Governors Curb Data Centers Over Community, Power Concerns

New York Opens 9/11 Records, Settles Disclosure Suits

Trump’s Bombardier Threat Draws Kansas GOP Pushback

Google’s 25-Year Power Deal Backs Iowa Nuclear Restart

Oil Nears $100 as Iran Conflict Escalates

Governors Curb Data Centers Over Community, Power Concerns

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday requiring data centers with peak electricity demand above 25 megawatts to secure local approval and a community benefits agreement before receiving state permits. The order also bars nondisclosure agreements between state agencies and developers. It creates a Ratepayer Protection Fund financed by payments from data centers that do not procure sufficient additional clean electricity, with the money returned to electricity customers. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek separately paused unapproved land sales, leases and permits for data center projects involving state-owned property through July 1, 2027. Kotek also endorsed a statewide moratorium, with an advisory committee expected to deliver recommendations by year’s end for legislation in 2027. The actions address concerns about the facilities’ demands on communities and electricity supplies as artificial intelligence drives data center development.

WBUR / OPB / KTVZ

New York Opens 9/11 Records, Settles Disclosure Suits

New York City released more than 170,000 pages of records on the government’s response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and settled two public-records lawsuits brought by 9/11 Health Watch, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday. The documents cover air-quality monitoring, health concerns and the emergency response. The city and the advocacy group will meet monthly for the next year to oversee further disclosures. Comedian and responder advocate Jon Stewart appeared alongside Mamdani at City Hall, three days before the attacks’ 25th anniversary. The records could help clarify what officials knew when they said the air around ground zero was safe and inform future compensation claims by people with illnesses linked to the dust.

NYC Mayor’s Office / ABC News / 9/11 Health Watch

Trump’s Bombardier Threat Draws Kansas GOP Pushback

Kansas’ two Republican senators and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ty Masterson pushed back against President Donald Trump’s threat to bar Bombardier aircraft sales, citing the company’s importance to Wichita jobs. Trump said Monday that the Canadian business-jet maker must manufacture domestically to continue selling in the United States. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall said they had raised concerns with the administration, while Masterson warned that an outright ban would put Wichita jobs at risk. Bombardier’s defense headquarters and Flight Test Center are in Wichita, where it employs more than 1,000 people, and the company reports 3,500 direct employees and nearly 2,800 suppliers across 47 states nationwide. Bombardier shares opened 6.4% lower Tuesday as investors weighed a threat to a market that accounts for roughly half its sales, according to Reuters. The White House had not explained how it would enforce a ban on aircraft already certified by the Federal Aviation Administration.

KWCH / Reuters

Google’s 25-Year Power Deal Backs Iowa Nuclear Restart

Google’s 25-year power purchase agreement is backing NextEra Energy’s planned restart of Iowa’s Duane Arnold nuclear plant, which secured a federal loan of up to $1.9 billion Tuesday. The deal, announced in October 2025, commits Google to buy electricity for its artificial intelligence and cloud operations, giving the project a long-term customer. The Energy Department closed the loan through its Office of Energy Dominance Financing. The plant in Palo shut down in 2020, and NextEra is targeting a 2029 restart that still requires Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing approval. The 615-megawatt reactor could generate enough electricity for roughly 500,000 homes, according to the department. The department projects nearly 1,500 construction jobs and more than 450 operating jobs.

DOE / NextEra Energy / World Nuclear News

Oil Nears $100 as Iran Conflict Escalates

Brent crude climbed to roughly $99 a barrel Tuesday amid renewed U.S.-Iran attacks involving oil tankers and military vessels. U.S. Central Command said its forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers after the Revolutionary Guard fired ballistic missiles at a Navy warship twice in two days. The command said the warship evaded the missiles without American injuries and tanker crews were ordered to abandon ship before strikes in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island. The strikes extended a campaign against what the United States calls Iran’s shadow fleet, which Tehran uses to export oil outside international sanctions. Separately, the Revolutionary Guard said it had captured an American underwater drone in the Strait of Hormuz, identified by Iranian state media as an Anduril Dive-LD. The Pentagon said an underwater drone had malfunctioned more than a day earlier, but the circumstances of Iran’s claimed seizure have not been independently verified.

AP / CENTCOM / Reuters

September 9, 2002: Buzz Aldrin Punches Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorist

On September 9, 2002, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin punched filmmaker and conspiracy theorist Bart Sibrel outside a Beverly Hills hotel after Sibrel accused him of faking the 1969 moon landing. Sibrel, who had lured Aldrin there under false pretenses and demanded he swear on a Bible, later tried to press assault charges, but the case was dismissed when authorities ruled he had instigated the confrontation.

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1. WBUR / OPB via KLCC / KTVZ
2. NYC Mayor’s Office / ABC News / 9/11 Health Watch
3. KWCH / Reuters via SRN News
4. DOE / NextEra Energy via PR Newswire / World Nuclear News
5. AP / CENTCOM via DVIDS / Reuters via The Jerusalem Post