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Wisconsin researchers are working to stop the collapse of the ‘doomsday glacier’

The Arête Glacier Initiative is a new collaboration from Dartmoth and MIT that aims to improve human understanding of glaciers and prevent sea level rise. Two researchers at UW-Madison are the initiative’s first grant recipients.

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Local leaders see data centers as revenue boon, but critics say subsidy programs undermine those efforts

State and local officials see data centers as an opportunity to increase their tax base through billions of dollars in private investment. Critics argue the big tech companies behind those projects are set to receive millions in handouts from taxpayers.

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Power-hungry data centers are prompting new gas plant proposals. Critics say that would lock in pollution and higher costs for decades.

We Energies is building new gas-fired power plants to meet growing energy demand that largely stems from data centers. As developers pursue data centers in Wisconsin, that’s raising concerns about environmental impacts tied to their operations.

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