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Search results for "People are just now noticing data center water issues"

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Ryan Sitton stated on November 07, 2017 in a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor:
"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 8, 2017
Facebook posts stated on June 06, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A “public health warning” was recently issued for fluoride toothpaste.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 10, 2022
Ed Schultz stated on August 25, 2011 in MSNBC's the "Ed Show," Aug. 25, 2011:
"In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty."
By Becky Bowers• September 1, 2011
John Kasich stated on November 29, 2012 in a news conference:
Says "Detroit dumping a bunch of sewage" in Lake Erie "causes big problems" for Ohio.
By Aaron Marshall• January 7, 2013
Hillary Clinton stated on March 06, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Flint:
"We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint."
By Linda Qiu• March 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on June 01, 2016 in a news conference:
"There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 14, 2016
Barack Obama stated on June 15, 2010 in an address from the Oval Office:
"I've issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling."
By Robert Farley• June 16, 2010
Kirk Watson stated on October 21, 2012 in an answer for the League of Women Voters, Austiin Area, Voters Guide.:
"Texas’ population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 9, 2012
Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.
By Madison Czopek• July 19, 2022
Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2009 in a town hall meeting:
"Nearly 46 million Americans don't have health insurance coverage today."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 18, 2009
James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech:
Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 4, 2026
Helio Melo stated on June 07, 2012 in a House floor debate:
"People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Tom Mooney• July 1, 2012
Gavin Newsom stated on February 12, 2019 in a State of the State Address:
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
By Chris Nichols• February 14, 2019
Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:
"There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before."
By Louis Jacobson• July 21, 2016
Greg Abbott stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:
“Carnage" is being caused "by people who are coming across the border."
By Brandon Mulder• July 2, 2021
Rand Paul stated on May 02, 2014 in a newsletter:
"For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage."
By Louis Jacobson• May 5, 2014
Donald Trump stated on July 01, 2015 in an interview on Fox Business Network:
"Hundreds of thousands of (illegal immigrants are) going to state and federal penitentiaries."
By Lauren Carroll• July 6, 2015
Breitbart stated on December 27, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Nationwide data reveals surging levels of newest COVID strain in water supply.”
By Madison Czopek• January 8, 2024
Public Notice stated on November 14, 2011 in a political ad:
"41 cents out of every dollar (the U.S. spends) is borrowed from places like China."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 16, 2011
Mike Pence stated on July 12, 2016 in a Donald Trump rally in Indiana:
"Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana."
By Louis Jacobson• July 14, 2016

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Some claims held water. Others needed to be flushed.

By Willoughby Mariano• April 10, 2011

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