AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoData Center Pollution: A proposed Utah data center powered by methane could cause 5 to 45 additional premature deaths a year at full build-out, a new report estimates, with health impacts reaching Idaho and other downwind states. Separately, TerraVolt plans a 240-megawatt gas-powered data center campus in Cassia County, saying it will use low-water cooling. Idaho Water: A federal effort to control water for the Idaho National Laboratory is drawing renewed concern from Idahoans who warn it could threaten the state’s water rights. Watershed Restoration: Conservation, mining and government partners are working with a ranch in southeast Idaho to improve the Blackfoot River watershed. Wildlife and Habitat: Volunteers are planting sagebrush and bitterbrush to restore habitat burned in a 2024 fire, while Idaho weighs whether it is ready for greater responsibility managing grizzly bears. Shrinking Glaciers: More than a third of the West’s glacial cover has disappeared since the 1950s, underscoring the scale of regional climate change.
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