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      The xAI supercomputer under construction in Memphis has blown into a full scale civic war of words after it was discovered that the company had violated a temporary permit from the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) to install 15 portable methane gas turbines to power the site, but had actually put in 35 of the machines without permission.

    Unbeknownst to millions of MAGA voters, when Trump launched the birther movement, lying that Obama wasn’t a citizen because he was born in Kenya, it went undetected that he was suffering from a form of ‘racist illiteracy. ‘ This term refers to a lack of empathy or knowledge about racial issues, often leading to discriminatory beliefs or actions. How could it be possible that a graduate of the renowned Wharton School of Business School didn’t know that Hawaii was America’s 50th state? This lie constituted the beginning of Trump’s  2016 presidential election racist illiteracy epidemic.

   At home, this can mean taking steps to ensure your A/C is running efficiently since it’s the largest driver of your energy bill. Other ways to save include washing clothes with cold water or using smaller countertop kitchen appliances to avoid turning on your oven, which emits extra heat into the surrounding areas of your home and causes your A/C to work harder.

After a series of similar rulings, an appeals court has rejected a potential class-action lawsuit that students filed against Florida International University because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

     The goal of the conference is to unite HBCU faculty, students, researchers, climate professionals and environmental justice, and coastal community residents affected by detrimental weather caused by or related to climate change. The conference will work to help eliminate the gap between theory and the day-to-day realities of climate change. Issues such as climate justice, adaptation, community resilience, global climate problems, and other major climate change topics like transportation, energy sources, carbon emissions, and more will be discussed at the event as well.