Basketball player and writer with a public profile in sports and culture
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order imposing a one-year statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centres that use 50 megawatts or more, directing regulators to complete an environmental impact review and consider rules to make developers pay for power, contribute to grid upgrades and lose tax breaks. The move has drawn praise from community and environmental groups and rebuke from industry and national conservatives.
The White House has issued an executive order targeting the Smithsonian, directing the National Park Service to place signs about a July 4 report that criticizes how American history is told and to stage a temporary exhibit to present what it calls accurate history. Smithsonian leaders defend their work as a fuller, continuously updated account of the nation’s story.