to know about the attack so far. This FAQ also details recent cyberactivity targeting internet-exposed PLCs, and how to protect exposed i… more…
BleepingComputer
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of a significant increase in attacks targeting internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the water and wastewater systems sector. [...] more…
BleepingComputer
The Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) agency activated its cybersecurity incident response capabilities across the entire state after hackers targeted more than 30 community water systems in "a coordinated cyberattack." [...] more…
Insurance Journal
Edison International’s Southern California utility is urging a Los Angeles judge not to find the company liable for property damages from a 2025 Los Angeles wildfire that destroyed more than 9,400 buildings. Southern California Edison argued in a court filing… more…
Fortune
How the AI boom has transformed six spectacular stocks. more…
Skepticalscience.com
Open access notables Observed Multi-Decadal Acceleration of Globally Averaged Abyssal Ocean Warming, Johnson, Geophysical Research Letters Given sparse historical data in the deep and abyssal ocean, previously only multi-decadal temperature trends have been… more…
CBC News
There's still no timeline for hundreds of evacuees to return to their homes, as a wildfire continues to threaten Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding communities. more…
Risky.biz
On this week’s show special guest co-host Pete Ranks, the former director of the CIA’s Centre for Cyber Intelligence, joins Patrick Gray and James Wilson to discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover: <ul> <li>Everyone signs the open weights open let… more…
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iTnews
New technical guidance for Australia's essential services issued. more…
Activistpost.com
For years the official line has been the same: the grid is resilient, the lights will stay on, and the government has a plan. Then you go read what the government actually wrote when it thought nobody outside the Beltway was paying attention. According to Goo… more…
FOX 9
More than 30 Minnesota communities saw their water system targeted in a cyberattack that spanned two days, state officials reported on Tuesday. more…
Nextgov
The group called on CISA to impose baseline security standards across federal operational technology systems and pressed Congress to revive several stalled cyber initiatives. more…
Inside the Magic
Frontierland at Magic Kingdom is becoming increasingly dominated by construction as Disney pushes ahead with one of the largest transformations in the park’s history. The former Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island area has already changed dramatically, bu… more…
Newsonjapan.com
Rescue operations continued across Kumamoto Prefecture more than 24 hours after a powerful earthquake registered the maximum seismic intensity of 7, leaving 12 people dead, six in cardiac arrest and three Aeon Mall Kumamoto employees still unaccounted for. (N… more…
Newsonjapan.com
The death toll from the powerful Kumamoto earthquake rose to 30 as of 12:30 p.m. on July 30, including people whose deaths were still being investigated for a possible connection to the disaster, while rescue crews continued searching collapsed buildings and … more…
Tinyhousetalk.com
San Diego County now recognizes tiny homes on wheels as legal, permanently habitable dwellings. Here's exactly what the new rules require. more…
Tinyhousetalk.com
Bellingham, WA is building its third tiny home village: 35-40 homes on Division Street, opening early 2027. Here's the full breakdown of cost, funding, the resident-run model, and the 70% rehousing rate that made it happen. more…
Tinyhousetalk.com
Florida has adopted the tiny house building code, but there is still no statewide right to live in a tiny house on wheels. Here are the two legal tracks, the four paths that actually work, and the questions to ask your county first. more…
The Punch
The NEDC details the educational benefits of establishing mega schools in Adamawa, aiming to bridge the education gap for rural children. Learn about the i Read More: https://punchng.com/nedc-explains-establishment-of-mega-schools-in-adamawa/ more…
TheJournal.ie
Hundreds of elderly people slumbered on thin mats on the hard lobby floor at a community centre in Uki city as they sought relief from the punishing heat. more…
Partnership strengthens local support and expands access to smart water solutions across the Upper Midwest MANSFIELD, Texas, July 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Master Meter, a leading provider of advanced water measurement technologies and smart water solutions, t… more…
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LORETTO, Tenn., July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- What makes a chemical distribution partner truly reliable for today's water treatment operations? A HelloNation article explores this topic with insight from Water Treatment Expert Justin McGee of Southeastern Tan… more…
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Acquisition Adds 15,300 New Water Customers and 20 Employees; $25 Million in Planned Infrastructure Investments CAMDEN, N.J., July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey American Water today completed its acquisition of Gordon's Corner Water Company, adding appr… more…
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Consumer Watchdog analysis finds 66% of coalition organizations received utility money while utilities bankroll campaign to escape accountability for catastrophic wildfires SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog today released a n… more…
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The article outlines key risks, regulations, and costs that affect lakefront property ownership and long-term value. ATHENS, Texas, July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- What should buyers understand before purchasing lakefront property? HelloNation has published an … more…
PRNewswire
Second quarter 2026 GAAP earnings were $1.61 per share, compared to $1.48 per share in 2025; year-to-date 2026 earnings were $2.61 per share, compared to $2.53 per share in 2025 Second quarter 2026 adjusted (non-GAAP) earnings of $1.61 per share, compared to … more…
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CHAM, Switzerland and ALPHARETTA, Ga., July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Landis+Gyr Group AG (SIX: LAND), a global energy technology leader driving intelligent innovation across the grid, today issued a trading update for its first quarter (April 1 – June 30, 202… more…
PRNewswire
CHAM, Switzerland and ALPHARETTA, Ga., July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Landis+Gyr Group AG (SIX: LAND), a global energy technology leader driving intelligent innovation across the grid, today issued a trading update for its first quarter (April 1 – June 30, 202… more…
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Independent valuation reflects the company's progress, intellectual property, technology platform, and long-term growth strategy as HG Home Guardian prepares for commercial scale. CORONA DEL MAR, Calif., July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HG Home Guardian, the com… more…
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MILWAUKEE, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TKO Miller, a leading middle market investment bank, today announced that RJ Underground, Inc. ("RJ Underground" or the "Company"), a full-service provider of horizontal directional drilling, hydro-excavation, and othe… more…
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Michigan blue-tech businesses get a hand with new specialized scale-up program TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AquaAction and the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification recently announced the launch of AquaEntrepreneur Mich… more…
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Clarke Energy has been selected by Capraci to design and deliver a 4 MW natural gas-fuelled trigeneration power plant in Abidjan. The project will strengthen energy security while optimising operating costs and improving environmental performance. The solutio… more…
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Global Pump Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook, Growth Potential, Price Trends, Competitive Market Share & Forecast 2026–2031. CHICAGO, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Arizton's latest research, the global pump market is projected to grow f… more…
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A landmark fund tackled thousands of repairs on public landscapes, but work remains WASHINGTON, July 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Marcia Argust leads The Pew Charitable Trusts' work to restore U.S. national parks. Stand at the edge of the Tidal Basin in Washingto… more…
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The article outlines how property taxes, home value, and lifestyle considerations shape the home-buying process across state lines. DANBURY, Conn., July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- What changes should buyers expect when relocating across state lines to purchase … more…
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla., July 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to MarketsandMarkets™, the global detection tools market is projected to grow from USD 6.63 billion in 2026 to USD 8.85 billion by 2032, at a CAGR of 4.9% during the forecast period. Browse 160 marke… more…
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CALGARY, AB, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: BEI.UN) SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2026 STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE 3 MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2026 Funds From Opera… more…
CALGARY, AB, July 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge or the Company) (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) today reported second quarter 2026 financial results, reaffirmed its 2026 financial guidance and provided a quarterly business update. Highlights (All fin… more…
BusinessLine
The approach is expected to reduce infrastructure costs for investors, speed up project execution and improve Gujarat’s competitiveness as a maritime manufacturing hub more…
BusinessLine
The approach is expected to reduce infrastructure costs for investors, speed up project execution and improve Gujarat’s competitiveness as a maritime manufacturing hub more…
The Times of India
A deficient monsoon warning flags many districts at risk across India. Reduced agricultural yields will increase food inflation and rural income pressures. Water scarcity and energy demand will intensify for businesses nationwide. Climate volatility impact… more…
CBC News
The City of Ottawa is planning a major rehabilitation at St-Laurent Station that could eventually cause months of service disruptions and shut down the LRT in both directions at the station for several weeks, though construction work is probably still years a… more…
Dailymail.com
It was a hot July day, and Mel Beamish decided to go for a swim in the River Brathay, high in the Langdale valley in the Lake District. more…