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U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. federal department that manages public lands, natural resources, national parks, and relations with Native American tribes.

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  • Department of the Interior
  • Interior Department

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productConfirmed17 publishers

Google Maps renders Lake Ontario under three names depending on the viewer's country

An executive order moved a US government database entry on August 27. Google's map label followed within days, and the place names in any embedded map are now a per-jurisdiction variable your product inherits.

Perspective Coverage

18 publishers
Builder
Builder 18%
Operator
Operator 55%
Investor
Investor 27%

Reality

Evidence82
Adoption70
Hype gap+10
Incentives60
Confidence76
productOne report1 publisher

Amazon covers a fifth of its own $100m Colorado River fund

The collaborative opens with $20 million of Amazon's money and $80 million still to raise. Amazon's sustainability report gives data center water use as liters per kilowatt-hour, plus one global total for 2025.

Publishers:theverge.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption28
Hype gap+38
Incentives74
Confidence54
productOne report1 publisher

Republican memos warn candidates that backing data centers is a losing position

A New York Times poll puts 47 percent of Republicans against data center construction. The party's own strategists are telling candidates to keep their distance from the projects the president keeps defending.

Publishers:wired.com

Reality

Evidence48
Adoption58
Hype gap+14
Incentives70
Confidence52
productOne report1 publisher

The Colorado River cut takes more Arizona water than every industrial user combined

Arizona is about to lose more than a quarter of its Colorado River draw while TSMC and Intel build fabs that need millions of gallons a day. The reported pressure so far is on price and on who pays to replace the water.

Publishers:theverge.com

Reality

Evidence66
Adoption72
Hype gap+22
Incentives58
Confidence62
investOne report1 publisher

Phoenix's municipal and industrial water lands on the federal cut list for the first time

Reclamation wants California, Nevada and Arizona off 1.25 million acre-feet a year inside two years. Nevada is suing over reductions of up to 70% next decade, which puts a court date on water-hungry siting in the basin.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence61
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+16
Incentives63
Confidence54
scienceOne report1 publisher

Solar got cheap in factories, not in subsidy bills, and a Hormuz shock tests the difference

The world added 600 terawatt-hours of solar generation last year, which the IEA calls the largest single-year jump for any electricity technology. The cost curve behind it is 47 years old.

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption88
Hype gap+12
Incentives45
Confidence66