AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoData Center Backlash in Missouri: Springfield residents protested an incoming AI data center as City Council weighs a 120-day pause on new applications, with concerns focused on water, air, noise, and electricity impacts. Local Governance: Across Missouri, communities are pushing moratoriums and other limits as data-center growth outpaces state rules, with officials and residents meeting behind closed doors and in public. Plastics & Recycling Fight: Seventeen Republican attorneys general, including Missouri’s, sued California to block enforcement of its strict single-use plastics and packaging recycling law, arguing it will raise costs and overreach state authority. Wildlife & Health: Missouri radon testing reminders hit St. Louis-area homeowners after a report found one in three homes exceed the EPA action level; summer testing is urged. Agriculture & Soil: A Missouri S&T student project using algae to remove microplastics highlights new cleanup approaches, while elsewhere farmers rely on cover crops to cut fertilizer and erosion. Animal & Disease Watch: Missouri officials are monitoring the spread risk of New World screwworm, with biosecurity and early detection emphasized.
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